Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Welcome back to the Modern HST Sampler quilt along! If this is the first time you’re reading this, fear not, you can join in at anytime. Start with this one or go back to the beginning, it’s up to you. This year, we’re making 24 modern half-square triangle quilt blocks, and by the end of the year, you will not only… Read More
Pause for a second and think of some of the quilting royalty, the incredible men and women who have really pioneered quilting through the transition period that has been quilting in the past 10+ years or so as we young’uns have joined the bandwagon… for me, one of the matriarchs of quilting is Pat Sloan. This woman is everywhere and… Read More
It has been quite a big couple of months around here for me, ticking off a lot of big items on my when-in-Australia bucket list. Two of the biggest items on that list of things to do once we’d moved back to Australia was to teach quilting classes (TICK) and get my patterns printed (TICK). And it turns out that… Read More
Sometimes, there’s a project that you’re excited to see come to life, and this is one of those projects! I’ve been so excited to get to making this pattern, knowing that I was going to make the big size of this one: a 36″ big block baby quilt. And what is this one? The final Making Merry pattern, Snowflake. I love the twirling… Read More
If you came to read a calm and very professional-sounding write up of how my first class went, well, lower that expectation right now 😉 Yesterday, I started my first quilting class at Amitie Textiles (OMG that’s me under AMH and Carolyn Friedlander!). And despite the bundle of nerves in my tummy in the morning, it was such an amazing experience!… Read More
Welcome back to the Modern HST Sampler quilt along! If this is the first time you’re reading this, fear not, you can join in at anytime. Start with this one or go back to the beginning, it’s up to you. This year, we’re making 24 modern half-square triangle quilt blocks, and by the end of the year, you will not only… Read More
One of the best things about this time of the year are all the bee quilts that are starting to get finished up and put together now! Either the queen bee has had long enough to make a few more, or just procrastinate! Or there’s the looming deadline of a Christmas gift to be finished off, or wrapping up WIPs… Read More
I can’t quite remember just how long I’ve been following Sedef at Down Grapevine Lane, but I know it’s been a few years. I was drawn in by her stunning photography, and her beautiful creations, and the fact that she was from Adelaide too. I do remember it was when there was a lot more crochet projects?? But now?! Well,… Read More
When your quilty boyfriend celebrates a huge milestone, you join in the party, because you know this guy can par-tay! Sunday Stash is celebrating #200 at Molli Sparkles, and as I have a few new pieces I can share, I’ll jump on that bandwagon. First up, a different kind of stash… well, it’s still super useful and pretty and for… Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I went to my first quilting retreat, which was everything I’d hoped and dreamed for, and more! But when I came back home, after the dramatic ending, “real life” hit hard. I had a couple of deadlines to meet, my kids have had a busy couple of weeks at school, I’ve had meetings and picked… Read More