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.

Early in December I won a give away at www.mysweetprairie.com. During this time I was tied up literally in life and all its complexities. I sought the complex life of Ayla who survived the Clan of the Cave Bears. I found new tools for my phone, commonly known as  an app. Some of you youngsters will be laughing or worse. But the magazine won from Monika@mysweetprairie.com was such a breath of good fortune, much good luck has come my way since opening this magazine. Thanks so much Monika! I'm making the Crocheted Jacket on pg. 74 of the Noro Magazine Fall 2015. Monika's art  is profiled in the magazine.

This new quilt is so much fun, I'm using up thrift store purchase of vintage hexie blocks, appliqued onto 10 in. square blocks. Happy Quilting!

This weekend has been such fun meeting new quilters photos of the group are later to come. I did a lot of hand applique in between laughing and eating way too much of the lovely food catered for us. More coming once I'm home and organized again. Happy Quilting everyone!

Hello quilting friends! Today's post is a utility post on things I'm getting out of the way because they bug me hanging around in my sewing room and besides, hubby deserves a little love on his shirt. Problem: worn down collar on a favorite flannel guys shirt. The Fix:  cut fabric from bottom of shirt, sew new hem on bottom and applique a cover up on the collar issue. I machine sewed the bottom edge that I had to cut off so I had fabric for the collar fix. Then hand appliqued new cover up in place and it looks so lovely. Hubby is thrilled! I forgot to get a photo of what the blue shirt collar issue looked like before I mended it. Gee, its amazing how fast you get out of sinc with your blogging process if left for a few weeks. Below is what the finished blue shirt applique on the collar looked like finished. Here is the next red flannel shirt with another collar issue to fix. Not all my quilting and sewing is to make beautiful...

This holiday season has brought thoughts of New Year Resolutions. My bleak stitching time has begun the seedling roots of resolving my wish to stretch my heart in stitches. Stretching my heart in textile expressions of my fears, my hopes and my suggestions on ways to help myself make the changes I can to reduce my use of a car. Every winter I read the Jean Auel series starting with Clan of the Cave Bear. I've begun crocheting an original shrug pattern. I'm just playing around. The great thing about a New Year is the ability to start over, to try new things and to reach out to new groups of community. I want to meet more First Nations women in the art world and starting with a new retreat in January. I want to make at least one Amish Quilt and I love this one made by Mary Marcotte of Fluer de lis Quilts. I love a little box given to me by my friend Nola! This one in the photo above was made by a blogger buddy Rhianon Taylor over a...

Hi everyone, I can see that everyone is a busy little elf right now!! Such fun! I decided to do a Year in Review as suggested by my son.  Burkley's Quilt  39 x 54 in. Bat Girl Goes Out 31.5 Square Clever Embroidery Series was a total hit. Wendys Quilts and More does beautiful cross stitch and so much more! I finally completed earrings and necklace in return for a donation of beads in turquoise from Zenia Rene. And I've continued writing my Artisan Crazy Quilts book due out in the New Year. I'll be joining up with Faeries and Fibres for her 2015 EPP Quilt Along.  i urge you to visit Karen's blog to see her mouth watering EPP goodness for any further encouragement to become a follower and join us. As I was constructing this last blog post of 2015, I learned that I've done a lot more quilting this year and that means my quality of life has improved as my doctor put it, less pain equals a happier Caroline. ...