Kaleidoscope Collections Blog

Spring Quilt Market

Jeanie — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:43:38 +0000

I recently returned from Minneapolis where Spring International Quilt Market was held this year and have returned inspired and ready to create! Quilt Market is a trade show (not open to the public) where everyone who’s anyone involved with quilting as a business attends to sell, buy, promote, network, etc. We were not exhibiting at the [...]

Photo Star Lanterns

Jeanie — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:00:59 +0000

We’ve hung these star lanterns in our booth at shows for a couple of years now and I’m always asked how I made them. After the AQS Quilt Show in Lancaster, PA last week, I decided it was time that I sit down and write up the instructions. Of course, you will need Kaleidoscope Kreator 3 [...]

Taping for Quilting Arts TV

Jeanie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:00:49 +0000

I had a great trip out to Cleveland for my taping for Quilting Arts TV (QATV) Series 600. I had an uneventful flight on Wednesday and got a brand new (1.5 miles on the odometer) rental car. I’m sure some of you might think this is very cool. I, on the other hand, was afraid [...]

Kaleidoscope Kreator in the Blogosphere

Jeanie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:40:58 +0000

Kaleidoscope Kreator has been mentioned a couple of times on other blogs in the past few days. I thought you might like to see how other people are using KK. SewCalGal wrote an article on how to use kaleidoscope images from Kaleidoscope Kreator in Electric Quilt (quilt design software). This is something that I’ve been meaning [...]

CHA Craft Super Show Make & Take

Jeanie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:56:18 +0000

The Dilemma When we decided to participate in the CHA Craft Super Show (in Anaheim a couple of weeks ago), we were encouraged to offer a Make & Take project for attendees. (A “Make & Take” project means that attendees make a project in our booth and then take it with them.) The trick was coming [...]

Customer creation: Julie Miller Photography

Jeanie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:21 +0000

Every so often a customer will send us a photo of something that they have made with Kaleidoscope Kreator. And more often than not we just love what we see! Now that we have a blog, we are happy to be able to share some of these with you. Yesterday we received an e-mail from Julie [...]

“The Quilt Show” at Road to California

Jeanie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:18:29 +0000

OK, I know you’re probably thinking that Road to California IS a quilt show. But this year there was a quilt entitled “The Quilt Show” that won the Judges Choice award. Why is this quilt so special? Laura Peterson (the artist) used Kaleidoscope Kreator in the making of the quilt! Of course, that’s not the [...]

The Creatively Green Design Team Challenge

Jeanie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:30:12 +0000

Kaleidoscope Kreator was the Featured Product for the January 2010 Creatively Green* Design Team Challenge! The designers came up with some very creative projects using Kaleidoscope Kreator and we were very pleased to have designer Jennifer Hansen's cards in our booth at the CHA Craft Super Show. Take a look at their creations (a small sampling is shown below) and be inspired!

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You can find more details about the projects on the Creatively Green blog:

Welcome!

Jeanie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:23:37 +0000

Welcome to our new blog! Here’s where I’ll be sharing tips and tricks for Kaleidoscope Kreator, project ideas and other (hopefully interesting) aspects of my crafting work. If you scroll down, you’ll find I’ve already added some posts that you might enjoy. Your feedback is always welcome – let me know what [...]

Tip: Saving Kaleidoscopes

Jeanie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:00:32 +0000

OK, I know what you’re thinking… How difficult can it be to save a kaleidoscope? Really, it’s not difficult at all! But based on the number of questions we get about this, I thought maybe I should address it here on the blog. For this discussion, we'll start with this picture of a building on the San Diego Wharf.