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Cotton-by-Post in London, Canada
How very nice it is to return to London, Canada, and be with friends Garnet Smalley and Suzanne Agnew again! At their quilt shop, Cotton-by-Post, I’ll be teaching Darned Quilts as a 2-day workshop which includes finishing techniques, and Design Lines as a 1-day workshop. Continue reading
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What’s On This Blog?
Have you checked out this blog thoroughly? I mean, have you really searched it to see what’s here? If not, you will be surprised when I tell you what you can find here – background, resume, life in Kenya, quilt design classes and workshops, essays on quilt design and exhibition, art quilt galleries, quilt teaching calendar and class details, free quilt tutorials, free quilt pattern and quilt patterns for sale, contact form for Dena Crain Continue reading
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New Zealand – Greymouth and Reefton
The western coast of the South Island of New Zealand is a bit wilder than the eastern one. Tides and weather play a huge part in the formation of dramatic scenery and certain discomforts and concerns about high winds. With a history largely based on coal mining, this area of the country indeed seems a bit like familiar territory in Kentucky and West Virginia. I found it entirely charming! Continue reading
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Wellington Quilt Symposium
Preparing, packing and traveling from Baringo to Nairobi, then on to Dubai and from there to Sydney and on to Wellington to teach at the Wellington Quilt Symposium proved to be quite a safari! Continue reading
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Stitch-in-the-Ditch: A Tip
If you are quilting “in-the-ditch,” chances are good that you are doing so because you seek to preserve the shape of the patches without the distraction of highly visible stitching on top of them. If this is the case, as it often is in my Ladder and Crystal quilts, consider stitching with a thread color that is one shade darker than the fabric on which it will lie. Continue reading
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Ladders and Crystals Class Opening Now
With six lessons over eight weeks, Ladders and Crystals is a survey of a completely new approach to patchwork quilt designing. Continue reading
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Ailsa Craig Village Pottery
Privately owned by Marilyn Barbe, the Ailsa Craig Village Pottery is a working ceramics studio with shop above on the second floor. In the pottery is a fine selection of Marilyn’s pots, platters, mugs and more. Marilyn has four potters’ wheels and teaches classes as well. Her shop displays ceramic wares from several other nationally known potters, including very fine pieces by Shane Norrie. Continue reading
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Packing Up for Quilt Safari
I leave for Canada on Tuesday for the Quilts of East Africa exhibition and festival at Cotton-by-Post in Ailsa Craig. From Canada, I will travel to Houston, Texas, for the International Quilt Festival during the last week of the month. I’m teaching a full schedule there, including such classes as Math for Quilters, Darned Quilts (only one day this time), Goodbye to the Grid (very successful in South Africa), Seamless Binding, Fuss Free Binding, (my two all-time favorite binding methods), and Wholly New Wholecloth, in addition to giving demonstrations on Fusible Patterns for Art Quilts and Spirit Works painted quilts. Continue reading
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