Fire-damaged quilt after repairs I felt I must at least try to help salvage this quilt My hope for this blog is to encourage any of you who might, in future, have a request made for your time and talent that seems difficult or impossible. A devastating fire Recently, late in October, there was …
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Yoga Bag Duo: Yoga Girl and Yoga Fitness Bag
How I Was Shamed Into Making a Bag and Why I Learned Photoshop This story starts in 2007 or so... The Marsh Store is my local quilt shop and I used to work there on Fridays helping Shirley and Tim Bobier with the day to day tasks as well as teaching the odd class on Saturdays. Lots of …
Return to China: More Adventures of a Canadian Designer
This time last year, in 2014, I visited the city of Shaoxing, exhibiting my Canadian quilts and bags alongside those of quilters from China, Taiwan, Japan, USA, Korea, and Australia. You can read about my first adventure to China here. This year, in early October 2015, I returned to China once …
Featured in Inspired to Sew October 2015 Issue
I have the good fortune of being featured in October 2015's Inspired to Sew! Inside, you'll find out a bit more about how Among Brenda's Quilts & Bags got its start, and how a creative hobby and passion turned into a full-time business designing bags and quilts. It's always a pleasure to …
The Perfect Thread Organizer Storage Box
Thread Organization With the Embroidery Thread Box Is your shop in a tangle? When I head over to my local quilt shop to get some machine quilting done, selecting the correct thread color from their vast collection of variegated and solid color threads is a time consuming experience. The box …
Al Cote layered rug making concept similar to South American Mola work
A Class for an Interesting Technique Turns into a Quilt Show Entry When you run a small business, sometimes it's tough to get away, but when I noticed a call to fill a guild-sponsored class, I signed up at the last minute. As it turned out, it was good decision, because I ended up creating my own …
