TN&TN collective member.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

WIP Wednesday #174 @ TN&TN

Welcome to the last WIP Wednesday of the year AND the first of 2015!  lol

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!












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Monday, December 22, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 173 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday! 

HAPPY WINTER HOLIDAYS
&  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I wasn't sure if I should do a link up post assuming everyone is busy with festivities this week, but here goes.  :) 

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Please title it with your first name and province.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!














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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

WIP Wednesday #172 @ TN&TN

**Just a note - please remember to title your link by your name and province wo we can see who you are and where you are from.  ; )  Also, inlcude a link back to this site in your post so your friends can find us.

On with the show - Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!

















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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

WIP Wednesday #171 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

WIP Wednesday #170 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

WIP Wednesday #169 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

WIP Wednsday #168 @ TN&TN / BLOGATHON CANADA



Hello!  Fist up - did you know this week is the 3rd annual Blogathon Canada!?  Blogathon Canada is a weeklong blog hop of Canadian Quilting Blogs from across the country.  Each of the blog hosts include a list of other blogs from their provinces and territories and host sponsored giveaways.  Oh the prizes!  Robert Kaufman, Aurifil, Camelot Fabrics, TImeless Treasures, Northcott to name a few.


Link up your 'Work in Progress' (or finished work) here first, then head on over to check out Blogathon Canada.  You can find the information schedule HERE at the Sew Sisters blog.


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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 167 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

WIP Wednesday #166 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

WIP Wednesday #165 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 164 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 163 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

WIP Wednesday #162 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

WIP Wednesday #161 @ TN&TN

Hello again folks.  Autumn has settled in firmly and we are enjoying this changing of the guard right across the country.  Thank you in advance for stopping by and signing up!

Please take a moment to check out some new additions to the Call for Entries (thank you so much for the update Jackie W!).

On we go... Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!




















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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

WIP Wednesday #160 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

WIP Wednesday #159 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday! 

Seeing as this is our third year of weekly link ups - let's celebrate with a little challenge.  See if we can all find one Canadian fibre blogger to invite to join out WIP Wednesdays.  Let's spread the word and enjoy all the beautiful projects right across the country.  : )  AND THANK YOU to all the 'regulars'.  : )

Okay - Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!



















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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

WIP Wednesday #158 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  How is everyone doing?  We've gone from plus 30 to snow & below zero in a day or two in some parts of the country.  Stary warm folks. 

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

also - HAPPY THREE YEARS TN&TN! 

Thanks!

















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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

WIP Wednesday #157 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

WIP Wednesday #156 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

WIp Wednesday # 155 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  I hope you are enjoying your summer.  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Please ensure you link your post url so people can go directly to see what you are working on.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!


















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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

WIP Wednesday #154 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday! 

Guess what I just found out!?!  I was peeking around at the link up info behind the scenes, and I noticed that each WIP Wednesday gets around TWO THOUSANDS hits.  That's exciting!  It means people are looking.  There are typically about 20-30 bloggers linking up each week - so I wanted to let you know that it's not just us looking.  Keep up the good work and thanks for showing off Canadian talent to the world.

On with the show... Have a Canadian blog?  Link your blog post here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!






















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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 153 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Yes - it is Wednesdaay today.  The long weekends throw me off every time.  But it's all good.  This link up is open until noon on Thursday, so you all have lots of time to add your posts.

Please link your Blogpost URL and not just the BlogURL.  This way, when readers click on your thumbnail they will be taken straight to the post you are talking about.  If you link only to your blog, then the reader will be taken to your blog only and see your most recent post.  If you aren't sure what I mean, all you need to do when you are viewing your blog is click on the title of your post that you want to share.  Then you can copy and past the address that comes up in the little URL address box at the top of your page.  Simple!  Then weeks from now, we can click on old link ups and go right to the appropriate post.

Alright - here we go!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!


















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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

WIP Wednesday #52 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday! 

First - my apologies to those who sign up.  I have no idea why the link up occassionally changes while I continue to create the posts in the exact same way each time.  Blogger/Inlinkz makes a little change and it all goes wonky.   I don't know until the post is already up. 
I can stitch... but I never claim to be a computer savvy person!  : ) 

crossing my fingers that it works out...

Here we go!

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!





























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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

WIP Wednesday #150 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

WIP Wednsday #149 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

WIP Wednesday #148 @ TN&TN

* * * H * A * P * P * Y * * * C * A * N * A * D * A * * * D * A * Y * * *

Our hearts go out to all the communities affected by way too much water.  I hope you are able to find dry land and some friends or family to be with today, and take a little break for the turmoil.

* * * H * A * P * P * Y * * * C * A * N * A * D * A * * * D * A * Y * * *

On with the show... Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

* * * H * A * P * P * Y * * * C * A * N * A * D * A * * * D * A * Y * * *

























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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 147 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Sorry I'm a few minutes late.  I have a good excuse:  was at the hardware store getting more drywall for the new studio.  (Insert squeeeeeal!) 

