Modern quilt teacher and patterns
This past week has been a hard one, full of farewells. And with these precious farewells, comes gifts. Gifts to say thank you, to express deep gratitude for the friendships, support, for patience with bumbling foreigners… Many were handmade, stocked up over the past few months, recently finished, or pushed through this week! My grammar nazi friends may hate this,… Read More
Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I have posted a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today we’re talking sashing! Feel free to sash, join, quilt your blocks as you like, but I wanted to share a tutorial for how I’m sashing my Christmas blocks –… Read More
Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I have posted a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today’s block is the last one and it’s a Christmas ornament. And no, not to be confused with Ornamental! What you will need Traditional method: 8 – 4″ squares of… Read More
Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I’ll be posting a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today’s block is the Christmas star. What you will need Traditional method: 8 – 4″ squares of background fabric 8 – 4″ squares of print fabric Pair your fabrics up:… Read More
Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I’ll be posting a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today’s block is the Christmas wreath! What you will need Traditional method: 10 – 4″ squares of background fabric 6 – 4″ squares of print fabric Pair your fabrics up:… Read More
Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I’ll be posting a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today’s block is the poinsettia… or at least the stylised version of one! What you will need Traditional method: 6 – 4″ squares of background fabric 10 – 4″ squares… Read More
Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I’ll be posting a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today’s block is the Christmas angel! This block will sadden alternative HSTers – it’s best pieced traditionally to achieve the look! It will also work best if you choose at… Read More
Welcome to the first Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I’ll be posting a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. We’re starting with an easy one today – tinsel! What you will need Traditional method: 8 – 4″ squares of background fabric 8 – 4″ squares of print fabric… Read More
Welcome to A Very Merry HST BOF – mini style! Since participating in In Color Order’s HST BOM, I’ve grown quite fond of HSTs and the marvelous designs they can create. But there’s not enough months to complete something Christmassy, so it’s a Block of the Fortnight! Over the next few fortnights, I’ll be sharing 6 different blocks I… Read More