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Thoughtful Soles
Colourwash
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The slow
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movement
&
the running
stitch
with Ana Buzzalino
the Beauty of
Texture
Flower Smocking
Popcorn Smocking
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Editor's letter
...rainy day
Blues
or
rainy day
Although a rainy day can be very gloomy, for me it's
always bliss! Imagine, raindrops on the window pane
and I'm knitting on the sofa - bliss. Colourful yarn on
my needles, probably my favourite colours to boot, and
a chance to get ahead of the knitting project. I might
even indulge in quilting as well. Oh, this makes me think
about UFOs, might rainy days be a good marker for
picking up an unfinished project? Up to you.
Within this issue you'll find many reasons to be grateful
for a little rain. Favourite board games turned into quilt
tops and huge wallhangings as in Elaine's Rainy Day Fun
puzzle quilt. It can be used in a kindergarten classroom,
but imagine making it for a child's bedroom, bedtime
will be a lot of fun! And my all-time favourite bedtime
game, I Spy, can be a quilt to play and snuggle! See how
Elaine chose to make hers!
And then there's always hopscotch! Colleen offers the
Hop to It! as a runner, also great for a child's room but
fun for a kitchen table too. Pick your favourite Banyan
Batiks colorways, and you'll love it forever.
Bliss?
How about that umbrella project born out of sheer
button love? See how it's done easily using the Designer
EPIC, this may be addictive, but hey, what craft isn't?
There are all sorts of project ideas that spell comfort and
lounging about the house when you know no one will
ring your doorbell that rainy day. To name a few, Sarah's
Blissful Butterflies quilt, Jacqueline's In the Mood tunic
and Lisa's Comfort Crescent Shawl in the very soft Chic
Sheep merino wool yarn. Lorraine's Colourwash Socks
will have you singing 'You are My Sunshine' the whole
day long!
You've got to love Jo's Cute Boots, she's totally right,
if you have to go outside in the rain, wear cute and
colourful boots! I gotta get a pair.
Maybe you'll take advantage of the rainy day to
reorganize your craft room, or craft closet? See what
Cynthia has to say about how to finish it in one day or
at least to get you started. You know, reorganizing your
crafting space can be so gratifying!
Make & Be Happy
It's time to get busy with
these exciting crafting
ideas! Let's go!
Cheerfully,
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8 Cathy McClean
sewing
Dominoes Game Tablecloth
12 Clodagh Coker
quilting
Chenille Oven Mitts & Trivet
16 Lynn Swanson
quilting
Rainy Days Wallhanging
22 Margaret Sweete
button art
Raindrops Won't Fall on My Head!
Cushion
26 Elaine Theriault
quilting
I Spy Quilt
28 Elaine Theriault
quilting
Rainy Day Fun Puzzle Quilt
30 Sarah Vanderburgh
quilting
Blissful Butterflies Quilt
34 Liana Kirkey
quilting
The Pyramid Bag Options
36 Colleen McMahon
quilting
Hop to It! Table Runner & Placemats
52 Cynthia MacDougall
knit together
Rainy Day Knitting
54 Flo Flory
knitting
Rick Rack Poncho & Cowl
56 Lorraine Thompson
knitting
Thoughtful Soles Series
Colourwash Socks
60 Jacqueline Grice
knitting
In the Mood Tunic
64 Red Heart, Lisa Gentry
knitting
Comfort Crescent Shawl
66 Sharlene Young-Bolen
knitting
Creating a Natural Dye Palette
Falling Leaves Fingerless Mittens
69 Dawn Liu-Smith
knitting
Sari Ribbon Scarflette
70 Jo Gatenby
cross stitch
Cute Boots
72 Betty Stokoe
hardanger
Rainy Day Mug Rugs
74 Iryna Varabei
nizanka
Pavouk Talisman
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Artist Review
48 Barbara Chapman
Half Dark Half Light
48
46
3 Editor’s Letter
6 Mark Your Calendars!
6 Advertiser Index
63 Knitting
Standard Abbreviations
& Terms
98 Business Directory
in
every
issue
Special Features
78 The Beauty of Texture Part 4
Judith Marquis
88 Pulled Thread Pastries Part 2
Kim Beamish
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42 In the Studio with Ana Buzzalino Part 1
The slow stitching movement
Ana Buzzalino
46 How to machine trapunto for added dimension
Judy Plotniko
50 Quilt Canada 2019 – This year, take the leap!
Canadian Quilters’ Association/
Association canadienne de la courtepointe
Marcy Horswill
in the loop
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March 2, 2019, 10am to 4pm
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1151 Highway 26, Minesing ON L9X 0Z7
Escape the winter blues. Join us for hands-on
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Creativ Festival
Since 1988, Creativ Festival is Canada’s largest diy
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Imagine being able to knit without interruption?
