Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Here in Japan, the summer holidays run for about six weeks from mid-July to the end of August (the school year is April – March). This is now my fourth summer here (what?!) and my third preschool summer holidays. Each year has gotten easier, but they’re always a challenge. The noise, oh the noise! As an introvert, I truly treasure… Read More
Hey guys, I’ve come down with a virus or something that has knocked me hard and means I’m on the sofa indulging my binging-obsession with Pretty Little Liars (no spoilers please!) for a few days. So please excuse any radio silence around the place this week. Hopefully see you all very soon!
I don’t tend to share a lot of personal life stuff on the blog, as that’s a choice I’ve made for my family and for my brand. I do share the occasional snippet of Japanese life on Instagram on @blossomheartquilts though, but you can never really tell the whole story on there with a little square photo! So when I… Read More
There’s one thing that isn’t too much of a secret around here: I’m a bit of a nerd. If loving quilt math wasn’t enough, I love some of the classic things like Star Trek and high school chemistry, and some of the more modern things like marrying a scientist with a PhD (proud wife moment), the new Star Trek movies… Read More
Do you have the TimeHop app? I loving having a peek back through time each day to see what happened in our family’s life over the past few years, not to mention finding little surprises like the fact that April 22 was my fifth anniversary of blogging! Five years ago, I posted my very first blog post on Blossom Heart…. Read More
I am a perfectionist. I like things to be in order, and chaos stresses me out. Whether it’s a messy house, or our normal life/routine is out of whack, I start to get stressed until things settle down and the visual clutter of the mess is away. But you know how there’s this saying: It’s true. Quilting has really helped… Read More
I am proud to be a quilter. I love that my friends and family know that I am a quilter and support me in it. I love that they think of me whenever they see fabric or quilts. But just sometimes…
I don’t even know what to say for this post. I have so many thoughts, so many feels, I just don’t know if I can even put them into words that make sense! But let me just babble for a while and see how I go… Phased Circles by Michelle Wilkie Connections Overall, my heart is so full. Living here… Read More
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go, I’m standing here, outside your door… Ok, so I’ve watched Armageddon far too often, and I’m not going to space, but I’m certainly all packed and ready to go to the airport! I’ll be sharing when I have wifi (which is certainly available at the convention centre!) on Instagram – I’m… Read More
Last week, I woke up at 5am after a much too late a night for such an early alarm and sat down to chat with Tsoniki for her Me Being Crafty podcast! I was rather nervous, but Tsoniki has very good people skills and quickly put me to ease. One thing she mentioned was liking the behind the scenes stuff… Read More