Modern quilt teacher and patterns
My friendship with Kristy from Quiet Play is one that I can barely remember the beginnings of, but I believe it was when she shared one of her very first paper piecing patterns – a fire truck – and I boldly put myself out there to pattern-test for her. In fact, yes, it was! And that pattern turned into a… Read More
Aubrey and the girls at Southern Fabric have always entranced me with their beautiful range of fabrics, enhanced by their gorgeous photography! It really helps you feel like you’re in store in person, rather than just online! For instance, I would really love to be able to stroke Social Club – I love the circle feature print! It would make… Read More
It has been a big couple of months online for me!! It started with hitting the 1000 follower milestone on Instagram around the same time as this blog’s second anniversary. And then last month as the blog reached the first year mark of being here on WordPress, I also hit the 1000 followers on Bloglovin. I love sewing, and I… Read More
Last week I destashed some scraps on Instagram, and tomorrow I will hopefully finish that task off! There’s still red, pink, purple, orange and yellow to go, plus a few other bits and pieces too. And there’s still a couple available from this week – some Aurifil, aqua scraps and some Japanese boys’ fabric. I can’t guarantee when I’ll be… Read More
Summer holidays are fast approaching which means life is about to get a whole lot noisier and busier with both kids back at home again. And as I’ve been running to keep on to things ever since they both started in May (although 2 weeks of visitors and 17 days of solo parenting between now and then haven’t helped), I’ve… Read More
Firstly, let’s have a quick look at last week’s linker-uppers. Last week I had a little competition going for those who shared their #sewcutetuesday posts on Instagram. Here’s some of those… View this post on Instagram Finished my@mini quilt and pouch for the Schmitzel and Boo mini quilt swap #sewcutetuesday @blossomheartquilts A post shared by Janine (@janithom) on Jun 23,… Read More
At the beginning of the year, I decided to try a fabric fast. I wasn’t buying up wildly, but I certainly was buying a lot more than I needed, let alone things I’d actually use (ie. charm packs – so adorable, rarely actually used). And I went well! I went to the Tokyo Quilt Festival and didn’t buy a scrap… Read More
When my daughter was born, a friend gave us a bib that her sister had made. It was just gorgeous – beautiful fabric, well-made, and thick and absorbent with snaps to keep it on! So while my sister got a skirt, I made my handsome nephew 3 new bibs that were custom-made for him. A bigger neckhole for his chins,… Read More
As soon as my sister (who left on Saturday, sob!) saw my new skirt, she told me I’d be making her one while she was visiting us. Done! I took her fabric shopping, she chose, I washed, ironed, sewed, she threaded the elastic (she only wanted three rows of elastic for a skinnier waist band), I sewed some more, and… Read More
Guysguysguysguysguys, have you seen? The Fat Quarter Shop have 20% off Aurifil thread and boxes! I know it might seem like everyone just raves about it Aurifil thread, but you know why? Because it’s such good quality! Plus it comes in so many colours and weights. My favourite is 2021 in a 50 weight for piecing (the single spool show… Read More