Share the enthusiasm with other knitters, be inspired,
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April 13-14, 2019
Reflections of Georgian Bay Quilt Show
Presented by Georgian Bay Quilters Guild (Midland ON)
Tiny Township Community Centre
91 Concession Rd East, Tiny, Ontario L0L 2J0
Sat: 10am-5pm and Sun: 10am-4pm. Admission
$5.00 and men $2.00. Quilted exhibits, tea room,
vendors, door prizes, demonstrations. Plenty of
free parking, Handicapped access. The location will
be well signed. For more information email us at
GeorgianBayQuiltersGuild@gmail.com or online at
www.gbqg.ca or on Facebook.
May 14-19, 2019
Seminar 2019, Beyond the Edge
Embroiderers’ Association of Canada in conjunction with
the Embroiderers’ Guild of Victoria
University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road,
Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2
This 5 day event is the annual seminar of the
Embroiderers' Association of Canada. It features
classes with internationally known teachers, a
members' exhibition , vendors and lots of fun events.
For more information visit eac.ca/eng/seminar, email
2019seminar@eac.ca, or call 250.477.1583.
May 30 - June 8, 2019
Saskatchewan Stitches Conference
St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Stitches Conference offers creative
classes with renowned fibre and needle work artists
and attracts participants from across Canada who
love to sew, knit, quilt and rughook. Forms and details
at www.saskstitches.ca or call 1.800.344.6024.
June 22 - July 6, 2019, 10am to 4pm, closed Mondays
Summer Fibrations by Out of the Box members
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
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Vernissage, Sat. June 22, 2019 at 2pm. Approximately
200 pieces of innovative fibre art will be on display
in Almonte’s beautiful historical woolen mill. Street
parking. Accessible access (rear main entrance).
Admission: $7.00. For information: www.mvtm.ca
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Advertiser Index
96 Brampton Sew N Serge
99 Brother
98 Business Directory
63 Canadian Guild of Knitters
15 Canadian Quilters' Association
49 Coats
77 CreativFestival
63 Crochet Designs by NanaRuth
95 Embroiderers' Association of Canada
100 Gütermann Creativ
63 Hardanger House
97 Haus of Stitches
96 Heartfelt Fibre Arts
27 Husqvarna Viking
96 Kelly's Creative Sewing
94 KNITmuch
62 KnitSwiss Yarns
59 KnittingTours.com
97 Lowery Workstands
96 Melissa Marginet
33 Northcott Fabrics
94 Ontario Hooking Craft Guild
02 PFAFF
94 QUILTsocial
63 Rypan Designs
96 Sandpiper Creations
96 Sew Inspired
96 Sew With Vision
97 Spirit of Belarus
97 That Sewing Place
97 The Quilt Store
97 The Yarn Guy
07 Unique Knitting & Crochet
95 X's & Oh's
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Dominoes Game
Tablecloth
Board and card games are making a comeback! A great family activity is made
a lot more fun with this easy dominoes game tablecloth. Use your time to
play games with your family and skip stitching around each of the dots on the
dominoes by using the NEW no sew HeatnBond Soft Stretch Ultra. – Cathy
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Chenille Oven Mitt TEMPLATES
Lining
(cut 2)
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Rainy Days Wallhanging
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Raindrops Won’t Fall
on My Head!
Cushion
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This quilt was inspired by my
daughter's high school prom theme
of enchanted forest. The beautiful
Banyan Batiks set the stage to
create a magical evening forest
canopy for the butterflies to shine
in – much like I hoped the prom
did for my graduate!
