Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Welcome to week 2 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 certainly rocked their quilt blocks, and the expert designers had some great tips and tricks to go along with the behind the scenes look at their design processes. Inspiration Winners Wow… 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
Today, we take a look at some beginner quilt designers and learn more about their designing experiences. Today is also your last chance to get DIY Block Design on sale! It is definitely not a requirement to design and make along with us, but as these ladies can share, it will certainly help you to do so. It may sound… Read More
October is a very kind month to include four full weeks, Monday to Sunday. Why? Because that lends itself so nicely to some Instagram fun for My DIY Block Design: four weekly challenges, four winners, four charm packs each week! Inspiration This week is all about sharing your inspiration photos – maybe it’s a tile design you’ve seen, or a bus… 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 Christa Watson, Angie… Read More
Let the games begin! This October is going to be full of My DIY Block Design – helping you guys to design and make your own quilt blocks and projects. I am so excited to see what this month brings! You guys know how much I love teaching and sharing, and this blog hop is pretty much the exact reason… Read More
One of the most popular questions I get asked in regards to The Bee Hive is, “How much fabric do I need for a whole quilt?” Well, for the first 3 blocks, now you can find out! I’ve done all the maths and worked out the fabric requirements for FIVE different sizes of finished quilts: baby, lap, single (twin), queen… Read More
A huge welcome and hello to those who have stopped by after hearing my interview on Pat Sloan’s show – you’ve got impeccable timing, because today I’m launching a huge challenge and blog hop happening in October! What’s it about My DIY Block Design is a month-long challenge, designed to get you designing*! All throughout October, I will be working… Read More
Today I want to share the sweet little Bunting quilt blocks and the clever Abacus quilt blocks that have been popping up on Instagram using #thebeehivequilts. Leanne made a mini quilt from 4 Bunting quilt blocks that she carefully planned so as to have the pink and blue crossing right across it! So sweet! How perfect is that set of… Read More
As this year marches on, and more and more quilts from The Bee Hive are being finished up, I am continually just blown away by the creativity. But most importantly, by the amazing love and support the Swarms (aka The Bee Hive quilting bees) are showing towards each other. Last week, I was tagged on Instagram by @annettezee, sharing the… Read More