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

*** We will continue WIP Wednsday next week as usual even though it's Canada Day.  You can sign up on the 1st, 2nd, or the 3rd.

Thanks!
Monika K.






















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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 146 @ TN&TN

Hello everyone.  I just want to send out a reminder that if you are part of the postcard swap with Canadian Quilt Talk Radio, you should check your inboxes.  Brandy Lynn has just sent out the addresses of people you are partnered with to exchange.  They need to be mailed bu June 20th. 

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!






























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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

WIP Wednesday #145 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

WIP Wednesday #144 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 143 @ TN&TN

First - an announcement!  Monika Kinner-Whalen and Brandy Lynn Maslowski have teamed up to bring you a Canada Day Quilted Postcard Exchange!  Brandy is the host of Canadian Quilt Talk Radio and is collecting participant sign ups at her blog.  www.brandylynndesigns.com  Monika has a quick tutorial posted at her blog, and some supplies available if needed via her Etsy shop (My Sweet Prairie).  Sounds like fun?  There are already dozens of people signed up.  The theme is Maple Leaves. : )

Welcome to WIP Wednesday and welcome back Spring!!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!































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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 142 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

WIP Wednesday #141 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

WIP Wednesday #140 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

WIP Wednesday #139 @ TN&TN


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Friday, April 25, 2014

Friday Feature- Rhondda from Oombawka Design

Hi! My name is Rhondda and I am the Designer and Blogger behind Oombawka Design. You can find me at 

http://www.oombawkadesigncrochet.com. I live in Wellesley, Ontario (a small community just outside 

Kitchener/Waterloo) with my husband and 2-young children.

I love to make projects with yarn. I enjoy crocheting and I love designing crochet patterns. I try to 

write my crochet patterns to be easy to understand and I provide question support by email and on my 

Facebook page.

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I have been crocheting for approximately seven years. Just the basics at first, a few stitches (single 

crochet, half double crochet, double crochet) and Afghans and scarves. I began crocheting after I was 

diagnosed with Crohn's Disease as a way to keep busy when I could not be physically active. I found it 

very relaxing and rewarding to be able to learn and apply a skill and to create something tangible.

In 2012 I began developing and expanding my crochet skills. Once again the crochet was a way to help me 

through difficult times. My Nana, whom I was extremely close to, died March 12, 2012. Crochet seems to be 

my 'crutch' in times of distress. When I am troubled I pick up my hook.



I am self-taught, mostly from books and online photo tutorials. I also received some excellent guidance 

from my husband's Grandmother, Rose. Thank you Grandma Rose!





My top 3-fibre related accomplishments  

1. Designing the Not ANOTHER Owl Hat Pattern, 

2. Blogging daily about Crochet since July 1, 2013, 

3. Designing more than 32-crochet patterns in the last year

I have many future goals for myself and Oombawka Design -

 I would one day love to have a pattern published 

in a 'print' magazine.






The Crafting Community online is fantastic - finding others who appreciate and understand your love of 

your craft - whether it is crocheting, quilting, knitting...it is a fabulous feeling. One of the main 

reasons I love what I do - is because there are others to share it with.

Stop by and say hello?

Rhondda

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 138 @ TN&TN

Mother Nature has quilte the Work-In-Progress, doesn't she?  It think she's outdone herself this year.  Is it true?  Is it spring now?  I thought it was spring last time, and the time before that.  : ) 

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!



































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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

WIP Wednesday #137 @ TN&TN

Please feel free to pass this link on to other Canadian Bloggers you think might be interested.  Also, if anyone LOVES to blog and would like to help out, please let me know.  : )

Okay!  Welcome to WIP Wednesday.  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!




































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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

WIP Wednesday #136 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

WIP Wednesday #135 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Wip Wednesday # 134 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  It is SO great to see all the link ups every week.  I jsut have to thank you all for joining together like this.  : )

Let's get started!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

WIP Wednesday #133 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  OOOOH Are you enjoying spring!?  Mmmmm.

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

WIP Wednesday #132 @ TN&TN

Is it true?  Spring has arrived all over the country?  It's about time!! 

* * * Please note that everyone changed their clocks except for Saskatchewan.  I will continue to put posts up at noon on my unchanging clock, so If you have changed your clock, it will seem different for you.

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!





































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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

WIP Wednesday #131 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!



































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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

WIP Wednesday #130 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  I am crossing my fingers that the thumbnails will no longer be an eyesore.  I apologies for the yellow text on white backgrounds.  It is a mystery to me... however THANK YOU Margaret Blank for helping!  What a sweet heart.  : )

***Before we begin, how about one hearty CHEER for all the CANADIAN ATHLETES!  WOOHOOO!!!!  What a fabulous even it turned out to be for our country.  SWEET.

