Modern quilt teacher and patterns
As we’ve discussed previously, what blog sponsorship really boils down to is valuing yourself as a blogger. If you spend time and effort in improving yourself as a blogger and improving your blog itself, it has value. If you care about creating interesting and unique content that people want to read, it has value. If you spend actual money on… Read More
And here we are, ladies and gentlemen, we are at the end of the Bright Sky QAL. It’s been so much fun to sew along with you, racing and inspiring with the quilting and showing off our beautiful quilts! And on a personal note, there is nothing so thrilling for a pattern designer as seeing all the different ways that… Read More
Welcome to this week’s Sew Cute Tuesday! Since last Tuesday, I’ve completely finished and photographed my Bright Sky quilt entitled Eternity, and completely started and finished and blogged my Daphne bag from Perfect Pattern Parcel… why yes, I do feel very busy but also very productive and pleased with myself for working so hard. I’m a lifelong procrastinator but over… Read More
This is probably my most favourite quilt to date. I love my original Bright Sky quilt, but there’s something about making this one completely myself from design all the way through to binding, especially the quilting. I will have to share another whole post about all the quilting, because I am so proud of that journey, but for now, I… Read More
I’ve made a few bags over the last couple of years – mostly simple tote bags, way too many drawstring bags for Japanese preschool, and only one “real bag” with a recessed zipper to close it up. This week, I braved up and tried a gorgeous pattern that required some more bag-making skills, like an inset zipper and adjustable handles… Read More
In the lead up to this series, I knew that it was important to hear from some businesses themselves about their side of this blog sponsorship equation. Why they sponsor blogs and sewing events, how they choose blogs, what do they expect in return for their investment, why it is valuable for everyone involved. My very first sponsor was the… Read More
This month, Make Modern issue 2 came out! In this issue, you can find the next 3 blocks from the Aurora starry sampler (you can see one block in the bottom right) and also my latest Maths and Methods article. In issue 1, we talked about how to resize quilt blocks, and this time we’re talking about the quilt math… Read More
I have been MADLY quilting as much as my body allows this past week. I have done more pebbles that I have ever done before, and boy do my shoulders know it! They are hard work on big quilts, but so worth it. I had hoped to get my Bright Sky quilt done by yesterday’s linky post, but I want… Read More
Congratulations, everyone! We’ve made it to the end of the Bright Sky quilt along! I have been quilting my butt off over the past week, but alas, I’m enjoying the process so much and doing more FMQ than I have ever done before on a project that it’s not yet finished! Because I want to take the time properly to… Read More
Today marks the 2.5 years mark of our time in Japan. This time last year, we decided to extend our original 3-year plan to four years, and today I am so thankful that we did. It was a decision born mostly out of the desire to postpone having to decide what to do next with our life! But now, one… Read More