Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Housekeeping: Sorry if you got a blast of 20 posts yesterday! That would be the blog feed updating to the new site/feed source and it means that it’s all working nicely! Hurray for something working smoothly! Reminder – things are still being worked on, so if you come across an error or something’s looking funky, please let me know via… Read More
It’s time for a big sale! I mentioned in today’s earlier post that we have had some very sad news, and this is to help raise some extra funds towards dealing with it. All my Craftsy patterns are 15% off – click on the above pictures to take you through to each one. Plus use the code HAPPY15 to get… Read More
Tea For Two by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr I’d like to introduce you to Tea For Two! Believe it or not, this pattern was inspired by a manhole cover here in Japan! Only I made it much prettier. The pattern includes instructions to make 4 different size options with 15 full pages of photos, diagrams and colouring templates for you to… Read More
It’s been a busy week here – I never intentionally set out to catch the busy pre-Christmas sew up bug, but between the KIDS wall hanging (now finished – photos today, post tomorrow!), catch up on Wombat Stew blocks, Secret Santa presents for Wombat Stew, and my English playgroup, a long-awaited handmade gift, and trying to keep moving on personal… Read More
I am making all 25 of the Sew Seasonal patterns. So far, I’ve made 4… I’m way behind schedule to get this done for revealing for the Sew Seasonal linky at the end of November and I blame the kids for making me too tired and frazzled to sew during naptime lately! That and it’s so cold at night… Read More
Kristy at Quiet Play and myself are super excited to welcome you to the Sew Seasonal blog hop!! We’ve been busy bees designing some Christmas block patterns. Kristy has designed 13 paper pieced blocks, and I’ve designed Ornamental – 12 rotary cut, machine pieced Christmas ornaments! Together, that makes 25 Christmassy blocks to mix and match and use as you… Read More
So today, the Fat Quarterly Christmas Issue was released. And should you scroll/flick through to page 49 you will find… Yep, your’s truly is now a published designer! I had such fun designing these little stockings for the Designer challenge, and the fabric – Tinsel by Maude Asbury – is such a cute range! They’re the perfect size for hiding… Read More
You’ve seen a couple of sneak peeks, and now I am super excited to announce that my next pattern is now available on Craftsy! Ornamental includes twelve different Christmas ornament designs with instructions for both 5″ and 10″ finished blocks, that you then turn into whatever you like! Choose one or more blocks to create a wall hanging, a table… Read More
I have finally gotten my butt into gear and finalised my Totoro pattern! I’m super excited, but also have super nerves that comes with publishing your first pattern! I’ve had such great responses from my Totoro nappy/diaper wallet both online and off from fellow Totoro fans here in Japan. I don’t think I need to tell you, my fellow quilters,… Read More