Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Well folks, it’s 2020! Happy New Year! I am so excited about this year, and the Mini Masterpieces quilt along. I don’t know about you, but I am so ready to dig in and play and grow and cultivate my creativity through quilting. Are you ready too?! First up this month is the Simple Squares lesson. If you are newer… Read More
The final section of Mini Masterpieces is all about curves – simple, complex, and improv. Are you ready to get your curves on?! Preorder Mini Masterpieces from these stockists Applique Applique is an easy way to add some literal dimension to your quilts! Mini Masterpieces covers two different methods of machine applique. The sampler quilt block uses interfacing to create a… Read More
The third section of Mini Masterpieces is all about curves – simple, complex, and improv. Are you ready to get your curves on?! Preorder Mini Masterpieces from these stockists Simple Curves What are simple curves? Where two pieces become one… square unit/block. Like a Drunkards Path unit. Jane for Ava & Neve made four of the sampler quilt block and… Read More
Fun fact: Did you know that Mini Masterpieces was originally going to be released in April of this year? It’s true! But because of the QAL-able nature of the book, Lucky Spool and I decided that a Fall 2019 release would be better so that 2020 could be the Year Of Mini Masterpieces… And today is that day! Today is… Read More
The second section of Mini Masterpieces is all about triangles – half-square triangles, flying geese, and half-rectangle triangles. It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of triangles and what they add to a quilt design with the dynamic angles they create! Preorder Mini Masterpieces from these stockists Half-Square Triangles It’s no secret that I love half-square triangles! *coughModernHSTsamplercough* I… Read More
Each year when it’s that odd week between December 25 and the New Year, and it’s kinda the holidays, but kinda still busy, and you start to think about what resolutions you want to set for 2020. Perhaps you’re how I used to be, and start to think about what you should set, getting distracted by weight loss ads that… Read More
With 24 amazing friends joining in on the Mini Masterpieces blog hop, I am breaking down the sharing of their work into the sections of the book. Starting with the first three lessons – Squares, Strips and Snowballs! Preorder Mini Masterpieces from these stockists Simple Squares The first lesson in Mini Masterpieces covers working with Simple Squares. Whether you’re practising… Read More
There’s only several more days to wait until my book, Mini Masterpieces, is released, but today is the day that the book blog hop begins! It’s the 12 Days of Mini Masterpieces… because for the next twelve days, I have 24 amazing quilters sharing their makes from Mini Masterpieces. Mini Masterpieces features 12 essential quilting techniques, with a sampler block… Read More
My latest pattern, Origami, is just perfect for layer cakes! Especially the small bed sized quilt – it has 42 blocks, which is the exact same number as pieces in a Moda layer cake. And I had one of those lying around – Voyager by Kate Spain. So I added in a couple of fat quarters of coordinating solids for the… Read More
Once again, my fabulous pattern testers have absolutely rocked the Origami quilt pattern! I’m always blown away by the creativity and generosity of my testers for helping me release my patterns, and just wait until you see what I mean… Baby Quilt The baby quilt size for Origami is a sweet 39″ x 39″. The perfect size because you don’t… Read More