Alyce, Author at Blossom Heart Quilts

BHQ Wants YOU!

Yes sir! As long-time readers are aware, I’m headed back to the Land of Oz next month to view my newly-born niece or nephew and to snuggle said newborn in two or three quilts I have made recently. I’m gone for 3 weeks, and while I will have scheduled in a post or two, especially the Grand Reveal of the… Read More

Sunday Stash: A Kate Spain Christmas!

Kate Spain mail by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Last year, Kristy and I hosted Sew Seasonal, and we asked Kate Spain to guest judge for us as the grand prize was a fat quarter bundle of Joy from The Intrepid Thread. Afterwards, Kate asked me for our addresses so that she could send us a little thank you for involving her…. Read More

Gettin’ Bloggy With It: How To Easily Send Guest Posts

If you ever get asked to guest post on someone else’s blog, and that might be some of you soon… stay posted for that!… it can be tricky to send everything to the blogger. If you’ve ever tried to copy and paste text from a Word document into a blog post, you’ll know what I mean! The formatting goes all… Read More

TGIFF: Tea For Two

I’ve had the big pattern launch plus giveaway (now closed), now for the juicy behind-the-scenes detail of the next baby quilt ticked off my FAL list! Tea For Two by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr As I mentioned on Sunday, this pattern was inspired by a manhole cover pattern here in Chiba. Those who know me, know I love a good challenge… Read More

Emerald Bundles Voting Now Open!

Emerald Dreams by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr I was just casually reading through my blog list in Google Reader when I opened Stitched In Color’s blog post to find that my Emerald Dreams bundle was chosen as one of the Top 10 bundles in her Emerald Bundles competition!! Excited much?!! There’s some fabulous competition, so go check it out and vote… Read More

Secret Santa Reveal!

I’ve shared my Secret Santa gift from Kristy, but I’ve had to wait to share what I made for my Secret Santa partner as she was away over Christmas and only just got home! The audacity! I scored the beautiful Marieka from Bespoke Bites. She had mentioned that something organisational and functional for her sewing space would be much appreciated… Read More

Name That Fabric Winner!

Oops, I forgot to announce the winner! This month’s mystery fabric was Impressions Event Celeste by Ty Pennington. Most of you got it right, and the winner is… Lindsey from Happier Than A Bird Quilts! She chose Impressions Event Flora as her favourite print from the line – what a beautiful print! Congratulations Lindsey! I’ve sent you an email. By… Read More

New Pattern: Tea For Two + Giveaway

Tea For Two by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr I’d like to introduce you to Tea For Two! Believe it or not, this pattern was inspired by a manhole cover here in Japan! Only I made it much prettier. The pattern includes instructions to make 4 different size options with 15 full pages of photos, diagrams and colouring templates for you to… Read More

Gettin’ Bloggy With It: How To Add A RSS Feed Footer

I’m loving that you’re loving this little series! I’ve had several emails asking for some bloggy tech assistance, one of which is today’s feature. Kara from Me And Elna asked how I got my RSS feed to have a footer with the link to my blog. This tutorial is for Blogger – if you’re on WordPress, the WordPress SEO by… Read More

TGIFF: Apple Bites

Apple Bites pram quilt by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Wow, already a finish off my FAL list! Mind you, I did only have to finish the binding last night to get it ticked off. Zig zag quilting by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr This is Apple Bites – a little stroller/pram quilt for my sister using my Quick Piece Herringbone method. It measures… Read More