Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I’m always so excited to see readers I have known for a long time chase after their dreams. Rita is one such person who has opened her own fabric store, Fabric Please. Based in Canada, Rita has done an incredible job of getting a range of various prints, substrates and notions in stock, with plenty more coming in the next… Read More
Hello May! Hello beautiful spring weather of warm, sunny days and cool breezes! This kind of weather really invigorates and motivates me to be productive. Not spring cleaning though, HA! This week is Mother’s Day for many countries, and my kids are already whispering that, “There’s a surprise for you, but shh, don’t say anything!”… ok, I won’t! And it’s… Read More
The first block for May is a fun little guy, that offers two layout options, similar to the Star Plus block! This is a paper pieced block, and uses four 6″ quadrants to make up the 12″ finished block. This is a simple block to piece – only one section repeated 4 times. What you need 4 copies of the… Read More
There’s one thing that isn’t too much of a secret around here: I’m a bit of a nerd. If loving quilt math wasn’t enough, I love some of the classic things like Star Trek and high school chemistry, and some of the more modern things like marrying a scientist with a PhD (proud wife moment), the new Star Trek movies… Read More
Do you ever read blog posts where the blogger is sharing a bundle they’ve curated at a fabric store, and they’re all cool about it and meanwhile you’re sitting there thinking, “Geez, if someone asked me to do something like that, I’d freak out!”? No? Well, maybe that’s just me, in which case, please don’t mind me getting rather excited… Read More
I don’t know if I’m allowed to play favourites, but it’s my blog, so I will… I love the monthly guest host posts where I get to share some incredible work from around the place, and seeing you guys loving their work and commenting too… Naw, big squishy hugs to you all for being such nice people! The 2015 Pantone… Read More
Do you have the TimeHop app? I loving having a peek back through time each day to see what happened in our family’s life over the past few years, not to mention finding little surprises like the fact that April 22 was my fifth anniversary of blogging! Five years ago, I posted my very first blog post on Blossom Heart…. Read More
Hello and welcome to Sew Cute Tuesday. I’m Wendy from Wendy’s Quilts and More and it’s my pleasure to host Sew Cute Tuesday today. I only started blogging 18 months ago, but I’ve been sewing and quilting for much longer than that. Work-wise I studied Commerce at Auckland University and became an accountant, but I ended up in software development… Read More
Hi all! It’s Christa here from Christa Quilts and I’m delighted to share my 12″ finished block for The Bee Hive with you today! It’s called Double Star and looks equally striking in black and white or color. Here’s what the quilt layout looks like when the block is repeated. I just love the secondary pattern of stars and diamonds… Read More
Hey guys! Welcome back to Sew Cute Tuesday, the cutest Tuesday around! Spring has taken a little bit of a regressive turn around here – last Wednesday we had snow for goodness sake! Snow. In April. In Tokyo. After practically nil all winter! So checking out your floral bonus post offerings was exactly what was needed. Soma shared this beautiful… Read More