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Karen
Sep 11, 20203 min read
The Best News in the World
In early February, my husband and I were just catching our breath after boxing up 30 years of business to become semi-retired...
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Karen
Aug 29, 20202 min read
Squirrels and other Problems
From the beginning, my YouTube channel goal has been making content with value and what my subscribers can take away...
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Karen
Aug 7, 20202 min read
Christmas Cake in August
It’s funny the logic one uses to decide to make three quilts in one week. Four months ago, I took up the challenge of creating a Stashbuster
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Karen
Jul 24, 20202 min read
How Much are You Really Paying for Your Fabric?
I started a journey back in February about precuts. I was curious about precut sizes quilters often bought...
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Karen
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Reflections on Canada Day
By the time you read this, my family will be celebrating Canada Day 2020. Every family celebrates Canada Day differently.
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Karen
Jun 23, 20202 min read
Cutting Through the Chaos
Day 115 of self isolation. I’ve been through quite a few stages during this pandemic. First began the 'confident' phase, where I had a...
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Karen
Jan 5, 20201 min read
Bullet Journal Post is coming
My video on bullet journalling expanded quickly into a series. Come back here later this week and I'll have a full post on the details....
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Karen
Nov 30, 20194 min read
10 Gifts for the Sewist or Quilter in your life
Here are 10 gifts that you can’t go wrong with for the Quilter or Sewist in your life 1-Scissors If the special person in your life is a...
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Karen
Oct 8, 20192 min read
Where did the summer go?
Today I was on Instagram chatting with a subscriber from North Carolina. She was unmotivated to start her next project, so I gave her my...
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Karen
May 26, 20192 min read
How to Colour Your Quilt
I love playing with colour. Always have and I guess I always will. And when I started quilting, it was the colourful fabrics which...
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Karen
Apr 23, 20192 min read
The #GallbladderFree Club
Forgive me please. It’s been three weeks since I posted my last video. It was a goal for the new year that I post videos weekly. I think...
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Karen
Mar 17, 20191 min read
I'm all caught up
Today, I’m all caught up. First time since January 1st but I think I’m all caught up. I’ve uploaded my weekly video, Cleaned the condo,...
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Karen
Mar 10, 20194 min read
A Night at the Embassy
Three years ago I was invited to join a group of quilters to be part of a submission for a possible exhibit at the Houston Quilt Show....
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Karen
Feb 20, 20192 min read
Quilts vs Stash
The past month has been both thrilling and challenging. My YouTube channel has grown exponentially…Thank you everyone. And then there’s...
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Karen
Jan 13, 20193 min read
Make Your Own Ironing Board
This is truly one of the best DIY projects I have ever done. When I was thinking about putting an ironing board on top of wire shelves, I...
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Karen
Jan 2, 20191 min read
Quilting Plans - Setting your Quilting Goals for 2019
New Year’s day I woke at 11:00am. Not the best start to the new year so I decided to head out for a run. It was chilly but I did a 6k....
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Karen
Dec 18, 20181 min read
7 Fast & Easy Last Minute Gifts with Clothesline Rope
Yes I am nuts for making a video in December but I just had to share these fast and easy clothesline rope projects. These 7 projects can...
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Karen
Nov 12, 20182 min read
Best Laid Plans
So last week, after I made my bucket list for the end of 2018, part of me was wondering how I got so behind on some of my projects. How...
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Karen
Oct 29, 20184 min read
Works in Progress Update
It’s October 29th and 64 days til 2019. I thought it was a good time to review my projects that I have on the go and set realistic goals...
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Karen
Aug 29, 20181 min read
Canadian Block Lotto Challenge
So over on Facebook, leaders of the Canadian Modern Quilt Guilds thought that doing a national block lotto challenge would be fun to do....
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