Chatterbox Quilts News for March 2026

Welcome to the March Chatterbox Quilts’ newsletter!

Good-bye to winter and hello spring. Well, not exactly in Calgary where we’ve had quite a bit of snow in March but I am keeping my fingers crossed that April is warmer – and that there isn’t any snow!❄️

What happened this month

March was busy with presentations to various Canadian quilt guilds. I love sharing quilting ideas with guilds and had the opportunity to do my newest one: Faux Trapunto with several guilds. If you guild is looking for a presentation or a workshop, email me at help@chatterboxquilts.com. I’m currently booking into fall 2026 and early 2027.

I also did a livestream with Amanda Brown of Janome Canada sharing information and answering questions on decorative stitches. If you missed this presentation, you can watch it here.

In The Quilter’s Way, members finished the Flying Diamonds project and are now involved in organizing their WIPs. The goal this year is to get their WIPs organized and then actually complete several of them – one at a time.

I also got into the WIP mindset and finished several projects that have been languishing in my studio for a year (or five!). In the past two weeks, I’ve finished five WIPs! It feels great and I’m looking forward to working on finishing more this year.😉

Tip

Martelli Quilting Palm Paddles – So many people ask me “what are those black things that you’re using” when I’m free motion or ruler quilting. They’re my absolute must-have tools for these techniques: the Martelli Quilting Palm Paddles. These cute little black paddles have a no-slip material on the underside that makes it easy to move your quilt sandwich around when free motion or ruler quilting. They are my favourite tool to use in place of quilting gloves – don’t need to remove them to thread my needle, my hands don’t get hot, and they work really well. You can get your own set here.

YouTube Videos

Here are the new videos released in March for your viewing and learning pleasure (just click on the picture).

Coming Soon

It’s coming in April!!! QuiltSpark Live is happening on April 30, 2026 and I’ll be one of the instructors.😃 I’ll be in great company for this online event with Rashida Coleman-Hale as the keynote speaker and other instructors such as Lee Chappell Monroe, Debbie Maddy, Julia Graves, and more. As an affiliate, I can save you $20.00 off the registration fee so click here to get details and save $20.00 off your registration. I hope to see you there!

I hope that you had a good March and have lots of quilting ideas for spring! 🌷

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Take care,

Kim

P.S. If you’re looking for a community of non-judgy quilters and want to be supported while learning new techniques (and having lots of fun), I invite you to try out The Quilter’s Way. Just click here for more details and to take advantage of the no-obligation 14-day free trial. Hope to see you in TQW!