The pattern is for 3 butterflies of
each set on the same background
fabric. I made more butterflies
than I needed and you can too –
there’s enough fabric to make more
butterflies. For the quilt pictured,
I varied the backgrounds with the
butterflies and even made more
butterflies for the back! To help me
decide on butterfly placement, I
put the pink hued fabrics on grey
backgrounds and orange on green
backgrounds; the red I mixed on
all three background colours. The
simplest way to explain the color
selection in the quilt is that it's
designed as a nine patch with
blue and grey batiks forming the
corner and middle backgrounds
with green batik backgrounds
between them. The butterfly
panels are a modified nine patch
and the butterfly background
batik coordinates with one of the
butterfly fabrics in the panel.
There are many different methods
of making HSTs. There are also
many different tools and rulers
available to make them. We
encourage you to use the method
you prefer and feel the most
comfortable with. The following
HST method is the one that we
believe is tried and tested, and
seems to be the favorite method
of quilters, when not using a tool
or ruler.
– Sarah
Blissful Butter flies Quilt
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y Deborah Edwards and Linda Ludovico
by Deborah Edwards and Linda Ludovico
Solstice panel Part of the Stonehenge Solstice collection
Solstice panel • Part of the Stonehenge Solstice collection
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4
2
The
Pyramid
Bag
Options
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Photos courtesy of That Sewing Place

Hop to It!
These two
quick and easy
placemats, for you
or as a gift, are a
great way to use
any of the extra
2½” segments left
from making the
Hop to It! Runner.
Table Runner
&
Placemats
With a life long passion for all things creative, and
way too many creative outlets to list, I have always
returned to sewing and quilting. As a previous quilt
shop owner, I know the lure of beautiful fabrics, fresh
designs and inspiring projects that so many of us can
never resist, and nor would we want to!
The north wind brings change, and Northwind
Designs, while respecting the tradition of quilting,
brings a fresh change and renewal to modern quilting.
As a quiltmaker for many years, I feel inspired and
take comfort in knowing that so many quilters of all
ages continue to embrace the craft with fresh designs
and fabrics, keeping the art of quiltmaking alive and
flourishing!
I hope you enjoy making this runner as much as I did,
using this new collection called Recess and Ketan,
part of the new Banyan Batik fabric collection from
Northcott Silk Inc., a Canadian fabric company.
Make this fun project on a rainy day or ‘for’ a rainy
day! This runner reminds me of playing hopscotch
many years ago, a real neighbourhood favourite. We
also love using this runner as a scoreboard for our
family card games!
– Colleen
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RICK RACK PONCHO
& COWL
When I was young my mother use to add rick rack trim
to everything, dresses, skirts and curtains. This pattern
reminds me of those zigzags!
Children grow up so quickly, it’s handy to have a quick
pattern to knit up. I used Red Heart Gumdrop yarn, a
plush and soft acrylic perfect for children. Gumdrop
comes in 15 fun and, well, very appetizing colours! - Flo
skill level Advanced Beginner
skills required
• knit, cast on and bind off
• working in the round on circular needles
finished measurements
Fits: 8-year-old
Finished Dimension: 15½” x 17½” [39 x 45cm]
Pattern Adjustment: 12-stitch repeat = 2” [5cm] wide
materials
yarn
• 3 balls of
Red Heart Gumdrop in
Licorice colourway
needles
• poncho US 8 [5mm]
Licorice
needles for working flat
• cowl US 8 [5mm] needles short circular or double points
notions
• stitch markers
• 12 buttons
• sewing needle and thread for attaching buttons
gauge
24 sts/24 rows = 4” square in pattern stitch
Notes:
• Pattern is multiple of 12 stitches + 10
• Increase/decrease size by increasing/decreasing 12-stitch repeat.
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Colourwash
socks
Sock 1 You are my sunshine
Sock 2 You make me happy
I named this pair of socks,
‘Colourwash’ because they remind
me of watercolour paintings. They
feature a heart motif and an
afterthought heel. This heel allows
uninterrupted patterning around
the foot which is why I have used
it again even though my favourite
heel is the standard heel flap and
gusset.
These socks make the perfect pair
on a gloomy day of rain.
– Lorraine
you are my sunshine
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In the Mood Tunic
KnitswissYarns is like rainbow and a
treasure. You have probably noticed over
the past several issues that I strive to
be unique in the patterns I create for A
Needle Pulling Thread. It is an immense
pleasure and fun to design using my
luxurious hand-dyed yarns.
