Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Hands up who loves planners?! ME! Not only is it the only way I can keep myself organised, but it’s fun to use pretty pens and some stickers #plannernerd So when planner love combines with my handmade goals plus supporting a wonderful sponsor, I’m so in. Fat Quarter Shop asked if I’d like to join in the sewalong with the… Read More
As you may remember, one of my goals of this year was to give handmade, to stockpile some gifts ready for the right occasion. So there is nothing like a quick baby quilt you can whip up in a day! I spent 30 minutes cutting the fabric on the day it arrived (Tuesday), spent 45 minutes before school drop off… Read More
Last weekend, I finally finished off my Modern HST Sampler quilt top! I decided to do something different for the setting, to step out of my comfort zone and try alternate gridwork. To do so, I simply added a 2.5″ x 12.5″ strip to one side, and then a 2.5″ x 14.5″ to a neighbouring edge to create an L-shape…. Read More
When you have a pile of sampler quilt blocks from a project that you don’t know what to do with, it can be hard to know where to start when it comes to finishing it off. You could easily add some sashing and call it done, but sometimes you want to make the quilt top a bit bigger but without making more… Read More
The only possible way to end this year off for Blossom Heart Quilts is to share my finished sampler quilt top of all 25 blocks from The Bee Hive quilt block tutorial series! Which ended up too big for my quilt holder to hold, so pinned up on a wall (that’s juuuust too small to hold it properly!) it was…… Read More
A couple of months ago, I saw that Shabby Fabrics had released a range of pre-fused laser-cut applique shapes, and one of the images they were using was this beautiful image of their butterflies. I instantly had a the picture pop into my head of a swarm of these flying up a patchwork quilt of low-volume fabrics. I even entered… Read More
Quick Piece Herringbone stroller quilt by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr It’s been the fortnight of quilt tops around here. I have 3 quilt tops ready to sandwich and quilt for my sister. I’ve been putting them off until 600 curved basting pins arrived, but there’s been postal issues and one month later, they still haven’t arrived. So Plan B is to… Read More
When does a WIP become a UFO?! I propose that this WIP officially be classed as a UFO – it’s been over 5 months since I finished the top and started to piece the back. It’s since been languishing in the cupboard, packed into a suitcase, and shoved into yet another cupboard. Why have I procrastinated? Because it’s the biggest… Read More
July wasn’t as productive as hoped – a little dash of low sewjo, a sore bum (don’t ask) meaning I couldn’t sit to sew, plus study starting up. But nonetheless, I have made steady progress towards my quarterly goals. I finished a UFO – Candy Apples – and whipped up Hibaba within a week. I’ve finished the quilt top for… Read More
… Not to be confused with My First ABC or My First Numbers or other such books! So, since moving to Japan just over a month ago, I’ve faced a few hurdles to overcome. Mainly the fact that while my sewing machine made it safely through all our flights, Ellie the Elna just would not work on the Japanese voltage…. Read More