Alyce, Author at Blossom Heart Quilts

Let The FMQ Games Begin!

Whilst in Australia, I bought a generic FMQ foot and crossed my fingers and toes that it would fit and work on Ellie. Hallelujah it did! And thus begun a new obsession… I signed up for Leah Day’s free motion quilting class on Craftsy on a whim – it covers a range of designs and patterns for a beginner and… Read More

Having A Starry Time: A HST Stars Blog Hop

I’m super excited to annouce the Having A Starry Time blog hop! If you’ve hung around here long enough, you will know that I love using half-square triangles; my HST tutorials and formulas post is the most Pinned post from my blog! So I’m taking it the next step and have teamed up with 5 fabulous bloggers to design a… Read More

New Sponsor: Sew Lux Fabric

Chrissy and Linda are a mother-daughter team who own Sew Lux Fabric – a wonderful online store full of beautiful fabrics. And when you get a package from them, you open up your envelope to find… So pretty! Squishy mail is a present anyway, and they jazz it up so it really does feel like a present! So not only… Read More

Sunday Stash: Sweet Pouch Swap

While I was away, I both received a chunk of mail and brought home a chunk of stash. But I especially want to share this particular delivery. I had signed up for the Sweet Pouch Swap, but due to my sudden trip, I had to pull out of sending mine. I already felt guilty (and will still send something anyway!)… Read More

Name That Fabric! March Winner!

Good work to those who hunted down the name of this adorable little bunny print by Bunny Hill. The correct name is Windsor Lane Sprig Bunny Damask! Congratulations to Sandy A. who chose Windsor Lane Porcelain and Sprig Paisley as her other favourite print! I’ve emailed you Sandy to organise getting this gorgeous fabric out to you! —– If you… Read More

Celebrating 300… With a Giveaway Not Naked Spartans

I still shake my head when I think about that movie… I went into it expecting history and instead got a man’s movie full of graphic fight scenes and bare skin. Kristy reminded me of the fact that the Spring Quilting Gallery blog hop giveaway is on and it just happens to coincide with ticking over to 300 Google Followers!… Read More

My First: Holli

While I’m away, I’ve got a few guest posts lined up of people sharing their first quilts – those first quilts where we learn a lot of lessons the hard way! Today we have Holli sharing her first pretty quilt – made on a boat!! Thank you, Alyce, for inviting me to talk about my first quilt. I’ve lived on a… Read More

Marching On… Somehow!

I wrote down everything I need and want to get done in March. A good but scary, scary idea… Being away all of February has really thrown out my sewing “schedule”! So forget just one finish for this month, I have several! Although granted most are “only” blocks for Bees and such… Must Do: – Two blog hop projects: One… Read More

Name That Fabric! Giveaway: March

It’s the first Monday of the month, and that must mean it’s time to Name That Fabric! On the first Monday of each month, I’ll be sharing a fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop. Your job is to find it in their store and come back and tell me the name of that print, plus the name of one other print… Read More

MQG Quiltcon Lectures for Free!

Oh boy, oh boy, I’m so excited!!! I may be alone in this, or not, but I just saw that Craftsy has the Quiltcon lectures available online. FOR FREE! I’m even behaving and waiting for sewing time to listen to them. How much more awesome could sewing be… quilting whilst listening to Amy Butler, Denyse Schmidt, David Butler, Angela Walters, and much… Read More