Modern quilt teacher and patterns
What a fun month it has been for the Liberty Mini QAL! Martina and I have loved seeing Cinque Terre mini quilts popping up on Instagram, seeing them grow block by block. And the variety of colour palettes! From curated palette to 100% scrappy, there’s something for everyone’s tastes, that’s for sure. First up, I’ll share the quilt tops that… Read More
The year is speeding through, and we’re nearly up to May! Crazy! May is the fifth month of the year, and what better excuse than that to make a new Cinque Terre mini quilt… Cinque meaning five 😉 And thus, the Cinque Terre QAL was born! I am cohosting this event with Ava & Neve – exclusive stockist of Cinque… Read More
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen… nope, can’t think of anything to rhyme with cushions! That little variation of the song has been going through my head this week as I was stitching up a sweet little cushion. The fabulous quilting magazine, Love Patchwork & Quilting, are hosting a Gingerbread House quilt along to sew up the Gingerbread House quilt… Read More
There’s definitely been something in the water, lately. This year, I’ve been experimenting with improv! IMPROV! Folks, I do not improv. At least, that was my catch cry for years. However, my local Modern Quilt Guild is full of improv-ers, and it seems that it has finally rubbed off on me. It began with my improv mini medallion quilt for… Read More
Last year at my needle turn applique class with Carolyn Friedlander, I started a Hesperides pillow top for my daughter. I chose my fabrics starting with the Heather Ross mice and unicorns, and then chose fabrics that pulled out the colours in those prints and kept to the fairy tale theme – a purple castle from Lizzy House’s 1001 Peeps, some more Heather… Read More
Thank goodness my favourite gift to make people is a cushion cover. Small, quick, great chance to practice a new technique or free motion quilting skillz, and a fun way to play with fabric but quickly move on. Because holy schnizballs, guys, have you seen the Modern Makers Cushion Palooza goings on?! Open internationally, and with almost $2000 in prizes… Read More
When I heard that my good friend, Keera, had designed some fabric, I just had to get some for myself from Spoonflower! The saturated colours of Rose Gold are right up my alley, and pink with navy? Yum! But being Spoonflower, it’s not the cheapest place to buy fabric, so I came up with a plan. Spoonflower fabrics come as… Read More
This past week has been a hard one, full of farewells. And with these precious farewells, comes gifts. Gifts to say thank you, to express deep gratitude for the friendships, support, for patience with bumbling foreigners… Many were handmade, stocked up over the past few months, recently finished, or pushed through this week! My grammar nazi friends may hate this,… Read More
I rang in the New Year by doing an epic sort and clean out of my sewing room. When you move countries with pretty much only checked in baggage, every gram counts… and so far, the tally of what has been culled is over 11.4kgs. And that’s just what’s good enough to sell or giveaway, so the trash bag is… Read More
Last year, my son and I sewed a pillow together. He was involved in almost every step, from drawing out a design, to choosing what exact prints to use, to helping me do the backstitch lever and lifting the foot! The interest wore off when it came to sewing so many pieces together towards the end, but I didn’t mind…. Read More