Valerie's Variety Pod

June 4, 2010December 1, 2018

Heritage Park Festival of Quilts (18)

Sunday last was a day filled with dreary weather but adorable buildings in our local historic Heritage Park bathed in light rain, people absorbing all of the incredible quilt designs, colours and quilting that was around them. The Guild tent was full of Calgary and area guilds showing off all of their goodies through out the year that have been taught, shared, loved, cherished, and best of all…finished 🙂

This is my Millarville Guild, thanks Janet for posing 🙂

While Janet was working the booth, she was squaring up these little beauties…

June 12 is our wind-up party and we have an apron challenge that will indeed be judged that day, Yikes, I’m so glad mine is done these look like good candidates!

All 500+ quilts are supplied from Calgary and surrounding areas, the volunteers at Heritage Park lay, hang, display, cover, and many more positions of showing off our quilts for everyone to see in the most historic of buildings on the town grounds at Heritage Park.

One thing Calgary, Alberta, CANADA is famous for besides the Calgary Stampede is their Udderly Art around the city…yes you are reading this right udderly…

So the Quilters cannot be left out, right?

what do you all think?

Until next time, have a happy and creative weekend!!

June 4, 2010December 1, 2018

Lakeside Quilters: Fabric Painting & a night of Schnibbles (19)

Hi Ladies, well last Saturday was a day filled with inspiration, a little bit of stress learning something new and a finished fabric painted apple that is absolutely gorgeous!! Thanks so much to Ana for your super teaching skills and help throughout the day it was so great! Thanks to my SIL for making the trek from DeWinton and my Mum for coming from a conference and 3 hours from home 🙂 and too all the Ladies who committed to come and learn something so totally new and challenging.

Heather, this pic is for you as you dressed up for the photo opps today 🙂

Here’s all of us with our proud works of art!

So after this amazing day of painting was over, my SIL drove home to change, my Mum drove home to her cottage and some girls came over to change and get ready at my house with me because we were off to a FAB dinner and trunk show with Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co. For those of you unfamiliar with Carrie she is the creator of the Schnibbles line of patterns – which are absolutely adorable!!

Our table was full of so many laughs after so much good food and a nice glass of wine we (I) got the giggles boy did we (I) have so much fun, along with everyone else at the table. Thanks to all my dear Quilting buddies for making it the best night!

unfortunately I didn’t bring my awesome D90 but I did have my iPhone which is 3MB so I shot these few photos with that, enjoy.

check out her binding clips, she really uses this many – isn’t that an absolute riot!!

then we had to get some photos with us girls and she was such a delight to sit and chat with..

Last is me with her, she signed out patterns and fabric packs like a real trooper, thanks Carrie for taking the time to laugh and be with us, we loved it!

until next event in Quilting in Alberta, stay creative everyone 🙂

June 1, 2010January 27, 2017

e-Interview: Amber Johnson (117)

Hi and welcome back to Val’s Quilting for our e-interview today we are featuring a delightful online Blogger, Pattern Designer and all-round inspirational person…welcome Amber and thanks so much for being part of my blog AND donating a great prize..