In the Mood Tunic is no exception and is
unique in many ways. I worked with three
colours, Cream, Orange, Blue, that are
blended together in different strengths
over each skein. My KnitswissYarns
Sport Weight yarn gives the tunic a very
comfortable and relaxed draping that will
flatter your body shape. It can be worn
in several ways, off the shoulder, the side
length can be worn on the left or right,
over jeans or pencil skirt, depending on
your style and mood. The uneven edges
give the illusion of the hour glass shaping.
Don't be shy have fun with using as many
colours as you like...or work it up in one
colour. It’s the perfect pattern for getting
very comfortable knitting short rows.
Truly, this is a tunic for fun and
happy moments.
– Jacqueline
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A Needle Pulling Thread Standard abbreviations & terms
alt = alternate
approx = approximately
beg = begin(ning)
BO= bind off
CC = contrast colour
ch = chain
cm = centimetre(s)
cn = cable needle
CO = cast on
cont = continue, continuing
dc = double crochet
dec = decrease(s), decreasing
dpn = double-pointed needle(s)
foll = following
g = gram(s)
inc = increase(s), increasing
in(s) = inch(es)
k = knit
kf&b or kfb = knit into front and back of st
(increase)
ktbl = knit through the back loop
k2tog = knit 2 sts tog (right-leaning decrease)
K3tog = knit 3 sts together (double rightleaning
decrease)
M = marker
m = metre(s)
M1 = Make 1 stitch: pick up the horizontal
strand between 2 stitches from front to
back and knit it tbl (lifted increase)
MC = main colour
mm = millimetre(s)
oz = ounce(s)
p = purl
p2tog = purl 2 sts tog (decrease)
patt = pattern
pfb = purl into front and back of stitch
(increase)
pm = place marker
psso = pass slipped stitch over
RS = right side
rem = remain(ing)
rep = repeat
rev = reverse
rnd = round
sc = single crochet
sl = slip
skp = slip one st, knit next st, pass slipped st
over knit st (dec)
ssk = slip, slip, knit: slip 2 sts knitwise, 1 at a
time, insert left-hand needle into front of
both sts and knit them tog (left-leaning
decrease)
Sssk = Slip next three stitches individually,
knitwise. Insert tip of left needle from
front to back into the fronts of these three
stitches and knit them together (double
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Cute Bootsmuch
Since the theme for this issue is rainy days, I searched
through my quotes collection until I found the perfect
one – and this adorable duckling in his fun red boots fit
the design to a T! A lovely over-dyed fabric added to the
moody feel of the day – hope you enjoy stitching him as
as I did… – Jo
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The idea of the stitched Pavouk
came from the 3 dimensional
straw ornament that's very
popular in Belarus. The word
pavouk means ‘a spider’.
Salamiany Pavouk, straw Pavouk,
is one of the oldest Belarusan
talismans.
Because of its shape, it's
considered a sacred item, and
the process used to craft it,
is believed to repeat God’s
geometric process of the creation
of the Universe.
A straw Pavouk is typically made
at the beginning of a new year
and is believed to protect the
home and its family the whole
year long. It is thought to catch
‘Pavouk’
negative energy and transmute it,
very much like a dreamcatcher.
Talisman
It's usually hung to the ceiling or
doorway and often to a crib. It
can be hung at the window or in
the car.
A stitched Pavouk may also be
framed.
The design for this talisman is
based on the ‘ripples-on-water’
design often used on Belarusan
coverlets.
– Iryna
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In this final segment on the Beauty
of Texture, two types of smocking
are presented; both based on
individual motifs as opposed to
linear stitches or those for which
the threads carry from one motif to
the next.
We start with Flower smocking
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graph for different spacing or the
squares enlarged or turned on their
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patience to manipulate the fabric.
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The
Beauty
of
Texture
Part 4
The second type of smocking is Popcorn smocking.
Seldom seen or recognized, this form of smocking
is quite old and rather simple to create. It creates
wonderful texture with little effort and can be
utilized over a large area with little stitching involved.
Strong thread and good knots will give the best
results for both.
Neither of these forms of smocking have any
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will lend itself differently and ‘talk’ to you during
the creative process. You'll find all kinds of
possibilities if you explore!
– Judith
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