Block Design – The Modern Popsicle We were given 6 fat eighths to create an original quilt design block that finishes at 12-inches square (12.5 inches unfinished). A fat eighth is typically 9″x20″. We were to use at least 3 of the colours from the Watermelon Summer palette and only the fabric provided by Fabri-Quilt.…
Read MoreFabri-Quilt New Block Blog Hop, Day 4
Source: Fabri-Quilt New Block Blog Hop, Day 4 Today is the last day of this hop! Check back later today for my Fabri-quilt block and tutorial! Until then, K
Read MoreKidnapped – by Millie
Well, I must apologize for my disappearance over the last few days! Millie is 100% to blame. One hundred percent. I am very much in love and maybe a little obsessed or is it just lust? In all seriousness I want to say I love APQS. The service has been great. They came out and…
Read MoreSeptember Dawn
Here is my submission picture of September Dawn to QuiltCon 2015. It was accepted in the Michael Miller Fabric Challenge and I was lucky enough to go to Austin, Texas to see it in person. My first large quilt (original design, pieced by myself and quilted on a domestic machine). My first entry (and acceptance)…
Read MoreThe Longarm Arrives #helpagirlgetalongarm
Millie arrived today from APQS!!! Set up took a little longer than expected and we did not finish until around 6pm. Dinner with DH then I had to try it out! Busy playing! They forgot the leaders so I am just pinning right now – first time using a long arm other than the demos…
Read MoreTreasure Hunt
I was going to post all about swaps today. Oddly enough, if you follow me on Instagram you will see I received lots of happy mail today! A few of my swaps all came in at once! So between my staging photos and sending thank yous my time was stolen today. Okay, okay what really…
Read MoreFabri-Quilt New Block Blog Hop
Wow wow wow more excitement over here today! I was delayed posting this over lunch today as we had a Tornado alert here in Calgary. Not something you tend to see right in downtown Calgary. So the blog post had to wait, as I had not pre-scheduled this one. My other big excitement today is being…
Read MoreMini On The Bubble Quilt Tutorial
Happy Tuesday everyone! I promised many this tutorial today. If there is any component that is not clear or does not make sense just ask away. No question is a stupid question in my life. I made this mini using 81 squares as to me that is how the gradation worked out best and still…
Read More2015 New Quilt Bloggers
Hi everyone and welcome to Up*It*Is Quilts! I was incredibly excited to be selected to participate in this initiative with a group of people who are so creative and talented. Being new to this, I have found it invaluable learning from others and getting insights into how to make this site work. Fortunately for me,…
Read More#TULAYAH SWAP
#TULAYAH SWAP Here is the link for the Google Form to sign up – if you have any questions you can comment here or email me at kdundas2009@gmail.com : This swap is now closed – thank you to all who submitted a form. I will be reviewing and assigning partners this week. You will receive…
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