Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Yes, it is almost the end of July and I am posting about June’s blocks. Yes, this means I was late finishing them all and yes, given how I hate being late with things for other people and the potential of disappointing them, this has been a big frustration! But I was sick most of June, with the kids having… Read More
I was thrilled to be asked to join Aylin from Aylin-Nilya and Amy from During Quiet Time for the {Big} City Girl quilt along! Every Sunday from September 1, a different blogger from a different country will be sharing a tutorial to make a quilt block inspired by a big city in their country! I will of course be doing… Read More
Well, the kids were brilliantly behaved today, entertaining each other for ages, so I was able to power through sending out all the swap emails! So if you signed up via the form, you should now have an email that you used on the form. I’ve had a few questions come through that I thought I would address them here… Read More
With the Sweet Pouch Swap sign ups now closed (full in under 5 hours?! Wow, you guys WERE keen!!), it’s time to start thinking of what you might like to make! Here’s a few fabulous tutorials to help get you started: Zippered Pouches Zippered pouches can be made in any range of sizes and using anything for the fabric –… Read More
The Sweet Pouch Swap is officially open for deliciousness! This fabulous swap dreamed up by Ros of Sew Delicious involves the making of adorable pouches, the filling of said pouches with local sweet delicacies of the chocolatey and sugary kind, and the sending of the adorable, delicious pouches to an excited partner. This swap is an open swap. This means… Read More
Earlier this year, Ros at Sew Delicious hosted the Sweet Pouch Swap. I received the most amazing zippered pouch in Central Park full of delicious Mexican treats, Hershey’s and Kate Spain products from Ruthie at Thread Of Hearts. Due to a sudden trip back to Australia, I had to pull out of making something for my original swap partner, but… Read More
I am really loving reading all of your comments from yesterday’s giveaway post! It was a little nerve-wracking asking for honesty, but I’m glad I did! You’ve been so helpful! I told a couple of people it’s like proofreading your own assignments – eventually it just all looks ok to you even though you know it’s not right and thus… Read More
I want to thank you all for hanging in there through the past couple of weeks of moving and errors and little posting – I hope you all like the new joint! And to celebrate, let’s have a party! Let’s start with a giveaway – 2 half metre cuts of the cotton/linen blend fabrics that I used for my Super… Read More
Housekeeping: Sorry if you got a blast of 20 posts yesterday! That would be the blog feed updating to the new site/feed source and it means that it’s all working nicely! Hurray for something working smoothly! Reminder – things are still being worked on, so if you come across an error or something’s looking funky, please let me know via… Read More
The start of a new WordPress blog I have been blogging for about 4 years, and what a journey it has been. I first started out on Blogger writing a personal blog that evolved into a mummy blog. I tried to diversify and run two blogs – my personal one and a quilting one, but it was too hard to… Read More