About three years ago we bought a Fitbit Aria scale for $170 Canadian plus tax. We had a scale that we had had for many years, and that still worked, but the allure of a scale that not only measured mass, but also calculated body fat percentage and BMI, and sent it to your FitbitContinue reading “Beating Fitbit at the Planned Obsolescence Game”
Category Archives: Creating
Creating a Design Wall
A design wall is very helpful for laying out quilting blocks comfortably and easily allowing the quilter to step back and evaluate the layout and quickly make adjustments. When a fabric like flannel is used the quilt blocks will cling to the wall without the need for pins. Using half inch insulation boards allows pinsContinue reading “Creating a Design Wall”
Channelling my Inner Kindergarten Student
On Saturday January 24, the Brampton Quilters’ Guild, to which I have belonged for twelve years, ran a workshop on Journal Art Quilting taught by Sheree, in which we were shown has to use paint, muslin, fusible fabric and Tyvek to create fabric to use in journal quilts. In the afternoon, we made a smallContinue reading “Channelling my Inner Kindergarten Student”
Like Mother Like Daughter
My mom was a Home Economics teacher until I was born at which point she became a stay-at-home mom. She sewed many of my clothes when I was growing up including my high school prom dress in 1984, which was probably the last item of clothing that she sewed for me. I still have theContinue reading “Like Mother Like Daughter”