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I Love A Sunburnt Country: My Plans For Girt By Sea

I knew heading into designing Girt By Sea that I needed to make this quilt for myself (as opposed to just my border for the pattern sample!), but that I needed to make it in the colours of Australia. From a sunburnt desert centre through to the oceans that surround my island home, and deeply […]

Girt By Sea – A Modern Medallion Quilt Pattern

Late last year, some friends approached me with an idea – to collaborate with five other Australian quilt designers to create a new and exciting medallion quilt pattern inspired by our beautiful country. My heart leapt at the concept! I’ve always said that upon my return to Australia, I wanted to dig deep and get involved […]

Tula Pink City Sampler 100 Blocks Are Finished

It’s taken 8 months, but at last I’ve finished the 100 Blocks 100 Days. All 100 blocks from Tula Pink’s City Sampler book are DONE. And it feels so good! Although, I’m not going to lie, I’m not looking forward to the amount of sashing I need to cut… I made a big push and got the […]

Milky Way Sampler Sale – 3 Days Only!

This week as I was doing some of my BHQ admin things, I noticed that the Milky Way Sampler patterns have collectively been downloaded over 3500 times. Um, what?! Mind. BLOWN! So I decided that I’d say a little thank you by putting the Bundle on sale for the rest of this week. The Bundle […]

Milky Way Sampler: Mini Alpha Centauri Block

I try to get my mini Milky Way Sampler blocks made by the middle of the month (yes, these ones I sew along each month!), but being away, then gastro, and now a bad cold has put a slight delay onto everything. Thank goodness these guys are so quick and cute to whip up! I’m using […]

Geneva – Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt

No, don’t fall over in shock, I haven’t made any further progress through the 1930s Farmer’s Wife quilt book, I’ve just had this post sitting in my drafts for months and months. This was actually one of the first blocks I ever made from the book! Seriously, this draft has been sitting here since October 2015. […]

BHQ By You: February 2017

It’s been a fun month of seeing all your projects! Milky Way Sampler blocks are flying all over the place, with the standard full-sized blocks happening in full force. Canopus was block number two, and the range of colours and fabrics being used is just amazing. From top, L-R: @thebaronessdesigns, @thisgirlssewdestructive, @katgraycraft, @sarahr0408, @youngtexanmama, @astitchinbetween […]

Rapt Quilt Pattern

This month, I’m the guest designer for a fun project – the International Association of Quilters! And for my month, I’m (finally) sharing the pattern for my Rapt quilt. No, not “raptor” as I kept accidentally typing, although using dinosaur fabric for this would be super fun… This quilt was in part inspired by Laurie […]

Little Land of Rhyme – A Liberty and Linen Play Mat

Last year, I had the challenge of creating something applique for the Handmade magazine. So I collaborated with Ava & Neve to showcase the Little Land Of Rhyme Liberty collection together with some Essex linen to create a play mat. It features eight different prints, fussy cut where possible, to create world of imagination – eight different lands […]

Milky Way Sampler: Block 3 – Alpha Centauri

Hey hey hey! With this block, we’re a quarter of the way through the Milky Way Sampler already, how awesome is that! Although if you’re sewing the bundle with the 13 blocks, you’re not quite a quarter there… unless you’ve already sewn the Celestial block, and then you’re more than a quarter of the way […]