Carli The Quilter

I'm having a blast working on my Alberta Sunset art piece. Enjoying a Saturday with quilting instead of other more pressing things.

When I started Mr. Rooster he was supposed to be a fast made Fall Fair themed decor art for my booth at the 2011 Bulkley Valley Fall Fair . It was a really fun event and one that I'd sure like to do again. I was busy trying my interest at selling organic 100% cotton. And it does contain some awesome photo's of the whole booth for your interest by going to the post published back in 2011. This summer Rooster I See You gained more attention and I decided that I didn't like it that this poor rooster had no neck and background. I began fusing feathers of all free form simply hand-drawn feather shapes onto various similarly colored prints. This is where I've got so far today. I think he looks a lot better and I'm dreaming up a Fall Fair themed background maybe. I'm not sure so if you have ideas, please share them in a comment. Happy Quilting everyone.

I have been renovating my blog appearance and making some decisions to allow and solicit sponsorship of my blog. So this is a change and if you are an online shop looking for a well qualified and dedicated blogger, then please email me. I'd like to again remind you that I'm not at all sure that I've got everything that I've ever done, but as I find more images, then I'll add them into this page. Please take a look at My Quilt Gallery. And to let you know that I've been doing lots of thinking about what I write and why and thread painting is very popular and I'm going to do more of thread painting in the methods I used for making the portrait of Sir Alfred Smithers for Smithers 2013 Centennial Quilt. Happy Quilting, Carli

I feeling pretty good today. I've recently had a time this summer. You know all kinds of BS that tangle you up and hold down your creativity. I've sure you've all felt that and I thought I love to introduce a local artist who make these tiny bears in fur and they are so unique,  you're gonna love these. Click on the image below to go directly to her site. We are both located in the Bulkley Valley/Northwest region of British Columbia. Melisa ships world wide without charge,  her work is a fabulous one of a kind piece, please do go and check it out. Imagine your own creation on commission for that very special person?  Your favourite pet? Your work and lifestyle, just for the best gift you can imagine. My own sweet companion, Rusty, who knew this could be done! Maybe a you can commission her to make a one of our rare Kermode  bear, inhabiting the Northwest Region of B.C. They are a white black bear. Melisa is a talented...

Students have to begin somewhere :) This vibrant sun is the start of a cute little make up bag. Registration for this online workshop opens today! I am thrilled to see the interest in this workshop. I received several emails asking for more information and realized that I had been tardy in a set of FAQ for you. Q: How do I get into the online workshop? A: Today, September 27th, registration opens for this class. Email me carli the quilter (at) gmail (dot) com with all your contact information. I'll email you back with a welcoming letter to the workshop with a supply list and my home mailing address in Canada. I'll forward your invitation link to our private classroom when I receive your payment. Send payment via express post if you live outside of British Columbia, Canada. (I don't have a payment site and I feel at this time, its kind of experimental doing online workshops, so just mailing me a money order is best. If this proves to b...

Hello everyone, :) I bet some of you are wrinkling your forehead and wondering what's going on with Carli's blog? Yes, its true, I've been reading, learning, doing an e-course and trying to improve my blog. I know, you've probably noticed that I recently had my own photo on my page. Egads, I must learn how to resize photos. I certainly didn't want "a photo in your face size!!" Sorry :) I  have changed my backgrounds available from blogger several times! I have changed where things are located on my blog and I've written another tutorial and posted that too! Go to my Pages section and scroll down till you see the Chevron Braid. Its the most recent tutorial and a good one. You'll also see that I've made up a cute little advertisement for our property that is for sale and we'd like to sell.  But most importantly, I've decided to start offering workshops. Now I looked at the whole matter of doing my workshops online at re...

Wow, I've come up for air! Literally, I'm sleeping, eating, working and quilting. These are the four things that I aspire to keep up with during this extremely busy time of my life. Yes, its way, way busier than I ever thought it would be, but so rewarding at the same time. Funny how life throws opportunities and if you're willing to experimentation, then the opportunity becomes something that is really good for you. I take heart in the natural surroundings of Telkwa and beautiful Bulkley Valley. This photo is looking west towards Roche' de Bule. Photo taken in lovely Hazelton, B.C This is how this whole centennial quilt project is for me. Growth in bucket loads!! I'v begun to take risks that I was too scared to do even a year ago! I entered my first competition in 2004, to the IPM & Quilt Show and won in the "Most Innovative" Category, I was very surprised and didn't quite know what to do next. After all, I'm a quiet, ...

I'm on top of the world with the progress of my own quilt art style and incorporating local artists work into a quilt, I think is for the first time, maybe? I'm so excited about the whole project that I'm now counting down the days till completion. I've edited this post several time now to include the links of the special artists who have inspired the latest work in the Smithers 2013 Centennial Quilt.  I was inspired earlier in the year with artists that are doing some very interesting thread painting. One artist in first place for influencing my recent work is Monika Kinner-Whalen of My Sweet Prairie . Her natural landscape thread scapes are so beautiful and original. This is my first tender step towards stitching landscapes. In the Smithers 2013 Centennial Quilt I toyed with all sorts of political statements in art, in the end my ideas stayed firmly planted in the awesome panoramic views we live with everyday of glacier topped mountains in every direc...