Exploring - American Folk Art Museum, Long Island City

Last week twelve members of the NYC Metro Modern Quilters Guild took a trip out to the American Folk Art Museum Collections and Education Centre at Long Island City, New York.  We wanted to catch the current exhibition before it ends on 30 November 2016 - Painted, Pieced and Padded: Masterwork Quilts From The American Folk Art Museum.

Winter: Mini-Quilt Swap - NYC Metro Modern Quilters Guild

Winter: Mini-Quilt Swaps

At our December NYC Metro Modern Quilters Guild meeting members will be anonymously swapping Winter themed mini-quilts.

What's In The Box? - Reviewing Cotton Cuts

Quilt Design - Playing With Colour And Fabric Options

When making a quilt it's always fun to play around with colour and fabric options, whether we're pulling fabrics from our stash, buying online or from our local quilt store.

Creating my Trapped Square quilt pattern (available Monday, 21 November 2016) has given me the perfect opportunity to share some of these options with you along with design ideas you can try for yourself when considering your next quilt project.

Dreamscape Block Blog Hop for Benartex

Welcome to Day 1 of the Benartex Dreamscape Block Blog Hop.

Exploring Barcelona, Spain - A Photo Tour

Exploring Barcelona, Spain - Oyambre

While in Spain at the end of October, I met up with my friend Adelaida.  Adelaida is from Barcelona and a few years ago she spent some time living in Manhattan and became a regular shopper and student at The City Quilter and that's how we met.  We hadn't seen each other for about three years but, of course, as soon as I knew I was heading out to Barcelona we arranged to meet up.