Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I am plodding incredibly slowly through my Cherish quilt. And my deadline keeps getting pushed further and further back, to the point where I HAVE to get it done by my daughter’s birthday in March or I run the risk that she’ll have outgrown it! Thankfully, she still likes seeing peeks of it, and she doesn’t care if it’s a… Read More
I’m thrilled to announce a new collection of patterns – Little Liberties! I adore Liberty fabric, but sometimes struggle to know how best to use it to show off the pretty prints. We all know my comfort zone is blender-ish fabrics, so that’s probably why, but I’m determined to branch out and think creatively. These two new patterns are the… Read More
I’ve started off strong making my newest Aurora BOM quilt! In fact, I’ve got all my background pieces already cut thanks to #designerprerogative and my handy dandy AccuQuilt – there’s a lot of squares to cut! But I’m mostly cutting the prints as I go each month, so that I can get a good mix of prints/the right colour thing… Read More
It’s time that I finally get to start sharing the new AccuQuilt BOM! Over the next 12 months, we’re making some space-inspired blocks. Now, I’m famous for loving a good star quilt block… And yes, I am definitely a big fan of star quilt blocks, but this time, I decided to step outside the comfort zone and make a space-inspired… Read More
Over the past year, my husband has had to deal with some intensely stressful situations at work. There has been one particular person who has been incredibly supportive of him throughout it all. She has advocated for him, encouraged him, sympathised with him, and is basically the reason he’s stuck around through it all! And as it’s all come to… Read More
One big plus for my Pfaff Passport that is missing on my other machine is speed control (it would have been an extra $300 for it!), so since getting the Passport, I’ve finally been able to let my kids learn how to machine sew here and there, as they express the interest in doing so. Last holidays, my daughter asked… Read More
When I sat down with my tubs of fabric last week to starting pulling fabrics for my own Aurora BOM quilt, I sat there feeling a little uninspired. Although, to be honest, I think it was that I was wanting to step out of my blender/tone-on-tone comfort zone within my rainbow colour plan. And my stash just does not have… Read More
It’s no secret I love a good sampler quilt – something new and different for each block you sew! And with my AccuQuilt Qubes, it makes it even easier to sew up different sampler quilts in 2 different sizes – I made my Patisserie BOM quilt from 8″ blocks AND 6″ blocks, and set them both very differently for the… Read More
While I was teaching my Aurora BOM sampler quilt last year, I started another version myself using my pile of Alison Glass fabrics. It was a bit of a challenge, trying to make limited fat eighths and fat quarters work, but with a couple of small purchases and a little extra yardage for the scrappy low volume background, I did… Read More
Today is a day that I have been waiting for all year. For the past year, in fact. Today is the day that I finally leave my 20s. Yes, you read that right. I am only 30. In fact, I have had quite a few discussions over the past month or so with close friends about this day. You see,… Read More