Alyce, Author at Blossom Heart Quilts

PSA: Massive Craftsy Sale!

Just a quick Public Service Announcement to share that today’s Craftsy sales include Angela Walter’s Free Motion Quilting with Feathers and Machine Quilting Negative Space, and Leah Day’s Free Motion Fillers Vol. 1! Plus lots, lots more – but they’re only on sale for 24 hours! Then there’ll be a whole new lot tomorrow. Go check ’em all out! —–… Read More

The Other First Japanese Preschool Bags

I’ll virtually high five anyone who can tell me the difference between these bags and the last lot I made… Other than the fact that there’s only 2 this time! Jonathan loved the fabric, as did I, so I was more than happy to play with it again! And this time, I had already learnt the lessons and whipped them… Read More

A Quieter Time

March was insanity. Pure and simple. I had many deadlines to meet, many things to catch up on, and I’m so proud that I made it! I’m a procrastinator by nature, and thus like to run and hide from deadlines. But I didn’t. Well, not enough to have impacted the outcome – all was ticked off by Sunday! To celebrate,… Read More

I’m Not Here Today

If you like this sewing bunting, you can find a tutorial I wrote over at Lily’s Quilts! Or perhaps a birthday bento lunch is more to your taste… pun intended… Also, I must tell you about a new quilt a long I’ll be joining in soon – the Modern Blocks QAL! We’ll be picking 2 blocks each from the Modern… Read More

Simply Helixed Table Runner Tutorial

It’s my turn on the Sew Lux Fabrics Charm Madness blog hop and I’ll be sharing a tutorial to make this quick and easy table runner – perfect for a small table or dresser! I even tried out the Threadbias Quilt Design Tool to make the illustrations… not perfect, but we will get there! I do highly recommend giving it… Read More

Mad March

Back in our Australian hometown, March is referred to as Mad March as that is when there are loads of events on – festivals, races, etc. I had my own mini version this month scrambling to catch up on everything I needed to get done by the end of the month. And I’m so happy to announce that I have… Read More

Bees and BOMS: March

It’s been a crazy busy month catching up on lots of bits and pieces. A big part of which has been all my Bee blocks! And for the record, I don’t trim/square or press my blocks at the end so as to allow for international postage squish! This block is the Scrapbuster Block by Little Miss Shabby and is for… Read More

Destash, New Fabric and Scrap Bags!

I’ve listed some new fabrics, scrap bags and a touch of destash in the shop! Plus there’s 5 more days to grab the Sakura bundles for this month’s Japanese Bundle Club which are also available in fat eighth bundles. I sometimes have leftover fabric from the Japanese Bundle Club, this time I have some Suzuko Koseki and a classic Yuwa… Read More

Hop Winners and Giveaways

Well, Random.org has certainly pulled a fabulous winner of the Triangle Papers… Congratulations Alyce!!! Love your name 😉 Nothing like writing an email to Alyce and signing off Alyce… Also, as you may remember, I’m joining in the Charms Madness blog hop hosted by Sew Lux Fabrics. Each week they’re hosting a giveaway at their blog, so make sure you… Read More

Sunday Stash: Color Me Green!

This week saw the arrival of the first Color Me Happy bundle from Sew Lux Fabric – just look at that beautiful packaging! The back of the business card even had a little handwritten note on the back. And then I opened it up to find that even the bundle itself was wrapped oh so lovingly with a ribbon… Why… Read More