We’re now halfway through The Bee Hive! And we’re starting to see some finished quilts and quilt tops come through, which is pretty exciting! Violet has made this stunning Wanta Fanta quilt top Christy made a Christmas-themed Tic Tac Toe quilt with her swarm. @greatbritten66 has finished her Wanta Fanta quilt and is currently quilting it. Ann added some dashing… Read More
Sweet Treats Blog Hop: Grand Finale Giveaway!
Wow what a week! Six amazing bloggers have shared some fantastic mini charm pack patterns. Quilted wine tote | Rainbow mini quilt | Photo frame mini quilt Kids’ book bag | Paper pieced cushion cover | Christmas wall hanging Thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop, each blogger also has a $25 gift certificate up for giveaway – go and enter… Read More
TGIFF: Blue Birds Fly
On Sunday, I shared my finished Sweet Treats blog hop project, ‘Blue Birds Fly, and promised to come back and share all the nitty gritty details. So here they are… I had such a blast making this! Working out which arrangement would be best both aesthetically, rainbow-ally and efficiently with the mini charms I had to use; then piecing it… Read More
Chicken or the Egg? Writing or Making?
What comes first, the pattern writing or the pattern making? Or both? Source: Totoro via BlossomHeart on Craftsy When I designed the Totoro pattern (well, sketched up and sent to Kristy to put it through EQ7!), I wrote the pattern after I had made it. Right now, I’m writing up a new pattern. Twelve of them in 2 different sizes…. Read More
Sweet Treats Blog Hop: Don’t Drink And Hop
Oh. My. Goodness. Have you seen the awesomeness that Lindsey at Happier Than a Bird Quilts has come up with for her Sweet Treat project?! Now there is nothing classier than a quilted wine holder! Except maybe if it was leather. Which would defeat the purpose of 1) this blog hop and 2) being a quilter. Cheers! —– If you… Read More
Sweet Treats Blog Hop… Literally!
The funny thing about hosting a blog hop with bloggers from around the world is juggling time zones! Clara from Clover and Violet has just posted Tuesday’s hop post – the sweetest little book bag and featuring a line very apt for a blog hop. Hop over and see what I mean, and enter their giveaway too! PS – You… Read More
Sweet Treat: A Quilted Photo Frame Mini
Have you ever made something your children designed? Plum and June has and you can see their creation today! Very cute and very clever! Plus theres’s a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop in it for ya! Go, see, now!
Sweet Treats Blog Hop: And We’re Off!
Welcome to the Sweet Treats Blog Hop, where myself and 5 wonderful bloggers will give you some ideas for using those adorable new mini charms from Moda! We each have 2 mini charm packs and a half yard of coordinating fabric to use, plus any bits and pieces like binding, or backing or whatever else our projects needed to finish… Read More