Another day in paradise. It's a balmy Chinook day. Almost t-shirts and shorts weather. Yesterday me and my walking buddy went from the Bow Habitat and Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery to the Peace Bridge, which from a distance looks more like a high speed train. It started out very sunny then the chinook blew over, hiding the sun but bringing another warm almost Spring day. Bow Habitat and Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery Peace Bridge    Nine, yes 9, quilts waiting for binding. They may be waiting a while as binding is my least favourite thing to do. It's rig ..read more

    Those of you that participated in the 150 Canadian Women quilt do you remember  #148 Ada Jane McCallum. Blain Henshaw has written Madam of the Maritimes, The Life and Times of Ada McCallum.  In 2019, Blain called me regarding the research on the 150 Canadian Women quilt and why I had chosen Ada. 'I thought she was interesting.' As usual when reading a book I read the first chapter then go immediately to the last 5-6 pages to see what happens, ie who ends up with whom. Much to my surprise, the 150 quilt program is featured in the last pages.  Although I'm ..read more

    Please help! We have to clearout almost everything as there is more fabric coming in. Shopping online is your best bet. Prices for 2+ m of the same fabric adjustments will be made at our end. If you come to the home studio, please be patient as we are doing the best we can. Thank you to one and all.   ..read more

    Quiltnasium.com    72 Chaparral Cove SE, Calgary AB     We are clearing out almost everything so that we can concentrate on in-house classes, 1-day sew days and 3-day retreats. We will continue carry certain fabrics and some notions for your convenience but not the full range that we have today.     Therefore, we ask your help at finding new homes for what we have. If you come to the Home Studio, please wear a mask and use the hand sanitizer provided at the door because we want everyone to be safe. Thank You to all ..read more

Follow my blog with Bloglovin        Another day, another change.  So many website and information changes not because of covid but definitely since covid started. The service used for you receive the blog post by email is discontinuing July 1. So we are moving from FeedBurner to the Bloglovin feed.  Now we are directing you to Bloglovin ( click link above).  To re-subscribe enter your email address in the Bloglovin widget on the right hand side at the top. Thank you for your continued patronage ..read more

  Whoa, Block 9 for Paper Sky is on Quiltnasium.com. See video on Quiltnasium Quilt Along by Kat facebook page.    We have been working on resizing the 150 Canadian blocks from 6" to 3" and adding more blocks. If you are interested in creating a smaller replica with more blocks email us at ask at quiltnasium dot com. This program is blocks only, no women biographies. I'm making mine in the range of bright lime greens, ie yellow green to blue green, on a mottled gray background. Too Cute! I'm liking these even more at 3".     It's a very early Spring for Calgary. T ..read more

      Wow, many moons ago was the first step to upgrade myself and Quiltnasium. With no chance of getting together in retreats and classes, because of you know what, we had to give ourselves a kick in the butt. A plaque I found years ago. New web host, new website, new quilt along programs, new videos for quilt alongs. The video learning curve has been straight up and I swear that there is no excuse for senior's moments because so many more brain circuits have been created.     Paper Sky free block 8 was just posted. The video is on fb page quiltnasium q ..read more

    Block 1 and the explanation for 150 Rerun cutting instructions are on the group page. To join you must have or can purchase the CD. I still haven't figured out zoom through OBS yet so it is just a recording. Any questions, then email us, ask @ quiltnasium dot com. Winter is staying at in the mountains so far and that it is where it should be.  ..read more

       So this was all weekend in the far south of Alberta, Lethbridge. And all this weekend not so far south in Alberta, Calgary. Ol' Father Winter let us know he was coming on winds of 85kg/hr = 55mph. Almost all the leaves are gone and the lake has a thin ice covering. As my dad used to say, 'Better put rocks in your pockets.'    Sometimes, it is bad getting old. Sometimes, it is hard to believe I worked in IT and knew all the latest technology. When the phones became smart phones, I didn't care and didn't want one. Since getting back into business in early ..read more

   Did everyone have a full feeling Thanksgiving? The turkey was not the only creature that was stuffed.      There was a time many decades a decade ago I actually loved computers. The internet, blogs, Facebook. I was even a programmer and beta tester at one time. The smarter the phone, tablets, ieverything becomes the more I want to go back to analog flip phones. The more the platforms grow the more they change. What I once followed is now almost impossible. Even the platforms are making it so that it is a problem to follow my favourite people and animals. They h ..read more