2023 Gift Guide
This is the fifth year of gift guides for Quilters. Every item here I have tested and tried and use in my sewing room or home.***...
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Karen
- Nov 13
- 2 min
📐 🧰 Everyone Loves A Good Hack
🎉 For this week's video I gathered together some of my favourite measuring hacks. Because sometime you don’t have a ruler, or you're not...
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Karen
- May 24
- 2 min
It started with a car accident...
My daughter is not a great communicator. If I ever send her a text, I’m lucky if I get a response in 72 hours. And I don’t think that she...
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Karen
- Jan 22
- 4 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 21 - A Few Last Things
Welcome to Day 21 and the final day of the Declutter Challenge. it once seemed so far away. And now we are just about done!!! As I stand...
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Karen
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Declutter Challenge - Day 20 - Fabric
Welcome to Day 20... the penultimate day of the Declutter Challenge 2022. We are just about at the end. Just today and tomorrow. The past...
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Karen
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 19 - Precuts
We have three more days to go. The finish line is in sight. I know we can do it. Today we are dealing with our Precuts. That is our...
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Karen
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 18 - Batting Scraps
Today we are dealing with your batting scraps. Out of all the scraps, batting can take up a fair chunk of square footage in your sewing...
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Karen
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Declutter Challenge 2023- Day 17 - Fabric Scraps
We have just FIVE days to go. The finish line is in sight. I know we can do it. I hope you have your climbing gear because today we are...
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Karen
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 16 - Kits
Today might feel a bit like yesterday... we are tackling our kits. Kits are fabric bundles that might or might not have a pattern. You...
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Karen
- Jan 15
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 15 - UFOs
Welcome to Week Three, Day 15 of the sewing space declutter challenge. This week is all about your projects, fabric and batting. Today...
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Karen
- Jan 14
- 3 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 14 - CATCH UP
I was struck this morning on how many memories an item can hold. I purchased this teapot in Shanghai in 2010 on a business trip with my...
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Karen
- Jan 13
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 13 - Notions
Notions are a catch-all phrase for all that other stuff in our sewing room. Elastic, buttons, ribbons, snaps, zippers, interfacing and...
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Karen
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 12 - Sewing Machines & Electronics
Today we are starting with our sewing station. We have already found our sewing machine, cleaned it and oiled it and hopefully used it....
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Karen
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 11 - Irons, Rulers & Cutting Mats
Congratulation everyone. Today we are officially halfway through the challenge. I know that we have made many trips to the recycling and...
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Karen
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 10 - Needles & Pins
We have talked in previous days about capacity, then we talked about function and yesterday we were also dealing with deterioration and...
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Karen
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 9 - Thread
Threads are the unsung heroes in our quilt-making. Fabric gets all the attention and the biggest impact on our wallet, however, without...
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Karen
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 8 - Scissors, Snips and Rotary Cutters
Last week we decluttered the garbage and started working with the capacity of our room by defining how much space a collection should...
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Karen
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 7 - Catch-Up Day
This past week we cleaned out the garbage, sent all the non-sewing clutter out of our space and cleaned out the paper. And found our...
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Karen
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 6 - Archives
In the previous days, we have been talking about shelf space. Shelf space is valuable. They give us easy access to items we use fairly...
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Karen
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Declutter Challenge 2023 - Day 5 - Patterns
Today it’s all about patterns. And not all patterns are equal. Some we have in hard copy and some we download. Some we pay a fair amount...
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