Mission Hall Link
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Please support our local quilt stores...

Cottage Quilting

Linda's Quilt Shoppe

Findlay's Vacuum and Sewing Machines

Tyjo's Fabrics

Cherry Tree Quilts

Batik Corner Fabric Oyama

and local sewing machine service 

and our local longarm quilters...

Michaela Byrne (Quilter's Lane:quilterslane.ca), 778-484-5099, stitch@quilterslane.ca
Longarm services including edge-to-edge, custom and heirloom quilting.  Longarm training and machine rental.

Sharon Clark (Creative Quilting Company)
250-766-9241 or email to creativequilting@shaw.ca
Specializing in edge to edge quilting, thousands of patterns to chose from.  
Offering pick up and drop off service at all local quilt stores. Prompt turn around time.

Ginny Graham (Unlimited Quilt Blocks), 250-707-3493
Meandering, custom freehand & pantograph styles.

Gail Otke (Bedbugs Quilt Studio), 250-868-0353, dotke@bedbugsquiltstudio.ca

Cindy Schellenberg, Seashell Quilts, 250-768-4763/250-862-7819, seashellquilts@shaw.ca
Computerized longarm quilting services, pick up at local quilt stores, custom quilts, classes.

Eileen Zornes (Eileen’s Longarm Quilting) http://eileenslongarm.blogspot.ca, eileen.zornes@gmail.com
Longarm quilting services including digital edge to edge, blocks, motifs and borders, freehand and digitizing of original designs.​

Shelley Winwood    (Creative Quarters)
www.creativequarters.ca
Located in Vernon. Computerized longarm quilting services with a quick turn-around time. Free return shipping.

Note to local merchants and longarm quilters: if we have missed you from our listings, please use the Contact page to send us the necessary information.

Some of our favourite links...

​Quilt Organizations

The Canadian Quilters' Association (CQA)
Information about quilting across Canada, annual show, events across Canada.

cqacanadianquilting.blogspot.ca
Informal up-to-the-minute insider news from the CQA.

Quiltguilds.com
For a listing of other quilt guilds in British Columbia and more.

Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fibre Art Museum (formerly the The La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum)
News about classes, events at the Historic Gaches Mansion in La Conner Washington.

Quilters Connection Magazine
Information about events and shows, free patterns, techniques, blog.

http://www.quilts.com/home/index.php
News and information about the International Quilt Market Shows.

http://www.quilts.org/home.html
Home of the International Quilt Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the art of quilting, the attainment of public recognition for quilting as an art form, and the advancement of the state of the art throughout the world.  Lots of gorgeous and inspiring pictures, archive of past journals.

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Resources for Quilters

https://www.nationalquilterscircle.com/video/tips-for-preventing-quilting-injuries-005497/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=A6198&vsoid=A6198
Tips for Preventing Quilting Injuries -- A free video from the National Quilters Circle.
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http://quiltingtutorials.com
Tutorials on all aspects of quilting from the Missouri Star Quilt Co.

http://www.quiltingdaily.com
Blogs, forums, free resources, newsletter on all aspects of quilting, especially fabric and fibre arts.

http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html
Patterns for more quilt blocks than you knew existed, appliqué, paper piecing, quilt labels and more. 

http://blog.modafabrics.com
The Moda Cutting Table offers information about Moda fabrics and products, lots of great ideas and free patterns.

http://www.cindysthreadworks.com
Learn about and shop for threads and essential supplies for quilters and fibre artists.

http://www.superiorthreads.com
Source of information about thread and techniques.

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Machine Quilting

https://www.leahday.com
Hundreds of patterns for freehand machine quilting with video demonstrations of each one, and much more from this young quilting prodigy.

http://www.quiltingismytherapy.com
Angela Walters on machine quilting: blog, forums, free patterns, videos.

http://www.superiorthreads.com/media/docs/MASTERING-MACHINE-TENSION-2012.pdf
A clear explanation of setting the top and bottom tension on your machine.  Downloadable pdf.

http://theinboxjaunt.com
Patterns and many tutorials for free motion quilting.

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Modern Quilting

Woven Fabric Gallery
https://wovenfabricgallery.ca
New Canadian, almost local, source (Pender Island) of modern fabrics, notions, threads and patterns.

Making Traditional Blocks Modern
https://www.quiltcon.com/charity-quilt-challenge/

Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild
BC's largest modern quilt guild.  Lots of information and links to many modern sites and blogs.
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http://www.quiltingismytherapy.com
​Angela Walters on machine quilting: blog, forums, free patterns, videos.

shecanquilt.ca
Inspiration, patterns, tutorials

http://naptimequilter.blogspot.ca
Lots of information on modern quilting, including making slabs.

http://www.themodernquiltguild.com 
THE Modern Quilt Guild, an international and online community of modern quilters.  See also their very useful blog:
https://themodernquiltguild.wordpress.com/

http://www.fvmodernquilt.com
The Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild.  See what's happening right here in BC.

http://www.cherylarkison.com/
​Inspiration and advice from a modern quilter.
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And lots more:
​For a video presentation see “Let’s Talk Modern Quilting” on Youtube.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHelJ63EjBM&feature=em-subs_digest Flickr groups: Modern Quilting Stitches and MQG http://www.flickr.com/groups/891714@N20/; http://www.flickr.com/groups/themodernquiltguild/ Books, sites and blogs: Sunday Morning Quilts or A Month of Sundays Denyse Schmidt quilts: http://dsquilts.com/quilts.asp Tallgrass prairie studio: http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.ca/ and Rethink Quilting https://jacquietps.wordpress.com/ by Jacquie Gering Sew Katie did: https://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/ and Katie Pedersen’s book: Quilting Modern with Jacquie Gering Diary of a quilter: http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/ Fresh lemons: http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/ Blueberry patch: http://cathy-blueberrypatch.blogspot.ca/ Moda bakeshop: http://www.modabakeshop.com/ Vintage modern quilts: http://www.vintagemodernquilts.com/ Quilter in the closet: http://quilterinthecloset.blogspot.ca/ The Q and the U: http://quispamsisquilter.blogspot.ca/ Quilty habit: http://www.quiltyhabit.com/ Live a colorful life: http://www.liveacolorfullife.net/ Film in the fridge: http://filminthefridge.com/ A few scraps: http://www.afewscraps.com/ About quilts: https://aboutquilts.wordpress.com/ Happy quilting: http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/ Amy’s creative side: http://amyscreativeside.com/blog/ and Amy Ellis: - book: Modern Neutrals

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Machine Embroidery

http://www.isewfree.com
Free patterns for hand and machine embroidery, links to free quilt and sewing patterns, newsletter.

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Fabric and Fibre Art

http://mysweetprairie.blogspot.ca/
Fibre art, embroidery and photography by Monika Kinner-Whalen, Saskatoon

http://cedarcanyontextiles.com
Shelley Stokes offers advice, slideshows, project ideas, newsletter.

http://www.clothpaperscissors.com
Blogs, forums, free resources, newsletter for mixed media and fibre artists.

https://www.ravelry.com
A free site for knitters and crocheters -- tips, patterns, and more.