Modern quilt teacher and patterns
A few months ago, Frances (aka Miss Matatabi and fellow Tokyo Bay dweller) contacted me asking if I’d be interested in making a quilt for Kokka’s newest quilting cotton range for Quilt Market and other trade shows. Uhhh, yes! Tick that one off the quilting bucket list! So a few days later, a delicious package of fabric arrived and I… Read More
I just noticed that this season’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival has opened and this time I actually have some quilts to enter! I’ve decided to enter my original Bright Sky quilt and also my new Lighthearted Geese quilt for Kokka. Most of you will have already heard the background story for this quilt and the resulting pattern (and now currently a… Read More
I recently finished this baby clothes quilt for a fellow expat here in Japan. A mutual friend told her that I make quilts, so she asked if I could make one using her daughter’s baby clothes. I had never made one before, but I was willing to try! So a big box full of baby clothes arrived on my doorstep,… Read More
I’m so thrilled to finally share my latest quilt finish – Bright Sky! This quilt has been quite the creative journey, beginning late last year with three catalysts: – my desire to make a big one-block star quilt – my desire to enter the Pantone Quilt Challenge (now open!) – an email asking if a block pattern in Fat Quarterly… Read More
This week I’ve finished up a new quilt top, that will soon be winging it’s way to a longarm quilter, just as soon as I’ve decided how to back it! This is the first time I’ve sent a quilt top to a longarmer, and gosh, I actually feel rather nervous! Are my seams straight enough? Flat enough? Is my quilt… Read More
Of all the quilts I have made, this quilt has been the most challenging and the most personal. Personal in ways I never even thought of until I headed out this evening to get photos at sunset. From the sunrise in the east to the sunset in the west, the name of the Lord is to be praised. This verse… Read More
A friend of my aunt’s is expecting her first baby – a little girl baby! She requested a cot quilt, bunting and a name cushion in pink and purple, and if possible, to include some rabbits. That’s a cute request! I suggested a few different fabric ranges that included some good pinks and purples, and she settled on Giggles by… Read More
I know each quilt you make is your favourite, but I’m going to say it anyway – this Totoro baby quilt is my most favourite quilt ever! I had so much fun planning it, and while he’s a little different from my original plan and I had a few cutting errors and thread snapping errors while making it, I’m so… Read More
Diane at From Blank Pages is a talented designer with a couple dozen beautiful paper pieced designs, some of which you win if you link up each month with some Easy As ABC QAL blocks! Diane has just released her first full quilt pattern – Grandma’s Lawn Chair, and to celebrate, I’ve joined her blog hop to share it around… Read More
A little while ago, Laurie Wisbrun sent me of her newest Christmas line – Holiday Sweet Tweets – to play with. I was so thrilled to get to play with the fabric, but I felt the pressure to get the design right! I went back and forth over design ideas, almost doing a lantern-esque design until my husband commented that… Read More