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Winning best of show was quite a BIG surprise!

If you followed my social feeds over the weekend, then you know all about my big SURPRISE! I received the Best of Show ribbon in Chicago for my Remembering Sochi Quilt.

Claire Haillot quilt — Remembering Sochi is the best of Show at Chicago International Quilt Festival 2018

It was totally unexpected and I appreciated every moment of the International Quilt Festival! After spending two years in my quilt cave figuring out the math on this quilt, it was nice to simply share my obsession with everyone who wanted to know more about the quilt.

For those who are not aware, here is a brief recap:

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Remembering Sotchi: Behind the seams of an Award Winning Quilt!!

I am so excited that my quilt “Remembering Sotchi” will be featured this year at International Quilt Festival in the A Celebration of Color exhibit. You can see it in Chicago from April 12 to the 14^th and in Houston from November 8^th to the 11^th.

I’m preparing a short story about the quilt for the Guide by cell tour and have managed to tell the story in less than 90 seconds. But that made me realize that there is so much more to this quilt! So I thought a blog post would be the best way to explain my design process for this quilt. Continue reading “Remembering Sotchi: Behind the seams of an Award Winning Quilt!!”

TOP 5 MUST HAVES FOR QUILTERS THIS SEASON

The holiday season is fast approaching and that’s when our friends and families become overwhelmed as they have no idea what to get us quilters! I have summed up the top 5 must haves any quilter would love to receive this season. So don’t hesitate to like and share so that all of your friends and family can read along.

Without further ado, here’s my top 5: Continue reading “TOP 5 MUST HAVES FOR QUILTERS THIS SEASON”

EXPERIMENTING BY TAKING A CLASS!

In keeping up with the word of the year: Experiment! I have another way to get you going for the month of March!

Just to keep track of our monthly goals to experiment in 2017, I had suggested in January to clean up your studio and organize your scraps. In February I had suggested that you experiment with colours, trying out a new pattern with a colourway that you would have never picked out on your own.

How did it go?

If you have fallen short on your monthly goals, this one is sure to jump-start your experimenting resolution. Here is your goal for March:

TAKE A QUILTING CLASS!

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EXPERIMENTING WITH COLORS

Earlier this month I offered you to experiment with colors for the month of February.

“Try a project using a color you have never used before, I dare you to try with a color you actually hate! I did that one year and it was my first pattern that got published by Quilter’s World! This time I’ve decided that I was going to experiment using all the colors of the rainbow.”

So here are the details of my experiment!

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Meet the artist: Paul Léger

One of my personal goals for 2017 is to feature a Canadian Artist every month on my blog. I have written a few Meet the Designer segments in Quilter’s World and thought that I should start the same segment on my blog to celebrate our local talent! And I believe this is the year to start as we are celebrating Canada’s 150^th birthday.

Do not hesitate to make suggestions in the comments section below!

It is with great pleasure that I begin this adventure by introducing: Continue reading “Meet the artist: Paul Léger”

GREAT TUTORIAL FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

I had fun experimenting with the drunkard Path block in January and have come up with a fun project to make for Valentine’s day.

It can be a pillow, a place mat or a cute wall hanging. It’s all up to you!

Here’s what I did. Continue reading “GREAT TUTORIAL FOR VALENTINE’S DAY”

Welcome everyone to February!

In the past I have always found February to be a weird month and thanked God that it was a short one. It was the month where I would have the most quilt design inspirations! I would wake up in the middle of the night just to sketch a pattern I dreamed about, or write an idea that was just screaming at me during my sleep. All of those ideas would keep me busy all year long. I would always dread January as I was afraid of not having so many wonderful ideas. Sure enough, February would arrive and it would start all over again.

At first I thought that it was simply because it was the month where I had to close my books and do my year end reports for the company. I really hate accounting and it was taking up most of my time. So I thought that my creative side was feeling left out in the day and was pouring out in my sleep to compensate. Continue reading “Welcome everyone to February!”

TIPS & TRICKS FOR A BETTER STUDIO

In my last blog, I discussed the fact that your sewing room needed to become your STUDIO this year as you will be experimenting with your quilting. While giving my lecture last weekend, many students had questions regarding their studio and I thought I should elaborate more on the subject.

When I started to talk about organizing your space to make room for your creativity, way back in 2015, many students reminded me that I had the space in my quilt shop to have a studio. So I accepted the challenge to create a studio in my home. Keep in mind that I have 3 boys and do not live in a mansion! And I will not apologize for the mess in the following pictures. Continue reading “TIPS & TRICKS FOR A BETTER STUDIO”

WORD FOR 2017: EXPERIMENT

Hello everybody!

I wish you only the very best for 2017.

If you are looking for New Year’s resolutions, have some suggestions for you:

I have recently received many comments about my blog and wish to thank you for them because sometimes I wonder whether the time spent writing a blog is relevant. So the first New Year’s resolution would be to TAKE THE TIME to write a comment after reading each blog to confirm that you have read it. You do not need to write a novel … simply “Thank you” or “Interesting ” or “Check :-)”. If you really enjoyed the topic, than please do share on your social networks: YOU hold the key to my visibility.

The next resolution will be in your sewing room: EXPERIMENT! Meaning have fun and give yourself the right to try things for the simple pleasure of saying that you just had to play with the idea. Continue reading “WORD FOR 2017: EXPERIMENT”