Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Let me tell you a tale, of stars and space and quilt design, and lying on a futon at night in a traditional Japanese tatami room… Many, many moons ago, I literally couldn’t sleep at night sometimes because my mind was just whirling with quilt designs. So I took to taking my graph book upstairs with me, so that when… Read More
I want to take a moment first to thank you all for getting involved in My DIY Block Design over the past month. My passion is teaching, with DIY Block Design being the biggest, scariest method of teaching I’ve done yet! But then seeing my teaching come to life through you all has thrilled me to no end. To be… Read More
The time has come to show off your amazing quilt block creations! It’s been such a thrill to see the ones people have been sharing on Instagram, I can’t wait to see what else has been made this month too! I’ve seen squares and triangles and rectangles; blocks made into cushions and mini quilts, and big quilts begun! Prizes A… Read More
It’s the final week of My DIY Block Design! We’ve got two more beginner designer’s sharing their journey today, and the linky will open on Friday for you to share your quilt blocks all sewn up. Abby from ColorBar Quilts is no stranger to making patterns her own, with her entry into this month’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival an amazing example… Read More
It’s the final week of My DIY Block Design – the month-long blog hop and challenge to get you designing and making your own quilt blocks! Our beginner designers shared some amazing blocks, and the expert designers this week had some great suggestions for the tools they use to design. Making Winners It’s been so exciting seeing you making your… Read More
Today’s guest designers are an exciting bunch of ladies! But of course I’ll let them share more about that… I’ve been enviously watching the building of Cassie’s new quilting studio and I can’t wait to see what she creates in there for Cassandra Madge! Linden from Vine Lines Quilting has really bloomed this year and I’ve loved watching her journey!… Read More
Welcome to week 3 of My DIY Block Design – the month-long blog hop and challenge to get you designing and making your own quilt blocks! Our beginner designers shared , and the expert designers had some great tips and tricks to go along with quite the inside peek into their design processes! Sketches Winners Last week’s sketches winners are:… Read More
I don’t know about you, but I love reading about the behind the scenes info of my favourite quilters and designers. So I asked some experienced designers to share about their design process and favourite tips and tricks for quilt designing. Each Friday, there will be 3 experienced designers sharing on their blogs! Today’s line up is chock full of… Read More
Quilt designing definitely comes in levels – from designing just for yourself, to then taking the next step of sharing tutorials, and designing patterns to sell! Today’s lovely bunch of ladies are at various stages, and are sharing how DIY Block Design has been helping them in this journey. Ros has made some incredible sewing projects, that are hugely popular… Read More
My blog has turned out to be all about the quilt blocks this year, with The Bee Hive tutorials every second week! And that’s awesome, because I love designing, and I love teaching! Today I want to share you the design process repeating quilt blocks by showing you the evolution of October’s block from me – Magic 8 Ball. This… Read More