Wow, 531 entries into the final Sweet Treats blog hop giveaway! Unfortunately there can only be one winner, and fortunately for Carla G., that winner was her!! Carla – I’ve emailed you and have sent your email address to the Fat Quarter Shop too so they can send you your $50 gift certificate!! Happy shopping!! I must say, using Rafflecopter… Read More
Archives for October 2012
WIP Wednesday: Bits and BOMS
After a crazy few days finishing up a pattern and the cover quilt, it’s been a quieter week to let my sewjo recover and restore to usual levels. I finished block 4 of the FQS Designer BOM, and the next one should be arriving next week. I’ve started cutting for October’s HST BOM. What should I be doing? Working on… Read More
A Lazy Afternoon
It’s a beautiful autumn afternoon here – the sun is shining through my sewing room window, toasting up my cold little tootsies as I do a little bit of this and a little bit of that. The usual case of I-have-things-I-should-be-doing-but-don’t-want-to-now. Instead, I started a paper piecing project (block 1 of 13), made my son’s Halloween costume (made being a… Read More
A Rotary Confession
Yesterday I changed my rotary blade. It was beautiful. So smooth and easy, like slicing through butter with a hot knife. I was just gliding my way through my trimming. I was in love because this is what my last blade looked like… Oh yes it did. That, my friends, is what a one year old blade looks like. I… Read More
Sunday Stash: A Little Of Everything
I’ve had a couple of weeks of random gatherings. It started with the arrival of these beautiful ceramic buttons are from Incomparable Buttons. I won them during the Blog Hop Party Giveaway and they’re all the way from South Africa. You should go read about the business – such a beautiful idea! They’re all handmade and hand painted by women… Read More
Sweet Treats Blog Hop: Grand Finale Giveaway!
Wow what a week! Six amazing bloggers have shared some fantastic mini charm pack patterns. Quilted wine tote | Rainbow mini quilt | Photo frame mini quilt Kids’ book bag | Paper pieced cushion cover | Christmas wall hanging Thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop, each blogger also has a $25 gift certificate up for giveaway – go and enter… Read More
TGIFF: Blue Birds Fly
On Sunday, I shared my finished Sweet Treats blog hop project, ‘Blue Birds Fly, and promised to come back and share all the nitty gritty details. So here they are… I had such a blast making this! Working out which arrangement would be best both aesthetically, rainbow-ally and efficiently with the mini charms I had to use; then piecing it… Read More
Chicken or the Egg? Writing or Making?
What comes first, the pattern writing or the pattern making? Or both? Source: Totoro via BlossomHeart on Craftsy When I designed the Totoro pattern (well, sketched up and sent to Kristy to put it through EQ7!), I wrote the pattern after I had made it. Right now, I’m writing up a new pattern. Twelve of them in 2 different sizes…. Read More
Sweet Treats Blog Hop: Don’t Drink And Hop
Oh. My. Goodness. Have you seen the awesomeness that Lindsey at Happier Than a Bird Quilts has come up with for her Sweet Treat project?! Now there is nothing classier than a quilted wine holder! Except maybe if it was leather. Which would defeat the purpose of 1) this blog hop and 2) being a quilter. Cheers! —– If you… Read More
WIP Wednesday: Fourth Quarter FAL
So, pulling from my 100 Day Hustle list, there are a few that qualify for the 4th quarter FAL! In no particular order… – My sister’s girly pram quilt – I’ve finalised the design and am using my precious Art Gallery Fabric stash. – My sister’s boy-ey pram quilt – Got the fabrics, got a design, gotta make time! –… Read More