Author Archive for: ‘ISheppard’

Hello quilting friends! We’re pleased to announce our first ever Quilt-Along with Judy live event, and it’s FREE! You’ll want to join us as Judy demonstrates her techniques for creating the Macaw queen and wall-sized quilts! These techniques can be used for many of our patterns as well, so it will be well worth seeing, even if you’re working on …

Neither smoke, nor heat, nor threat of fire will keep us from our September Sale! While it’s been a very smoky summer, the fires are still far away, and we’re quilting away as usual. This month, we’re offering 5 patterns at a discount, and we hope there’s one for you! If quilts with lots of applique are your thing, we …

Hello everyone! We’ve finalized our 2022 Montana retreat season and are excited to announce a new retreat format we think you’ll LOVE…Quilt Camps! Along with our regular retreats, we’re offering two Quilt Camps which are 10 days long, including 1 day of check-in; 5 days of classes; 3 days to explore the beauty of Northwest Montana including Glacier National Park, …

Summer is now in full swing, and it’s really toasty here in Kalispell, Montana. We’re keeping cool in the sewing room though. We’ve started to receive fabrics that were held up due to COVID19, and they’re coming in quickly, which means we’re going to be very busy sewing up samples and preparing new patterns. In the meantime, we’ve been busy, …

Hello everyone! We’d like to wish all of our quilting friends a fun and safe Independence Day. We bet a lot of you will be focused on keeping cool, whether it be in the water or in an air conditioned sewing room, and so are we! We’re putting the finishing touches on quilt samples for our upcoming publications, and Judy …

Hello Everyone, can you believe it’s the middle of June already?! The time is really flying now that the warmer weather has arrived, and the start of the “fun” season in Montana is upon us. Speaking of fun, we’re ready for our next sale, and are pleased to offer five more discounted patterns! As always, we’ve made kits for some …

Hello Everyone, can you believe it’s May already?! The time is really flying now that the warmer weather has arrived, and the start of the “fun” season in Montana is upon us. Speaking of fun, we’re ready for our next sale, and are pleased to offer five more discounted patterns! As always, we’ve made kits for some of these patterns, …

In an effort to bring the skills and techniques of paper piecing our patterns to you and your local quilt shops, we strive to train gifted quilters from around the world who can in turn, come and teach in a quilt shop or guild near you! Now, with over 90 independent Certified Instructors (CIs) world-wide, it’s easier than ever to …

Mark your calendars for September 15-18, 2021 Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point • Lehi, UT We hope you’ll join us for this truly bucket-list worthy quilting event! Set within the award-winning, 50-acre Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point, the Garden of Quilts is an outdoor exhibition of hundreds of quilts from across the world, as well as rare access to private collections, …

Hello everyone, and happy APRIL! On the heals of our last sale at the end of March, we’re ready to jump into the next one! We’re offering five more discounted patterns below! As always, we’ve made kits for these patterns, which are available through the Quiltster Marketplace. Please note that not all of the kits are discounted. We are offering …