Modern quilt teacher and patterns
As I’ve alluded to in some of my newsletters, things are going to start changing around here in light of our move to Australia. Changing for the better! And to do so, that means some of my patterns are being retired. Why retire patterns? Well, part of my new direction means that most of my patterns would need a bit of… Read More
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
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
I have started converting some of my top tutorials into free PDF patterns to make it easier for you to take it to your sewing room – either on your tablet or printed off! They’re all available on Craftsy, and I will keep working at converting more. So head on over and grab the goodies! When you make them, be… Read More
Guys, I’m so excited. And nervous. But mostly excited! As I think you all now know very well, I love quilt maths. I love teaching quilt maths. I am a quilt nerd! But do you want to know a secret? Even though I have done several HST tutorials and maths charts, plus writing about maths for Make Modern, I still… Read More
As you read earlier this week for my Blogger’s Quilt Festival post, my Happy Star quilt was made for the Schnitzel & Boo mini quilt swap earlier this year. And now, it’s available as a pattern for you all to make too! It is a paper piecing pattern that would suit a confident beginner, which means that even if you’ve… Read More
As of tonight, I will be closing my Craftsy store. Probably around 10pm Japan time, to be a little bit more precise, or 12 hours from the publishing of this post. So I have dropped all prices by up to 50% so that you can have one last chance of accessing them via Craftsy. Remember to download and save them… Read More
A few weeks ago, I posted about the massive problems facing those of us selling digital products to EU citizens starting January 1st. With Etsy and Craftsy still not forthcoming with any workable solutions and instead leaving the responsibility of collecting, reporting, etc all VAT sales to us sellers, I have had to seek out other alternatives. As I am… Read More
There is nothing a pattern designer loves more than seeing people actually using your patterns!! I was tagged the other week in Sheila’s stunning feather mini quilt that she made using my free paper pieced feather pattern and tutorial… Isn’t it stunning?! Those saturated colours with the pops of aqua and the wavy quilting as if the feathers were floating…… Read More
There is no doubt that if you sell digital patterns, you would have heard at least something about the European Union’s new VAT laws that come into effect on January 1st. I won’t go into the nitty-gritty details, as there are plenty of sources out there who do it much better than I ever could, but essentially it comes down… Read More