Modern quilt teacher and patterns
At last, the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along (try saying that 10 times fast!) begins! There has been so much excitement and chatter in the Facebook group, it’s so nice to officially start things off. Although I must admit, I’ve been secretly sewing a few random blocks from the book over the past month or so anyway, because… Read More
One of the most popular questions I get asked in regards to The Bee Hive is, “How much fabric do I need for a whole quilt?” Well, for the first 3 blocks, now you can find out! I’ve done all the maths and worked out the fabric requirements for FIVE different sizes of finished quilts: baby, lap, single (twin), queen… Read More
With My DIY Block Design starting next week, I know some people are starting to wonder how to best go about designing their quilts, so allow me to be of assistance by sharing the pros and cons about these various quilt design tool options. Free The cheapest, easiest method of designing quilts is with a good ol’ pencil and paper… Read More
Yes, this is another slightly later Sew Cute Tuesday. There’s just so much going on here lately, my blog calendar is filling up fast! Last week I had a blog hop post to share first, and this week it was announcing the My DIY Block Design challenge to coincide with my interview with Pat Sloan! Right, now on to Sew… Read More
A huge welcome and hello to those who have stopped by after hearing my interview on Pat Sloan’s show – you’ve got impeccable timing, because today I’m launching a huge challenge and blog hop happening in October! What’s it about My DIY Block Design is a month-long challenge, designed to get you designing*! All throughout October, I will be working… Read More
Please welcome Jennie from Clover and Violet, and her beautiful Quatrefoil quilt block! Fabric & Cutting Fabric A (Turquoise) 4 – 4 ½” x 4 ½” squares Fabric B (Pink) 4 – 2” x 2” squares 2 – 2 ½” x 1 ½” rectangles 2 – 4 ½” x 1 ½” rectangles Fabric C (Mint) 5 – 2 ½” squares… Read More
Oh boy do I have a very special Sunday Stash edition for you… A video sharing my Japanese craft room! As it needed a big sprucing/tidying up (much like my website, have you seen it?!), I thought I would capture it at its prime. Our house is a little two-storey Japanese house, well, small by Australian standards, large for here!… Read More
Happy Tuesday, lovely people!! Pardon the lateness of this post, but I had quite an important post to share this morning for my beautiful friend’s brand new book, and showing off my latest quilt finish. But I’m here to make it up to you with a giveaway to celebrate the blog hop and quilt! Rita from Fabric Please provided me… Read More
Do you have the serendipitous occasion where you need to make a new baby quilt, and the perfect quilt pattern crosses your path? That’s exactly what happened here – Christa asked me to join her blog hop to celebrate Machine Quilting With Style and make Pearl Gray, right when I needed to make a quilt for my sister’s new baby…. Read More
Today I want to share the sweet little Bunting quilt blocks and the clever Abacus quilt blocks that have been popping up on Instagram using #thebeehivequilts. Leanne made a mini quilt from 4 Bunting quilt blocks that she carefully planned so as to have the pink and blue crossing right across it! So sweet! How perfect is that set of… Read More