Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Do you ever have moments where all the quilty stars align and everything falls into place so neatly? This quilt was one such moment. You see, last year for Christmas, I gave my parents a quilt. Well, technically, the promise of a quilt by this Christmas. And technically, two quilts. I could either make one biiiig quilt for their bed,… Read More
Anyone else feeling like this year is just flying?! How is it August already?! But it does also mean it’s time for block 15 from the Modern HST Sampler! 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…. Read More
Thank goodness my favourite gift to make people is a cushion cover. Small, quick, great chance to practice a new technique or free motion quilting skillz, and a fun way to play with fabric but quickly move on. Because holy schnizballs, guys, have you seen the Modern Makers Cushion Palooza goings on?! Open internationally, and with almost $2000 in prizes… Read More
Alrighty, guys, at last it’s time to share your progress! Thank you so much for your patience in organising this sharing of blocks 7-12. It’s taken a while, with an interstate move in the middle, but last there’s some space and time to do this thing. So, in the second quarter of the Modern HST Sampler, we made blocks using… Read More
Guys, I had the most amazing gift in the mail this week! This may just be the coolest Sew Sampler box yet… August’s Sew Sampler box from Fat Quarter Shop is a bumper box of this month! There’s a Jolly Bar + a Jolly Bar pattern book with 20 patterns, Quilter Perfect Stick Klips that you can put on the… Read More
Pssst… wanna know a secret? I may be showing you the first 10 blocks today, but I’ve sewn about 25 of them now, and cut about 10 more. Holy smokes, I really am keeping up with this project! I had thought I would, given that I’m so excited to be making this for our bed, but when you actually do… Read More
A few months ago, Michelle from Factotum Of Arts emailed me asking if I’d like to join as a guest blogger for her Colour blog series. I was deeply honoured, because I don’t consider myself to be a colour expert. In fact, I’m sure there will be some out there who will cringe at spotting a fabric in the wrong… Read More
One of the (many) things on my list to do once we’d settled in Melbourne (and finally got the internet connected) was to relaunch the Aurora block of the month program. And at last, that time has come! The Aurora quilt is a starry sampler that covers a variety of ways to work with triangles – flying geese, half-square triangles,… Read More
Hello, my name is Alyce, and I’m a Liberty addict. It’s been 14 days since my last purchase. Guys, I have a serious problem. Since I decided to use Liberty to start my EPP journey afresh, I’ve gotten hooked. And OF COURSE it’s all happened once I’ve left Japan where I could easily and (relatively) cheaply access Liberty fabrics, sob!… Read More
So, who is joining in the crazy undertaking of #100blocks100days? That is, making all 100 blocks from Tula Pink’s City Sampler book in 100 days? I am. And only because I am bulk cutting and bulk sewing in batches ahead of time, let’s just get that out there up front! But, I’m only sharing them one by one on the… Read More