I am so excited to join in my first Blogger’s Quilt Festival! Even as I was making this quilt, I knew I was going to enter it as I love it so much. Evidenced by the fact that this is third time it’s gotten a mention on here! First for the Sweet Treats blog hop, […]
Sew Seasonal Blog Hop
Kristy at Quiet Play and myself are super excited to announce the Sew Seasonal blog hop!! We’ve been busy bees designing some Christmas block patterns. Kristy has designed 13 paper pieced blocks, and I’ve designed Ornamental – 12 rotary cut, machine pieced Christmas ornaments! Together, that equals 25 Christmassy blocks, perfectly versatile to work together […]
WIP Wednesday: Wombat Stew, Wombat Stew… Itadakimasu!
I am part of a wonderful little paper piecing bee called Wombat Stew. There are 7 of us and each month, we take turns being Queen Wombat and the rest of the group designs a paper pieced block according to the requested specifications. It’s also all from stash, which I love! I had the privilege […]
A Very Merry HST BOF: Christmas Star
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 […]
Squeeze Your Own Bundle Competition
I have always admired the beautiful, handpicked bundles Randi has at Fresh-Squeezed Fabrics. From the colour-based bundles: Berry Patch To the thematic: Just My Type To bundles you can just pick up and use as is… Hello little girl quilt! Fresh-Squeezed Sunshine And they’re always so perfectly named! I love that she uses customers’ suggestions. […]
Ornamental Pattern Now Available!
You’ve seen a couple of sneak peeks, and now I am super excited to announce that my next pattern is now available on Craftsy! Ornamental includes twelve different Christmas ornament designs with instructions for both 5″ and 10″ finished blocks, that you then turn into whatever you like! Choose one or more blocks to create […]
Winner Time!
Wow, 531 entries into the final Sweet Treats blog hop giveaway! Unfortunately there can only be one winner, and fortunately for Carla G., that winner was her!! Carla – I’ve emailed you and have sent your email address to the Fat Quarter Shop too so they can send you your $50 gift certificate!! Happy shopping!! […]
WIP Wednesday: Bits and BOMS
After a crazy few days finishing up a pattern and the cover quilt, it’s been a quieter week to let my sewjo recover and restore to usual levels. I finished block 4 of the FQS Designer BOM, and the next one should be arriving next week. I’ve started cutting for October’s HST BOM. What should […]
A Lazy Afternoon
It’s a beautiful autumn afternoon here – the sun is shining through my sewing room window, toasting up my cold little tootsies as I do a little bit of this and a little bit of that. The usual case of I-have-things-I-should-be-doing-but-don’t-want-to-now. Instead, I started a paper piecing project (block 1 of 13), made my son’s […]
A Rotary Confession
Yesterday I changed my rotary blade. It was beautiful. So smooth and easy, like slicing through butter with a hot knife. I was just gliding my way through my trimming. I was in love because this is what my last blade looked like… Oh yes it did. That, my friends, is what a one year […]
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