A huge part of getting any quilt pattern ready to launch is sending it off to be tested by other quilters. What this means is that a group of normal, everyday quilters from around the world with a variety of skill levels and fabric tastes put your pattern through its paces. Each of my full quilt patterns are first checked… Read More
Sunset Isle QAL – Month 3: Log Cabins
Hello, March! And hello row three of the Sunset Isle quilt. There were lots of flying geese popping up in the Sunset Isle Facebook group and on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt (see below), with one great option emerging of some people rotating half of the blocks to face the opposite way, rather than all going the same way. Clever! MONTH 3 The third… Read More
Using EQ8 for Quilting Bee Blocks
I’m not sure where I last left off sharing my quilting bee blocks for my bee, Miss B Haven, but I’m here today with the blocks from December and January! For December, Alison chose the Treasure Hunt block and asked for scrappy low volume with one strip of a dusty colour per quadrant. We’ve all been drooling over how calm and… Read More
A New Pattern + Weekend Reading
Early last year, I was a part of my guild’s Liberty quilting bee. There were six of us, so it ran for six months and each month we made two blocks for the queen, and all our blocks were to be made predominantly with Liberty fabric. Fun! One huge reason I love Liberty fabric is the fussy cutting potential. There… Read More
AccuQuilt BOM: Patisserie Block 3
Hmm, I’m not exactly sure what flavour a blue donut would be… blueberry? Blue Heaven? Fairy floss? Let me know what you think what flavour this block would be in the comments! In fact, talking of donuts, AccuQuilt Australia recently shared a delicious felt donut pillow tutorial. So cute! But anyway, you can now go download the pattern yourself from… Read More
Geode QAL: Piecing The Blocks
It’s Monday and that means it is time to kick on with the Geode QAL and begin week 3. But first, let’s announce the winners of a 6 month subscription to Make Modern… Congratulations to @lynnmcindoe and @aggymom78! I’ll DM you each on Instagram. There’s still plenty of time to grab the pattern – from my store and also on Craftsy – and get started,… Read More
Directional Quilt in Love Patchwork & Quilting 52
It’s always such a happy day when a beloved quilt gets returned to you! Even if I was away and had to wait a few days until I got back home to unwrap and snuggle it once more… Directional is the kind of quilt that I love to make. It starts with a sudden idea of a quilt block, becomes… Read More
The Year Of Australian Quilt Book Authors
It has been an amazing year for Australian quilt designers, with quite a few releasing books! There’s nothing better than seeing your friends rock their business and achieve their dreams. So of course, I’ve bought them up along the way! And am sharing what I love about them with you today. Let’s start with the one that’s a big favourite… Read More
Marrakech Quilt Pattern
Late last year, I was asked to make a quilt for Australian Patchwork & Quilting using some of their own fabrics. And it turned out to be a bit of a special quilt… You see, this was the quilt that started my love affair for the AccuQuilt fabric cutter. This quilt pattern requires a lot of squares, both print… Read More
Mother Goose – A Baby Quilt Pattern
Every now and then, I get to design a pattern to accompany my Maths & Methods column in Make Modern. Issue 18 is now out, my column is all about make four flying geese at a time, aka no-waste flying geese. It’s such a quick method to make lots of flying geese that it meant I whipped up this baby… Read More