Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I received a very exciting email on Wednesday – Ms Molli Sparkles was coming to Tokyo on Friday and would I like to go fabric shopping on Saturday? Would I?! We arranged a time and place at Shibuya, and where else but the world’s busiest scramble crossing! Nice and iconic and easy to find, but at 10am on a Saturday… Read More
It’s the month a lot of you have been waiting for, Japanese Bundle Club is going kids’ themed! May 5th is こどもの日 (Kodomo no Hi) – Children’s Day. People celebrate this national holiday by hanging up koinobori – fish flags/kits – where the black one represents the father, the red carp represents the mother, and the blue carp represents the… Read More
I’ve been busy updating the shop again – I’m trying to add more stock more regularly whenever I get the chance to go shopping! I have one more Sakura (cherry blossom) fat eighth bundle, plus a few individual prints too. Plus this delicious new Lecien text print featuring cake recipes and news articles! There’s only a week left to get… Read More
Good Fortune quilting progress front by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Yes ladies and gentleman, after well over a year, my Good Fortune quilt is finally on the home stretch! I’ve finished all the straight line quilting – I’ve outlined the blocks to both stabilise for FMQ and also as inspired by shoji screens. You see, my plan is to fill in… Read More
I had hoped to have the doll quilt all done for today, but a lack of inspiring binding options in my stash has meant procrastination. But I do have this oh-so-fancy tissue pouch I whipped up out of 2 charms for Jonathan at preschool. He has to have a hanky in one pocket, and this in the other. Plus donate… Read More
January 26 – Australia Day. Normally spent eating BBQs and pavlovas and meat pies. But this year? What better way to spend it than at the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2013 with Danielle, a new friend from Western Australia! Note – most of the name plates were solely in Japanese but I’ve named the quilt and quilter where I… Read More
I love having my little Etsy store selling sweet treats of Japanese fabrics, but I do know that they aren’t the cheapest fabrics around. So I’m super excited to announce the Japanese Bundle Club for 2013! Each month there will be a bundle of 6 fabrics available in either a fat eighth bundle or a fat quarter bundle, featuring 6… Read More
Welcome to Sunday Stash! Normally held over at Finding Fifth, once a month it travels around and today it’s visiting my in Japan! I previously mentioned that the shopping at the Yokohama Quilt Festival was a little underwhelming for my personal tastes, but that didn’t prevent me from picking up a few little bits and pieces… I have a limited… Read More
Yokohama Mahoosive Quilts 2 + 3 by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr You’ve seen the quilts, now see the rest of the Yokohama Quilt Festival! Over half the space in the exhibition hall was vendor space. I was one of the first in the doors, and headed there first to scout around as I knew it would get busy later on (thanks… Read More
I’ve attended a couple of quilt fairs back in Adelaide – the ones that coincide with the national craft and quilt fair – and I was impressed! But the quilts at the Yokohama Quilt Festival? Certainly up a notch or two! The originality of designs, the multitude of techniques used, the mixture of fabrics and textiles… Ah. May. Zing. Note:… Read More