http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog Moments in the life of quilt designer Cheryl Malkowski Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:52:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you've never found a good way to get an accurate mitered corner in a quilt border, try this method and see if it works as well for you as it does for me. 1. Cut the border fabric long enough so that the short end of the border fabric goes ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=86 After about a year of working on designing a line of fabrics for Paintbrush Studio, the independent-only side of Fabri-Quilt, my line of fabric is now here in the states! It's been pretty fun watching and working on its evolution. I'm very happy with the results and can't wait to ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=78 This weekend there will be fun times in McMinnville, OR, at the McMinnville Comunity Quilt Show. It runs September 18 and 19 from 10-4 each day at the Bethel Baptist Church, 325 NW Baker Creek Road, McMinnville, OR.  They will have over 300 quilts on display, door prizes and more. ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=48 A good time was had by all--at least it looked like it to me! So despite one ridiculously long flight to Texas that day, and only 3 1/2 hours sleep, I proved to myself that I really can do anything for just one day! God bless my hostess, Sarah, who ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=46   Today I'll make my way to Portland, OR, so I can fly to Texas tomorrow. The New Braunfels Quilt Guild near San Antonio has invited me to teach and speak there and I'm really looking forward to my trip. We'll be creating some fun, fused cards that are featured in ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=39 Have you seen the newest design I made for Timeless Treasures?  They sent me the most scrumptious batiks to work with and this was the challenge: design a quilt that will look great in 2 totally different color ways, uses 12 fabrics each, all in the same amounts. Once I ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=36 For the last several months, I've been a guest blogger at www.quiltmag.com. It has been a good exercise for me in being consistent with this whole blogging thing. Here's why it worked for me, plain and simple: There were deadlines. I work so well with them! at any rate, there ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=35 Okay, I don't want to brag too much, but I just have to say that this year was my first perfect season--canning season, that is.... Almost every year my daughter and I can salsa and tomatoes--not because it's economically sound, but because they taste so good! We go to the ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=33 After finishing some fun projects for Timeless Treasures today, I dove into updating my website. This is something I promised myself I'd do before the end of summer, and I seem to have procrastinated long enough. While enrolled in a course in HTML at the local community college this spring, I purchased ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=32 When I was little, the only one who could call me me Rose or Rosie was my maternal grandpa. He was funny and I knew he loved me so it was okay. But I hated that middle name. Until I grew up and got Malkowski for a last name. Rose ... http://www.cherylmalkowski.com/blog/?p=26