Okeedokee... Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

WIP Wednesday #127 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday!  Wow - the link party has double in size since last time I counted.  We had 42 bloggers linked from all across the counrty!  Nice to see you all!

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

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Friday, January 31, 2014

Feature Friday - Brandy Lynn Maslowski @ Brandy Lynn Designs / Canadian Quilt Talk


Hi, my name is Brandy Lynne Maslowski.  I chat about everything quilty on the Explore Fibre Blog.  I live in the sunny Okanagan in a small town called Summerland, B.C.  I love to make fibre art by have recently been swept away by the modern quilting wave.


I am a quilter, designer, teacher, and judge, as well as the host of Canadian Quilt Talk.  I started quilting over two decades ago when my boyfriend bought me my first Singer sewing machine for Christmas.  I knew he was marriage material at that moment!  We've recently celebrated our 16th anniversary and my crazy cute kid is 11 years old.

Kokopelli Shirt

My first quilt in the early 90's happened when a friend said to me, "You seem crafty.  Can you make a wallhanging for my grandmother with photos in it?"  Soon after, my husband began to say - "Will I ever see you again?" because I ramped up the studio time - big time - and I never looked back.  Quilting was totally my thing.  As a fifteen year veteran fire fighter I found myself escaping to the quilting studio daily to de-stress.  When we decided to follow our dreams and move to the Okanagan, I took a crack at becoming a Quilt Professional.


I am thrilled to be the host of Canadian Quilt Talk.  I get to live my dreams every day and have fun along the way.  My aim is to inspire my students to explore their passion in a joyful atmosphere that leaves them feeling refreshed, engaged, and wanting more.

If I only had a moment to give a single message to every quilter out there in the world, I would say this:  "Your only limits are the ones you choose.  Tackle your limiting beliefs so that you can soar and then share the tradition with a child." - Brandy Lynn


See Brandy Lynn's blog HERE and do check out her weekly radio program! 


Tuesday, January 28, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 126 @ TNTN


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WIP Wednesday #125 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

WIP Wednesday #124 @ TN&TN


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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

WIP Wednesday # 123 @ TN&TN

Welcome to WIP Wednesday, and HAPPY NEW YEAR.  First, I must apologize for messing up last week's post.  I'll blame it on holiday mode.  I opened and closed the link up a day early because...  well, I actually thought that Tuesday was Monday, or the other way around?  Nonetheless, it's a new year and I have a calendar now.  : )  The kids are back in school so I am well aware which day it is again.  Please forgive me, and if you want to link more than just this week up here, go right ahead.  The more WIP posts to enjoy, the better.

So here we go -

Have a Canadian blog?  Link it up here to share and show off your creations.  Sign up begins noon on Tuesday and closes noon on Thursdays (SK time) every week.  Please remember your name & location, link back to this site in your post,  and enjoy the blog hopping!  : )

Thanks!

And welcome Carli as new Feature Friday Hostess.

~Monika K.






























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Friday, January 3, 2014

Friday Feature: Our New Host

Hosting this special Friday Feature is a pleasure to do. I'm a busy quilting artist like many of yourself and I decided to help out TN&TN earlier this year when I saw that Monika was needing help with keeping up with this part.


 Hi, I'm Caroline Heinrichs, commonly known as Carli to my friends! 


I have been a member of B.C. Women's Institute since childhood and locally the Quick WO ladies are just a swell bunch of ladies to hang with.


I am a total supporter of Nathan Cullen and I made this quilt for him last year when we had the National NDP Leadership election. The O Canada crazy quilt was made with only two colors sets and that was a new process for me.


We've grown home grown chicken meat and eggs for many years and recently decided that we'd done that long enough and so I treasure these photos of our chickens I have saved on my computer.


 I finally completed this huge king size quilt after the various pieces sat in a bin for over 12 years, see the whole story here at Canadian Birds Quilt.

Earlier this year I decided I needed a change on my blog content at Good Earth Quilting. I did loads of reading online about how to make a better blog. I unfortunately didn't save all these useful sites to share with you, but you can find anything on this subject by simply asking Google.


The changes I decided to make lead me to the love of my quilting life, Crazy Quilting. These are just some of the changes you'll see on my blog and if you love crazy quilting, I urge you to follow my blog to learn more.

In the meantime, be prepared for twice a month blog posting at The Needle & Thread Network featuring all sorts of knitters, quilters, weavers, crocheters, sewers and bead artists too, mainly we focus on Canadian sites and fibre enthusiasts of all kinds.

If you want to be featured or know of someone who would love the exposure and they are a Canadian Fibre artist, 

 email Carli at 

[carlithequilter@gmail.com]