Stash for Good

quilts for girlie girls (and their not so girlie Mom)

A good friend, C, recently moved to Ontario with her husband, two little girls and a veritable menagerie of pets. C and I met when we both moved to Deep Cove, late in 2008. She lived next door to my sister, and her little girls were virtually the same number of months apart as mine, […]

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tutorial for mitered corners on blocks

A few weeks ago, I finished the mobile quilts for Meredith and Nolan. The original pattern didn’t call for mitered corners, however, when I chose the striped Kaffe Fassett fabric, I decided it would look much nicer.One downside to mitered corners, is that they use more fabric and you will need to cut 4 strips […]

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Day 29: Basement Moving Day (and Painting Day!)

Day 29 has really been about 6 days long and has involved culling 4 boxes of Christmas decorations, two more bags of yarn and fabric, 4 boxes of electronics (and cords, etc.), painting an entire basement (about 1200 square feet) and moving two rooms full of furniture. MJP has been incredibly supportive, and I think, […]

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handmade clothes for maileg mice

We are going to see friends up on lovely Savary Island this weekend, and are very excited to be visiting the “Hawaii of the north”.

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organic mobile quilts

I’m am not nearly as far along in my sewing goals for this summer as I’d like to be.

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day 28: a plan for the basement (and other spaces)

Our basement is still a mess. One of the main issues is the integration of my online store into my personal craft space. And I had left MJP’s ‘mancave’ to his devices. This has resulted in 4 boxes of electronics that have never been dealt with, and a bowflex that can’t be used because there […]

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