About Ursula Ursula immigrated to Canada in 1985 with her family of husband Walter and two pre-school aged children, Ralf and Caren. All along they have lived in beautiful Victoria, BC. Just like most quilters profess, she has loved needlework and crafts from an early age. Prior to becoming a …
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Draw In Customers With Eye Candy
Strip Clubs in Your Shop? Those 2 ½” fabric strips can be a way to draw customers in on a regular basis. With the huge variety of projects they make possible, you can even start a club and offer a different project every month. Bali Pops, Jelly Rolls. One look and you can almost taste them, …
A Weekend in the Life of a Bag and Quilt Designer and Teacher
A Essentials Tote Class and a Presentation of Quilting in China With a son and daughter-in-law living in Ottawa, I often find myself travelling with my husband Rob to that area. It's about 6 1/2 hours by car from our place in Strathroy, Ontario to the nation's capital. Paul and Leah live in …
Art Quilt By Patricia Scott: Water Lily
About Patricia Messing around with fibre arts has been part of my life since I was quite young. Crocheting, knitting, needlework, embroidery, cross stitch and sewing were all skill sets I was exposed to and taught. My mother, grandmother, and I found out, great grandmother, did a lot of sewing and …
Art Quilt By Carol Johnson: Farming in a New Age
About Carol I now live back in my hometown of Chesterville, ON, a small rural community southeast of Ottawa. I have three beautiful daughters and two very special granddaughters who live in southern Ontario. I have had the opportunity to try different avenues of employment over the years. In 2004, …
Art Quilt By Rebecca Turner: Save the Earth
About Becky Rebecca 'Becky' Turner began quilting nine years ago when she retired from a long career in nursing, and she was quickly drawn to the art quilt side of quilting. It was love at first stitch! Becky actively joins workshops, reads books and joins on-line groups in order to expand her …