Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Gemma was February Wombat for our paper piecing Wombat Stew bee. She asked for New York Beauty/Mariner’s Compass/Star blocks – we could choose what level of curves we did or did not want! I had a Google and Pinterest around and decided to attempt this New York Beauty block showcased on Sew Sweetness. I was excited to give it a… Read More
Welcome to Sew Cute Tuesday! No wise or witty words from me this week. I’m in the first-week-of-preschool haze with double pick ups each day as my daughter finishes earlier than her big brother for the first month, and trying to be very diligent and use my couple of hours along each morning to actually get lots of work done… Read More
Last week we talked about why it is important to reply to blog comments and how and I challenged you to try and reply to your blog comments from this week. How did you go? Let me know in the comments, and I’ll be sure to reply 😉 Following Blogs How do you follow your favourite blogs? Email, a reader… Read More
I’m very proud to announce my latest blog sponsor, The Loopy Ewe – the perfect one-stop shop for all you quilter/knitters!! Sheri comes from a long line of knitters, and started The Loopy Ewe in her basement so that she could knit her socks with fun and interesting yarn. Since then, her shop has grown and grown and is now… Read More
The quilt blogging community was rocked this week with the news that an anonymous website was scraping a lot of quilt bloggers’ content and posting it on their website as if it were their’s. The site was covered in Google ads, with their hope to get people clicking through to their website from Google searches and make money off those… Read More
Wow, did you guys make it hard to pick just 3 star projects to share or what?! And as per a few requests, I will let you know on the final Tuesday of the month what the next month’s theme will be! Lisa paper-pieced this beautiful star block and made it into a tote bag. I just love the colours,… Read More
It’s potentially time for my fabric fast to draw to an end. I’m very proud for having lasted over 4 months all up should I do end up clicking that Checkout button! Yes, my fabric fast has allowed me to buy solids, backings and bindings as needed, but those are used up straight away, and the time is coming for… Read More
It’s been a while since my last blogging series of tips and tricks, so let’s have a bit of spring clean of our blogs with a series of weekly challenges to help improve your blogging! I’ll be sharing a few points about ways to improve your blogging skills and give you a challenge to try out for the next week,… Read More
Alisa was one of my Bright Sky quilt testers and made this beautiful full-size quilt. Living in Taiwan, she can only get quilt rulers and such in centimetres, meaning she had to do a fair bit of math to make her quilt! So she decided to give it another go, this time using the inch measurements and literally using centimetres… Read More
Before we get to showing off your work from last week, I wanted to share some quick sponsor news. These wonderful businesses support this blog and they mean that I can devote the time that I do to this blog! You can get 20% off your next order at the Fat Quarter Shop using the code thanku4 until April 3!… Read More