It’s been a crazy busy month catching up on lots of bits and pieces. A big part of which has been all my Bee blocks! And for the record, I don’t trim/square or press my blocks at the end so as to allow for international postage squish! This block is the Scrapbuster Block by Little Miss Shabby and is for… Read More
Let The FMQ Games Begin!
Whilst in Australia, I bought a generic FMQ foot and crossed my fingers and toes that it would fit and work on Ellie. Hallelujah it did! And thus begun a new obsession… I signed up for Leah Day’s free motion quilting class on Craftsy on a whim – it covers a range of designs and patterns for a beginner and… Read More
Bees and BOMS: February
Fiona’s Polaroid block by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr The super awesome Fiona is using this month’s bee blocks to donate to the Tasmanian Bushfire Appeal, so she asked for 9 patch polaroid blocks with one wonky polaroid. She’s making a gender neutral quilt, so she asked for 4 different background colours and I chose aqua. Technically this fabric is Bella Turquoise,… Read More
Bees and BOMs: January
2012 FQS Designer Mystery BOM Block 5 by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Part of my 1st quarter FAL list was to catch up and keep up on my BOMs. I just received Block 8 for the 2012 Fat Quarter Shop Designer Mystery BOM and I was still only halfway through Block 5! But I’m proud to announce that I’m halfway to… Read More
Next BOM Please!
There was some very exciting news in my Reader this morning… It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the Fat Quarter Shop’s Designer Mystery Block of the Month, and I’ve just signed up for the next one! Yes, we’re only up to Block 7 of the current BOM, and yes I’m still halfway through Block 5, but when… Read More
In Color Order HST BOM Blocks Finished!
I cannot believe it has been a year since I started this BOM! My first full-length BOM finished, and most certainly not my last. The funny thing is, I love these blocks so much. I love the colours and the great mix of block designs. Why so funny? Because half of the prints I used just aren’t a big favourite… Read More
And Sew On… Paper Pieced BOM
My dear friend Kristy is hosting a paper pieced BOM next year called And Sew On… featuring 9 different sewing-themed patterns! I am planning on joining in, and hopefully won’t get too far behind! Each pattern will be available on the first of each month Kristy’s Craftsy store, and will be free for the month. In October you put the… Read More
WIP Wednesday: Bits and BOMS
After a crazy few days finishing up a pattern and the cover quilt, it’s been a quieter week to let my sewjo recover and restore to usual levels. I finished block 4 of the FQS Designer BOM, and the next one should be arriving next week. I’ve started cutting for October’s HST BOM. What should I be doing? Working on… Read More
A Lazy Afternoon
It’s a beautiful autumn afternoon here – the sun is shining through my sewing room window, toasting up my cold little tootsies as I do a little bit of this and a little bit of that. The usual case of I-have-things-I-should-be-doing-but-don’t-want-to-now. Instead, I started a paper piecing project (block 1 of 13), made my son’s Halloween costume (made being a… Read More
WIP Wednesday: BOMs Away September Update!
I’ve been busy catching up on the In Color Order HST BOM (in between making my HST BOF blocks – yes, it gets a little confusing…) and the Fat Quarter Shop’s Designer BOM. August’s HST BOM, with which I cheated and pieced the hourglass blocks individually instead of in rows to get those points nice and neat: September’s HST BOM:… Read More