Modern quilt teacher and patterns
You’ve seen a couple of sneak peeks, and now I am super excited to announce that my next pattern is now available on Craftsy! Ornamental includes twelve different Christmas ornament designs with instructions for both 5″ and 10″ finished blocks, that you then turn into whatever you like! Choose one or more blocks to create a wall hanging, a table… Read More
Wow, 531 entries into the final Sweet Treats blog hop giveaway! Unfortunately there can only be one winner, and fortunately for Carla G., that winner was her!! Carla – I’ve emailed you and have sent your email address to the Fat Quarter Shop too so they can send you your $50 gift certificate!! Happy shopping!! I must say, using Rafflecopter… Read More
After a crazy few days finishing up a pattern and the cover quilt, it’s been a quieter week to let my sewjo recover and restore to usual levels. I finished block 4 of the FQS Designer BOM, and the next one should be arriving next week. I’ve started cutting for October’s HST BOM. What should I be doing? Working on… Read More
It’s a beautiful autumn afternoon here – the sun is shining through my sewing room window, toasting up my cold little tootsies as I do a little bit of this and a little bit of that. The usual case of I-have-things-I-should-be-doing-but-don’t-want-to-now. Instead, I started a paper piecing project (block 1 of 13), made my son’s Halloween costume (made being a… Read More
Yesterday I changed my rotary blade. It was beautiful. So smooth and easy, like slicing through butter with a hot knife. I was just gliding my way through my trimming. I was in love because this is what my last blade looked like… Oh yes it did. That, my friends, is what a one year old blade looks like. I… Read More
I’ve had a couple of weeks of random gatherings. It started with the arrival of these beautiful ceramic buttons are from Incomparable Buttons. I won them during the Blog Hop Party Giveaway and they’re all the way from South Africa. You should go read about the business – such a beautiful idea! They’re all handmade and hand painted by women… Read More
Wow what a week! Six amazing bloggers have shared some fantastic mini charm pack patterns. Quilted wine tote | Rainbow mini quilt | Photo frame mini quilt Kids’ book bag | Paper pieced cushion cover | Christmas wall hanging Thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop, each blogger also has a $25 gift certificate up for giveaway – go and enter… Read More
On Sunday, I shared my finished Sweet Treats blog hop project, ‘Blue Birds Fly, and promised to come back and share all the nitty gritty details. So here they are… I had such a blast making this! Working out which arrangement would be best both aesthetically, rainbow-ally and efficiently with the mini charms I had to use; then piecing it… Read More
What comes first, the pattern writing or the pattern making? Or both? Source: Totoro via BlossomHeart on Craftsy When I designed the Totoro pattern (well, sketched up and sent to Kristy to put it through EQ7!), I wrote the pattern after I had made it. Right now, I’m writing up a new pattern. Twelve of them in 2 different sizes…. Read More
Oh. My. Goodness. Have you seen the awesomeness that Lindsey at Happier Than a Bird Quilts has come up with for her Sweet Treat project?! Now there is nothing classier than a quilted wine holder! Except maybe if it was leather. Which would defeat the purpose of 1) this blog hop and 2) being a quilter. Cheers! —– If you… Read More