Alyce, Author at Blossom Heart Quilts

WIP Wednesday: Fourth Quarter FAL

So, pulling from my 100 Day Hustle list, there are a few that qualify for the 4th quarter FAL! In no particular order… – My sister’s girly pram quilt – I’ve finalised the design and am using my precious Art Gallery Fabric stash. – My sister’s boy-ey pram quilt – Got the fabrics, got a design, gotta make time! –… Read More

Sweet Treats Blog Hop… Literally!

The funny thing about hosting a blog hop with bloggers from around the world is juggling time zones! Clara from Clover and Violet has just posted Tuesday’s hop post – the sweetest little book bag and featuring a line very apt for a blog hop. Hop over and see what I mean, and enter their giveaway too! PS – You… Read More

A Very Merry HST BOF: Christmas Wreath

Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I’ll be posting a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today’s block is the Christmas wreath! What you will need Traditional method: 10 – 4″ squares of background fabric 6 – 4″ squares of print fabric Pair your fabrics up:… Read More

Sweet Treat: A Quilted Photo Frame Mini

Have you ever made something your children designed? Plum and June has and you can see their creation today! Very cute and very clever! Plus theres’s a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop in it for ya! Go, see, now!

Sweet Treats Blog Hop: And We’re Off!

Welcome to the Sweet Treats Blog Hop, where myself and 5 wonderful bloggers will give you some ideas for using those adorable new mini charms from Moda! We each have 2 mini charm packs and a half yard of coordinating fabric to use, plus any bits and pieces like binding, or backing or whatever else our projects needed to finish… Read More

TGIFF: A Little Something Something

I’ve been busy working on my Sweet Treats Blog Hop project – and by the way, I started the Aurifil yesterday… Heavenly! Not a single tension problem and my machine was purring like a kitten. Or at least just quietly doing it’s thing. So I don’t have any big finishes, but I do have this zippy little thing I whipped… Read More

Tension Tension

Last night I finally sat down and made a start on quilting my Sweet Treats Blog Hop project and decided to be brave and try something new. Except I had more tension problems in those few hours than I normally do in weeks. Add that to the fact that the quilting pattern I was using required a lot of stopping… Read More

Winner Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and those who didn’t but commented anyway – sweet words about my stash were very kind! To be honest, this is the “cream of the crop”. My stash isn’t that big – I like to say that I go for quality over quantity! On to the winner – taking out the commenters who were just… Read More

New Fabric In Store Now!

I’ve added some new pretties to the store tonight! There’s some Kumiko Fujita alphabet, some sweet Sevenberry roses, adorable little Japanese bunnies, and kawaii deer! Available in store now! —– If you enjoyed reading this post, please pop by and leave a comment!

Sayonara September and Welcome to Oktoberfest!

Hooley dooley, it’s October. That means it’s almost 1 month until my son turns 3, almost 2 months until our first guests arrive, and 2.5 months until Christmas. It also means that the third quarter FAL is done and it’s time for Fresh Sewing Day, and all that kind of end-of-the-month-recaps and new-month’s-plans business. For my Third Quarter FAL, I… Read More