Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Hands up who else gifted handmade this Christmas?? This Christmas saw 3 quilts find new homes, including the quilt that inspired the Origami quilt pattern in the first place – the Japanese Origami quilt. This quilt (and the resulting quilt pattern) was inspired by the Japanese fabrics that my mother-in-law purchased in Japan earlier this year. I was stuck on… Read More
I love seeing sneak peeks and hearing the process of how other designers design their quilts… and I’m a quilt designer! I know what it takes! And I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in that… right? So I thought I’d share about my design process as I create the Origami quilt pattern. The Design Process The inspiration for quilt designs… Read More
Well, sorta finished… It’s quilted, bound, and on our bed, but the journey isn’t over juuuust yet… I am BEYOND thrilled with this quilt. I started out making Tula Pink’s City Sampler quilt with a grand plan of having my blocks making a dark grey-white-dark blue ombre as well as paying tribute to a variety of my family’s favourite bits… Read More
Joshua and I spent all morning browsing the shopping stalls at the International Yokohama Quilt Week. Digging for treasure and coming up with gold! We criss-crossed the aisles, scouring the fat quarter bins for any bargains. Most were priced at around $4 per fat quarter, but we found a couple of stalls selling for as cheap as $2.50. Like this… Read More
Last time I went shopping with Molli Sparkles, I was inspired to finally write up a proper post sharing all my tips for fabric shopping in Tokyo. This time I went to the Yokohama Quilt Show with him and had a blast! So this time I’m going to share some Japanese to help ease your fabric-splurging way. Japanese Yen Japan… Read More