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Secret Santa Surprise!

Instead of making blocks in December, the Wombat Fiona suggested we hold a Secret Santa instead. Yeah baby! I love a handmade Secret Santa! I still can’t show what I made as the recipient is still away on holidays, but I very excitedly can share what I received! Wombat Stew Secret Santa Present by SewBlossomHeart, […]

First Finish For 2013

Anna Maria Horner Field Study by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Last year I won 6 fat quarters of Anna Maria Horner’s Field Study from Meghann at Four Wild Blueberries. They arrived last week with a couple of bonus fat quarters and for once they didn’t sit around waiting. You see, over 2 months ago, Rebecca Making […]

A Whole New Year of Goals and Dreams

When I start quilting last year (the last day I can say that!) I never imagined myself to be here. Where’s here? Well… Seven incredible months of blogging! I am besotted with the quilting bloggosphere – such an incredible community full of fun, support and friendships! Meeting a wonderful bunch of Aussie women and forming […]

Sunday Stash: One Lucky Chicky

Happy mail by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr This week has seen some very happy mail for this lucky little girl! Many months ago now, I posted on Facebook about Sakura Park and how I was adding it to my Santa list as it was being released just before Christmas. Santa piped up and said that I […]

How The Hustle Went Down

Oh my word, just 2 days left of the year! And now it’s time to check off my WIP list for the last 3 months… Finish my sister’s gender neutral cot quilt – Top is done! And the backing doesn’t need piecing, so I’m just awaiting the arrival of 600 curved basting pins so I […]

The Year Of Giving Back

I have had such a wonderful few months of blogging and quilting. I’ve met beautiful friends-for-life, I’ve absolutely loved sharing Japanese fabric with you all, and I’ve been thrilled with how I’m beginning to be brave and try new quilting techniques, styles and patterns! I like my comfort zone and am a perfectionist, and quilting […]

KIDS In Situ

My husband is on holidays, but being a scientist, he still has to check back in every now and then to check on his experiments. This morning was one such short trip to work and I received a photo via text message… KIDS in situ by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Look! They’ve hung up the KIDS […]

In Color Order HST BOM Blocks Finished!

I cannot believe it has been a year since I started this BOM! My first full-length BOM finished, and most certainly not my last. The funny thing is, I love these blocks so much. I love the colours and the great mix of block designs. Why so funny? Because half of the prints I used […]

Gettin’ Bloggy With It: Three Top Blogger Tips

Thanks for the lovely words last week! I thought I’d continue on and share some of my favourite tips from around the blogosphere that I have used previously on Blogger. Numbered Blogger comments If you ever host giveaways, you MUST have numbered comments! I mean, do you really wanna sit there and count, then recount […]

Scrappy Log Cabin Polaroid Blocks

There are many different ideas for using polaroid quilt blocks, but being the stubborn kinda person I am, I was wanting to do something special and different for my polaroid blocks. I was originally thinking of something rainbow-errific, but Jane has already done the rainbow solids, so what else could I do?! Orange, yellow, green […]