Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Well, what a way to get back into work after moving house than to announce that I am an Aurifil Designer of the Month for 2019! I have had a long-standing love affair for Aurifil thread, which became official when I was an inaugural Aurifil Artisan in 2016, and again this year. And now I’m branching out in joining the… Read More
I’ve started off strong making my newest Aurora BOM quilt! In fact, I’ve got all my background pieces already cut thanks to #designerprerogative and my handy dandy AccuQuilt – there’s a lot of squares to cut! But I’m mostly cutting the prints as I go each month, so that I can get a good mix of prints/the right colour thing… Read More
We’re now halfway through The Bee Hive! And we’re starting to see some finished quilts and quilt tops come through, which is pretty exciting! Violet has made this stunning Wanta Fanta quilt top Christy made a Christmas-themed Tic Tac Toe quilt with her swarm. @greatbritten66 has finished her Wanta Fanta quilt and is currently quilting it. Ann added some dashing… Read More
Last year I was on a roll, sharing each month’s lot of blocks from various bees and BOMs, but then it just dwindled off and I got distracted. But let’s start the year off on the right foot, ‘mk? And play a little catch up because there’s some blocks I’m pretty proud of from last year! For January’s Wombat Stew… Read More
QCA Bee #1 called for two scrappy sprouts, using low volume prints for the background and one colour family for the leaves for each block. I have now learned that if using light blue fabrics, to choose even lower volume background prints for more contrast! But I did get to use up some random low volume scraps in my scrap… Read More
The past week has been a time of slowly getting back into normal routine now that preschool is back. I’m really appreciating the quieter house with just one kid around, and thankfully her big brother taught her how to play imaginary games so she’s been a lot happier entertaining herself while I start to catch up on sewing! I purposely… Read More
July was a big month for bee blocks! Literally and technically. Sharon’s blocks forced me to face my fears of curves, and to great success! I was scavenging my stash for novelty “scenic” prints for her grandson to see as he drives his toy cars along the grey road, and could only pull out leftover charms from Jonathan’s transport I-spy… Read More
Yes, it is almost the end of July and I am posting about June’s blocks. Yes, this means I was late finishing them all and yes, given how I hate being late with things for other people and the potential of disappointing them, this has been a big frustration! But I was sick most of June, with the kids having… Read More
These pretty little butterflies are for QCA Bee #5 – Tracy asked for fun, bright prints that make us happy for her daughter. She is going to embroider happy, encouraging and inspiring words and phrases on the white strips. Some bee members embroidered their’s, but I didn’t want for my first, probably rather wonky, attempt at embroidering to be for… Read More
It’s been a slightly quieter month for Bees because for one of them, I’m queen! But I’ve had fun this month – this Wombat Stew block is for Gemma who asked for birthday party themed blocks.These pompoms finish up at 6″ square, and I’ve used a light and dark solid with coordinating Sketch in the middle for each one. I… Read More