Modern quilt teacher and patterns
The first Friday of each month I will be sharing five patterns for five letters! You can find all the other posts for each letter’s pattern here. Read through the pattern thoroughly, use a 1/4″ seam and press all seams open unless otherwise stated. What you will need Print: 2 – 4.5″ x 6.5″ 4 – 1.5″ x 12.5″… Read More
Welcome to the third month of the Easy As ABC quilt along! On the first Friday of each month, I will be sharing the next five block patterns – each in it’s own post to make it easier to navigate. So I apologise for the bulk emails/feed posts on these days! This month we’re doing letters K through O; you… Read More
Dear Tonja, Thank you for such a thoughtful comment! I am touched that you were so moved by my post about Fandango – Kate Spain’s fabric has a way of doing that to me too! I do sometimes worry about my readers as well. Like all quilters they can often be overwhelmed by fabric, and in this instance, I think… Read More
This week’s theme is black and white, and I thought we’d do something a little different and look at some Craftsy* patterns that would work well in black and white prints and solids only! The key is looking for patterns that provide a good contrast between the background and the prints like these do: Sparkler Quilt by Freshly Pieced… Read More
I received a very exciting email on Wednesday – Ms Molli Sparkles was coming to Tokyo on Friday and would I like to go fabric shopping on Saturday? Would I?! We arranged a time and place at Shibuya, and where else but the world’s busiest scramble crossing! Nice and iconic and easy to find, but at 10am on a Saturday… Read More
I’m technically not here today, I’m out fabric shopping with a friend in Tokyo! I’m sure I’m having a marvellous time… I’m shopping for some more shop stock and this month’s Japanese Bundle Club too, so you’d better be quick if you want one! Talking of fabric shopping, do you remember I put a call out asking for US mail… Read More
It’s no secret how much I love Craftsy. I haven’t had much chance to watch lessons lately as it’s summer holidays and two little kids are playing very well together, but very noisily! And any enforced nap times I can get, are spent doing whatever it is I want to do quietly. But I thought it might interest you to… Read More
A part of owning an online store is working out how to do your packaging. You want to keep it cost-effective and practical, but also a little unique to leave a mark on the customer. As a customer and a shop owner, I’ve learnt some lessons along the way. Here’s what to look for in good, great, fantastic shop packaging!… Read More
This week’s theme for Mood Board Monday is geometric, and, well, let’s allow the fabric to speak for itself! Hip To Be A Square by blossomheart on Polyvore Hipster Blue Mirrah | Thesaurus Pink Circle Grid | Small Cotton Gingham Aqua Simply Style Honeysuckle Pink So Hexy |Girl Small Chevron | Simply Color Spicy Hot Pink Ikat Diamonds Anything Goes Basics… Read More
It’s time to offload some UFOs and fugly and not-so-fugly fabric! First up – these two UFOs I just lost the will to complete. I’d rather someone else use them if they want to/can! The HST star block was made January 2012 as a part of the HST BOM at In Color Order, except I forgot to trim the… Read More