CaraQuilts Ramblings, Pictures, Patterns of a Canadian Quilter

So proud to see my Blogger's Choice Fat Quarter Bundle up at Fat Quarter Shop!! Bright and fun this bundle would go wonderfully with Zen (a light grey) or Lemon Moda Bella Solids. Perfect for a summer citrus fun quilt. My bundle is on it's way here and I think I'll have to come up with a free pat

I had a bunch of small, less then 1" x 5" strips left over from a project and wanted to do something with them, I have more pincushions then I can shake a stick at, which will not stop me from collecting more but I wanted something else. I've become and even lighter sleeper in the last few months, w

Waaaaay back at Fall Market I got one of the Sullivan rulers from Pat Sloan and have been playing with it ever since.I've had trouble doing a review because I was thinking how can I accurately say anything about the sharpness of the blade when I didn't really know how quickly I was going through the

My ex-BIL's new wife just had a baby and my sister suggested I make them a quilt! (also am I the only one who doesn't think the last sentence is somewhat strange?)Since I've been playing around with the Sizzix Big Shot I decided to use one of their geometric dies, the bottle. This was a stretch for

I've already sent this off to my partner but hadn't blogged about it. This is the doll quilt I made for the flickr swap.I used the Sizzix Big Shot to cut the circles and did a faux-trapunto, faux-drunkards path. I'm going to be doing a full review of the Big Shot but wanted to show this now.I used l

ModaLissa from Moda sent out an email asking people about their favorite quilting tools. I've seen the list and there are some awesome tools on it. Most are basics, things we use every time, but lots of variety.For me I have two I use pretty much on every project.First is Mary Ellen's Best Press. Th

Basics Charity Challenge can be found here. Only 1 week left!Well once again far too much time has gotten by without me posting here. I will get more organized and get posting more, it's just a matter of time, I really can't get any worse!!I do have some exciting news to share, ok not that exciting