QUILTsocial | Issue 08
Here it is, the new issue of QUILTsocial Magazine! We're extremely excited to release this FREE issue featuring a full 88 pages packed with free tutorials, patterns, and product reviews. This is a very exciting issue! (I know, I say that about all of them...) But I'm very excited that we're taking a close look at 3 different sewing machine brands, highlighting their special features and exploring them with cool projects. This issue also has the very fun and diverse quilting projects you've come to expect from QUILTsocial. You don't want to miss our many tutorials, like reducing bulk in your seams, threads that enhance Sashiko work, and bringing together stenciling fabric and machine embroidery to create a one of kind quilt block, to name a few. Enjoy the issue, and happy quilting!
Here it is, the new issue of QUILTsocial Magazine! We're extremely excited to release this FREE issue featuring a full 88 pages packed with free tutorials, patterns, and product reviews.
This is a very exciting issue! (I know, I say that about all of them...) But I'm very excited that we're taking a close look at 3 different sewing machine brands, highlighting their special features and exploring them with cool projects.
This issue also has the very fun and diverse quilting projects you've come to expect from QUILTsocial. You don't want to miss our many tutorials, like reducing bulk in your seams, threads that enhance Sashiko work, and bringing together stenciling fabric and machine embroidery to create a one of kind quilt block, to name a few. Enjoy the issue, and happy quilting!
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<strong>QUILTsocial</strong> bloggers<br />
Christine Baker<br />
FairfieldRoadDesigns.com<br />
Christine has been designing and<br />
publishing quilt patterns for the<br />
last 10 years under the business<br />
name Fairfield Road Designs.<br />
Her patterns range from fusible<br />
applique and piecing to felted wool<br />
applique and punchneedle. You can<br />
see all her patterns on her website.<br />
Elaine Theriault<br />
crazyquilteronabike.blogspot.ca<br />
Elaine made her first quilt at<br />
the tender age of 13. The urge<br />
to quilt resurfaced when her<br />
daughter moved from a crib. The<br />
rest is history – she now teaches<br />
several days a week, makes<br />
quilts on commission and quilts<br />
for others on the long-arm .<br />
Liana Kirkey<br />
thatsewingplace.ca<br />
Liana Kirkey is an educator and<br />
self-professed gadget-girl with<br />
35 years experience in the retail<br />
sewing industry. Her favorite<br />
sewing playground includes<br />
embroidery machines, digitizing<br />
software, machine accessories and<br />
presser feet. She currently works<br />
full-time at That Sewing Place in<br />
Newmarket, Ontario.<br />
Jean Boyd<br />
patternsbyjeanboyd.com<br />
Jean has been designing and<br />
publishing patterns since 1997. Her<br />
work has been published in several<br />
magazines across North America.<br />
Jean holds a Fiber Arts Certificate in<br />
quilting and has taught extensively<br />
throughout Canada, including six<br />
national Quilt Canada conferences.<br />
She was named "Canadian Teacher<br />
of the Year" in 2003 by the Canadian<br />
Quilters Association and has won<br />
numerous awards for her quilts.<br />
Jackie White<br />
jabotquilt.blogspot.ca<br />
Jackie is a quilter who loves quilting<br />
outside the box especially when it<br />
comes to 3D and embellishments.<br />
Her work has been published in<br />
books and magazines and she<br />
currently sits on the Board of<br />
Directors for the Canadian Quilters’<br />
Association. When she's not in her<br />
studio, she's working as a Social<br />
Media Manager.<br />
Nancy Devine<br />
nancywhiskeynancyo.blogspot.com<br />
Nancy Devine is a devoted user<br />
and collector of remnants, scraps,<br />
and vintage buttons. She lives in<br />
Aurora, Ontario, and can often<br />
be found working on her latest<br />
project, and playing around with<br />
her vintage (and much loved)<br />
Bernina machine. Find more of<br />
her work and musings on her blog.<br />
Sarah Vanderburgh<br />
sewjoycreations.com<br />
Sarah loves to play with color and<br />
quilts are her playground! A selftaught<br />
quilter, She's been designing<br />
her own quilts for almost 20 years.<br />
She's inspired by happy fabrics,<br />
selvages, traditional blocks and<br />
nature. She's also a wife, mother,<br />
and elementary school teacher, and<br />
enjoy drinking coffee on my front<br />
porch in northern Ontario.<br />
Q<br />
.com<br />
UILTsocial<br />
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