Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Hmm, I’m not exactly sure what flavour a blue donut would be… blueberry? Blue Heaven? Fairy floss? Let me know what you think what flavour this block would be in the comments! In fact, talking of donuts, AccuQuilt Australia recently shared a delicious felt donut pillow tutorial. So cute! But anyway, you can now go download the pattern yourself from… Read More
Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you’ve had a wonderful, stitchy weekend; I know I have! Before we get this week started for the Geode quilt along, I had best announce the winner of the October bundle from Ava & Neve… congratulations @the_world_is_my_lobster! I will DM you on Instagram. If you haven’t already, go ahead and grab the pattern – from my… Read More
Oh Alyce, back at it with the HSTs… I’m sorry, I just have a bit of a love affair for the shapes that they create! This time, creating a Wreath mini quilt (and not ‘wrath’ as I keep typing, ha!) for issue 53 of Love Patchwork & Quilting – their Christmas issue. I used a range of scraps in grassy… Read More
For the next year, the team at Blessington, the Australian distributors for Pfaff, AccuQuilt, Singer, Husqvarna Viking, and Handiquilter, are supporting the McGrath Foundation. As October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month, they asked the brand ambassadors to come up with a pink project to share as a tutorial, with the aim that you guys would consider making one to donate… Read More
It’s Monday and that means it is time to kick on with the Geode QAL and begin week 3. But first, let’s announce the winners of a 6 month subscription to Make Modern… Congratulations to @lynnmcindoe and @aggymom78! I’ll DM you each on Instagram. There’s still plenty of time to grab the pattern – from my store and also on Craftsy – and get started,… Read More
It’s certainly been the year for Aussie quilt designers and their books! It’s such a thrill to see my friends succeed, and I know that there’s more to come. We’re too talented a bunch here Down Under to stop us 😉 Today, I’m excited to share more about one in particular – Fussy Cutters Club: A Boot Camp for Mastering… Read More
Welcome back to the Geode quilt along! It’s week 2 of the QAL and first up, I need to announce the winner of the Keera Job set of Aurifil threads… Congratulations, @mlspaeth! I’ll DM you on Instagram to get in touch. There’s still plenty of time to grab the pattern – from my store and also on Craftsy – and get started, as there’s even… Read More
One thing you very quickly realise when you own an AccuQuilt is that you want to cut anything and everything with it! So, I thought it would be a useful post to share how you can use an AccuQuilt for any quilt pattern. Well, just about any quilt pattern! I’m using one of my most popular tutorials, the Tic Tac… Read More
Just a quick Geode QAL post today to share that one of the quilt along sponsors, Aurifil, has written up a lovely post on their blog Auribuzz about the quilt, including sharing a Geode quilt block they made! But it’s only fair to make you click through to see it and to not spoil it 😉 How are you all… Read More
It’s always such a happy day when a beloved quilt gets returned to you! Even if I was away and had to wait a few days until I got back home to unwrap and snuggle it once more… Directional is the kind of quilt that I love to make. It starts with a sudden idea of a quilt block, becomes… Read More