Modern quilt teacher and patterns
The third section of Mini Masterpieces is all about curves – simple, complex, and improv. Are you ready to get your curves on?! Preorder Mini Masterpieces from these stockists Simple Curves What are simple curves? Where two pieces become one… square unit/block. Like a Drunkards Path unit. Jane for Ava & Neve made four of the sampler quilt block and… Read More
The second section of Mini Masterpieces is all about triangles – half-square triangles, flying geese, and half-rectangle triangles. It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of triangles and what they add to a quilt design with the dynamic angles they create! Preorder Mini Masterpieces from these stockists Half-Square Triangles It’s no secret that I love half-square triangles! *coughModernHSTsamplercough* I… Read More
With 24 amazing friends joining in on the Mini Masterpieces blog hop, I am breaking down the sharing of their work into the sections of the book. Starting with the first three lessons – Squares, Strips and Snowballs! Preorder Mini Masterpieces from these stockists Simple Squares The first lesson in Mini Masterpieces covers working with Simple Squares. Whether you’re practising… Read More
UPDATE 2021: Most of these patterns have been discontinued – you can read why here. The cherry blossom block has been renamed to Blossom and you can find it here. However, I have left this post as-is so as to not erase my mistakes but to show how you can change and grow as a person. It’s been so wonderful… Read More
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
I’ve been a busy bee over the past couple of months still, with both my Miss B Haven bee and my guild’s Liberty bee. Both bees are very different, so that means it’s been staying interesting and fun each month when it’s time to make the blocks! I last shared blocks in June, which means that it’s time to share… Read More
It’s been an exciting week of Liberty around these here digs! Last week, I placed my first order online at Liberty London when I read somewhere that they had a new lot of fabrics on super sale (aka 50% off). What this means is that instead of around AU$50/m for local Liberty, it works out to be about AU$20/m instead…. Read More
Over the weekend, I had the incredible opportunity to attend a class with Denyse Schmidt. A friend had to back out after the cancellation period had passed, so she asked if anyone could take her place. This was just before my birthday, so I not so subtly suggested to my husband that this would be a great birthday present! He… Read More
If a blog post could be summed up in one action, it would be me pumping my fists with a loud “Yeah, baby!” And that’s because I got all caught up on my Girt By Sea quilt, making three borders in one month. Amidst flu-ridden kids (and one’s resulting ear infection) that kept me on nursemaid duty for almost two… Read More
When school holidays and life happens, you combine two months of BHQ By You into one post! But that just means double the eye candy of amazing projects made by you guys using Blossom Heart Quilts patterns and tutorials. So sit back and get ready to drool at the pretties… #milkywaysampler Milky Way Sampler block 6 for June was Capella,… Read More