Last week, I shared a pile of books I’ve recently added to my (very small) quilting library. I made the comment that I rarely buy quilting books, because I love designing my own quilts and thus very rarely make someone else’s patterns. I also am a self-taught quilter, learning pretty much everything either from the […]
Saying Sayonara with Handmade Thanks
This past week has been a hard one, full of farewells. And with these precious farewells, comes gifts. Gifts to say thank you, to express deep gratitude for the friendships, support, for patience with bumbling foreigners… Many were handmade, stocked up over the past few months, recently finished, or pushed through this week! My grammar […]
Sew Cute Tuesday
This week has involved some secret swap sewing. It’s for the May The 4th Mini Quilt Swap on Instagram, so I’ve shared a couple of sneak peeks, well, ok, so that included my original EQ7 plan… Which has since evolved a little since then, but this was the basic idea I started off with. And […]
Building My Quilting Library
You know me, I rarely, if ever, make quilts I didn’t design myself, purely because that’s my favourite part of quilting! Which means I make very selective choices about what books I buy. You’d also think that with an international move in a couple of weeks that I’d have not gotten any while in the […]
On The Functionality Of Modern Quilts
I originally sat down to write a short article on this topic for my weekly newsletter, which is where I tend to write more personally about quilting. However, it grew too long to be contained to just an email! So instead, it became a blog post. There have been so many posts and comments already […]
Sew Cute Tuesday
This week, I’ve been trying to make a couple more farewell gifts. I also sewed up a block for the Kona Colour of the Year challenge. I picked up some Highlight at QuiltCon, so I decided to give it a go. After having tried my first real improv block last month, I took a deep […]
Modern HST Sampler #5: Mountain
Jess is the next guest designer, sharing the fifth block for the Modern HST Sampler QAL. If you need more information, you can find out more about: The QAL and fabric requirements Required and recommended tools Tips for HST accuracy Frequently Asked Questions Hi, I’m Jess, otherwise known as Elven Garden Quilts. I’m the mum […]
Low Volume Restocks
When I did my big clear out a couple of months ago, I (happily) realised something about my stash – I’ve used up a lot of the low volume prints I love! This makes me happy, because it means I’ve been using my stash a lot. You see, I love LOW low volume, prints that […]
Learning Block Printing With Valori Wells
At QuiltCon last year, I took a ton of lectures and three 3-hour workshops – embroidery, applique, and learning Yoshiko Jinzenji’s silhouette technique. A couple of friends did fabric printing classes, and I was rather envious! I decided that when I next went to QuiltCon, I was going to do less lectures so I could […]
Sew Cute Super Tuesday
Happy Tuesday, one and all! I’m finally starting back into things, with just 3 weeks left of work before the kids finish Japanese preschool (forever!), and 5 weeks until we moving countries… So of course I avoid my work and enjoy some meditative straight-line quilting on a “selfish sewing” pillow for me, myself, and I! […]
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