Margaret | August 8, 2010
I’ve got lots of new classes coming up this fall. Until times and dates are set at all the stores and all the samples get finished, I won’t be updating my newsletter and class schedule on the site. In the meantime, I’ll post these pictures of new samples as I complete them. I just finished [...]
Margaret | August 7, 2010
Now that we’ve got the fabric under control, what about all of those notions? We all have an assortment of rulers. I like to keep my rulers in one of two wooden racks with slits for the rulers to set up in. I keep them right on my cutting table so they are always ready [...]
Margaret | August 6, 2010
O.K., so now you have parted with some of your beloved stash, but still you have most of it. How do you organize it? The fabric that I wanted to keep in “my stash” got sorted first by size and then by color or purpose. The smaller pieces were either stored as fat quarters [...]
Margaret | August 4, 2010
I’ve been busy this summer working on samples for upcoming classes. If you have not heard already, Maple Island Quilts has a new pattern out: BQ3. It’s just as fast and fun to make as the earlier BQ and BQ2 quilts. For those of you who aren’t familiar with these quilts, the BQ stands for [...]
Margaret | April 24, 2010
It’s always fun to visit different quilt shops. Earlier this week some friends and I took a road trip to Buffalo. We discovered the coolest quilt shop on Elmwood Avenue, Elmwood Village Fabrics. It’s a small store but well worth the trip! They have a whole store of Amy Butler and similar fabrics. I was [...]
Margaret | March 9, 2010
I just taught a fun class Saturday on Machine Quilting. There was a wide range of experience in class from total beginners to some who had already been free-motion quilting and just wanted to improve their skills. This is a great class to get over your fear of free-motion quilting. We do almost everything without [...]