Carli The Quilter

Early last winter, I decided to check into the Google + communities and was surprised to find no one had started a page for crazy quilting. And so, that is how I became an owner of this community- Crazy Quilting Community. Now, onto the reason why I started the community? I have spent loads of time looking around and seeing who is doing what. I have come to find some dedicated crazy quilters and many of them are doing lots of gorgeous embroidery. For me, its all about the embroidery. Really it is. But embellisment is really a super individual choice on what is used and how. I tend to gravitate towards those crazy quilts with more hand embroidery than frilly embellishments. I know you'll love joining up and posting on my new Crazy Quilting Community Page. And its growing so fast, its amazing how fast one of these grew really! So some small rules are in place. I didn't want to restrict people from sharing what they are working o...

Hello my friends from all over the world.  I'm at the time of year that I wrap up the garden. In the Bulkley Valley, the rains have begun and chilly weather is tempting me to light up the woodstove This means the last of jams or pickles being made. Mr. GEQ loves his homemade bread and its so easy to do with my KitchenAid machine that takes the kneading right out of it. Mr.GEQ suggested I enter my bread into the local Fall Fair, but he forgot that we were fishing that week. So I'll leave that for my friend of the Quick W.I. who make fabulous bread too! I made up a Banana Cake and froze it for Mr. GEQ who is a slim as a tall drink of water and can eat all of it. Apple Rhubard Jam. If you want to give it a try, search for this title online, many versions are available. Carli's Mixed Pickle that brings a cheer to the dinner table its so popular! My pantry shelf is beginning to fill up. And last but not least, I'...

I'm so loving this fun quilt along. I dare say that Kaaren's way of doling out the next parts with lots of lead time is good for me and others too. I'm still cleaning out the camper and restocking for another Mr. GEQ and myself getaway at the lake this coming weekend. So yes, this post is scheduled and I'll read your comments when I get back to civilization. Between cleaning out the sewing studio as well, I've found some new threads that I thought I had bought hiding behind one of my tables waiting for me. I've  been slightly overwhelmed with fruit and veggies all coming in at the same time. There is only so much refrigerator space available to hold them while I'm visiting with family. I made slow progress. I did find the tedious chore of rotary cutting and leaning over my table to be a bit of back ache, but I got through it. But that is just where its at for me. I carried on. I'm so liking this quilt and hoping its n...

Let me humbly apologize, I don't know where the time went since posting this great little giveaway! But I think fishing was involved!! Heehee... My Mr. Good Earth Quilting is the best and we love fishing together.  Mr. GEQ drew a name from the hat last night and I'm really happy to announce that Karen H's name was pulled from the crumpled impartial draw hat. Congrats to you, Karen! I will notify Karen H of the blog Fairies and Fibres today!  Many thanks to all the followers who entered this little giveaway. Stay tuned for more interesting and exciting news over the fall months. I've been busy with many new things for this blog, I'm hoping you will like it all, making more tutorials for those of you who are crazy to learn how I do my crazy quilting. All the best and keep on quilting, fall is just around the corner!

This new hand embroidery series is all about profiling skilled talent of embroidery artists all over the world. This first post is profiling the hand embroidery, using cross stitch of Wendy Welch's hand made art of New Zealand. Wendy started this project in January and has now finished this awesome Haunted House all by hand.  Isn't this collection dreamy?? Hello I'm Wendy Welch and I love hand embroidery!         I think I started before I was 10 years old with wool on plastic canvas.    My mum taught me embroidery, knitting, crotchet and cross stitch. She is very talented and studied embroidery at high school.       I take classes at Nancy's Stitch Studio in Wellington, New Zealand. They run a full programme of needlework classes each year and I've had the pleasure of learning from some very experienced teachers there.   I follow Kathy Andrew's blog -  http://www...

Wow, I'm so flattered. Thank you so much readers and Internet folk that find me and my blog Good Earth Quilting.  My 2004 Award winning "Silver Linings Crazy Quilt" It was the simple win of that quilt that made me start looking around online for something I could I use to share my quilts.  And here we are 15 years later and going strong online. Do you remember all the histeria around the clock turning over in 2000? I was working full time back then, I remember working on the border pieces, hand embroidering on my coffee and lunch breaks. It must have been soothing for me during that time when the student I worked with was a true challenge to remain calm and nurturing for her. As my little light began to shine, I began to find my niche. I'd love to read about how you found your niche? And so, to the changes coming to Good Earth Quilting. I'm working behind the scenes on an e-book that I hope will be out before Christmas and I'm wo...

I've posted more than 400 posts! Wow, and how the time has flown? This post is just a tiny look back on all that has been created here on Good Earth Quilting. I still have yet to finish this lovely "Mexacalli Quilt" and now I've seen it again, its actually hiding somewhere in my studio, come my little mexi-kitty, come now, where are you? I've included hundreds of links to various interesting sites and this is one of them . This link takes you to SD62 on Vancouver Island where Kindergarten has taken to the woods. This fine long time quilter used only recycled materials in all her quilts. I started out in 2007 with the ideas of helping others learn how to reuse, reduce and recycle. But as time went on, my local contact became bored with all the recycling talk and I noticed that people didn't comment on recycling posts, Now, 8 years later, so many blogs and people have become more centered on not wasting precious global energy and hav...