Carli The Quilter

Hello to all my quilty friends! Super excited that I'm finally able to get into some new fabric and some new quilts. More on that later. But just received some fun project supplies from www.fabricspark.com. A few years ago I was inspired and fell in love with Jen Kingswell designs! My work on her pattern "Midnight in the Oasis" gave me pause for a whole bunch of reasons. I have done so many quilts that pausing has been good for me and my aspirations. I lingered on modern versions of crazy quilting using machine stitches and machine embroidery. But I love hand stitching, so..... I journeyed deep into the cool pool of water. We all come forth via water. I paddled upstream and downstream and got caught in a tidal pool or two. I find now that I am fearless! I know I can't help it, I go around sharing my inner thoughts as if we were having a tea on the deck. I hope you are not bored? Since moving, I have been overwhelm...

Hello quilters!  We are finally into a real springtime here in Victoria! Therefore, I was feeling springy on this past weekend and began working on these basket blocks again. I intend to have these Baskets for Sisters done by Mother's Day. I have so much more energy since loosing 20 lbs using the Military Diet and Power Water Walking at the pool. What do you think? What would you do with these, keep them as a sparce more modern style of quilt or use sashing between the blocks, maybe embellishment?  Tell me what you would do? And last weekend, while at a retreat, I did  some free-play to recreate my influence of Freddy Moran. I have started a new crazy quilt that I can share here because its not part of my ongoing book Artisan Crazy Quilts. I really am drawn to sunset colors! The bee print fabric is one yard I bought from Fabric Spark from Toronto. This new print from Jane Sassaman, Leaf Dance-Busy Bee-Golden is lovely. Thank...

We had such a great time at the Makehouse on Fort St in Victoria on March 11! Victoria's downtown core was alive with raindrops and bustling feet. I even found a parking spot not far away! I have been in love with the ambiance at Jenny's Shop since the first time I saw the photo of her window display online. Jenny Ambrose is so sweet and is passionate about reusing. The new fabric classes for lingerie shows in the various items hung around her shop.!  Her classes are full of interesting fashion and home decor that would suit most learners with new stuff being added all the time. Also, what is coming are more quilting classes and for a video view of her shop, this video is a great promo of herself and her concept once you are at her site. In the meantime, quilty folks! I watched a beginner make her first t-shirt quilt from bar towels. Yes, who knew that bar towels like these from different pubs from across the world even existed? Kerry's undertaking...

Hello to all of my faithful readers! Thank you for continuing to read my blog. This is Chapter Thirteen-Remake Handmade. I'm counting backwards because my little bloggy spot is approaching 500 blog posts. WOW! The photo below describes some of what I love to do, which is river fishing with my hubby of 32 years. He took this photo of me when doing the 2nd thing I love to do, hand stitching! These chapters are a way for me to search out my own roots in the crafting I do and asking myself is this what I thought it would be like, some ten years down the way? Back in 2007 when I started this blog, I knew nothing about blogging. I did it in secret. My friends and others thought me a little 'weird'.  Eventually, most of them began to realize that blogging didn't mean me sharing everything we discussed or worked on in the privacy of our  homes, as just girlfriends! You know, right, who would do such a thing without consent! Its been this blog, Good ...

This is the first of twenty four posts in this anniversary year of writing Good Earth Quilting. This special year of 2017 is Canada's 150th Birthday! That makes this a wonderful year to celebrate why I started writing a blog in the first place. Its been ten years since I started sharing online by writing my thoughts, my processes and methods even, to an open door of further creativity.  We, who do share blog posts are "passing along our culture" our way of doing things. If we were back in the Cave Dweller Days, we'd be hulking around the edges of a fire, seeing new angles and uses of the new discovery with wary eyes.  Much like Boo Boo in this photo below. Geese are strongly committed to their flock and its not just for other fowl, for Boo Boo this includes people he loves too. This process started me thinking about it in a searching kind of way. I wanted to promote reuse and recycling of textiles into quilts in an effort to educate about the to...

Hi to all my quilty friends! First, I have made up my Beginner T-Shirt Workshop sample for March 4th, 2017 at the theMakehouse.ca in downtown Victoria! I'm very excited about all the teaching opportunities for 2017. I have also been working tirelessly on my Quilty 365 Circles blocks and I'm almost there! I have also worked on a new crazy quilt for another upcoming workshop. What do you think? I have made up some blocks to make into give away Pincushion gifts for students attending my Beginner T-Shirt Workshop at theMakehouse.ca on Fort St in Victoria, B.C. This new Crazy Quilt starts off at a regular crazy pieced block and goes onto new horizons. Also, for some strange reason Google has changed or its a conflict between my phone updates, my laptop and other computers I use at home and its resulted in me not being able to "Reply or Comment" on any blogs anywhere. So this is why no one is hearing my comments on yo...

Happy Sunday!  I love getting to "my time" with Lucinda Williams softly playing in the background, the iron is warm, it looks like rain outside and I'm quilting! I'm really digging how this quilt is finally coming together. The continued scrappy feel of this quilt as colors and prints have collided into a happy smile on my face. I've been trying to figure out what to name this quilt. I'm seeing a 'happiness' factor speaking to me. These Dresden Plate blocks are coming together and its fun to see them get into the dance together. I've got some really "fun finishes" for December that I'm building in the back ground and hoping that your time for quilt has been a great time. Stay tuned for these upcoming posts. Off to go keep my iron warm! Today, I'm linking up with one of my favorite link-up party: Slow Stitching Sunday