Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Well, sort of. You see, I fell in love the with the Rajah quilt and its story at the Making of The Australian Quilt exhibit. And very soon after, I heard about the AQC challenge theme – Made In Australia: Flora and Fauna. A light bulb went off in my head! Why not make a modern medallion quilt using fabrics… Read More
Last month, I taught my Aurora pattern at Amitie. Not only did I have a blast, and loved seeing what my students came up with, but I had the chance to sew along a bit myself! I had to sew some examples along the way, so why not sew a whole new Aurora quilt?! It was the perfect opportunity to… Read More
Whoop whoop! The Tula Pink City Sampler quilt along is on the downhill ride to that number 100 block. Today’s block is day 58, but it’s more satisfying to share the first 50 blocks (and easier to collage, ha!), such a nice round number! So you’ll have to pop across to Instagram – @blossomheartquilts – to see the past week’s blocks. In the meantime, check… Read More
Pssst… wanna know a secret? I may be showing you the first 10 blocks today, but I’ve sewn about 25 of them now, and cut about 10 more. Holy smokes, I really am keeping up with this project! I had thought I would, given that I’m so excited to be making this for our bed, but when you actually do… Read More
This ended up being quite the long post, but please be sure to at least check out the end – some important destashing questions I need you to answer! With The Big Move back to Australia looming on the horizon early next year some time, the need to start preparing has hit with urgency earlier than one might have expected…. Read More
I’ve never been the kind of quilter who just plows through one project at a time and churning out finishes – I’m always dabbling here and there… the pile of WIPs can attest to that! Likewise, I’m not the kind of blogger who shares regular lists of WIPs, which means sometimes I look back and feel like I haven’t been… Read More
Guys. Christmas is coming. NEXT MONTH! That’s not an anxious announcement, that’s an excited announcement!! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Japan really throws on a winter party each year – spectacular light displays in particular that last well beyond Christmas itself. And we’re headed to Disney Sea with visiting family, so I’m pretty excited to see Disney… Read More
(Alternative title: Best Laid Plans) This Cotton + Steel voile finally arrived last week. Four yard of it to make a dress for the first time. And it’s on a black background, not navy, like I had thought! And the light blue voile solid is blue, not aqua, to match the C+S print (although it photographs similar) and thus won’t… Read More
Just over an hour ago, I dropped my kids off for their final day of summer vacation care at their preschool, and my list to do is a lot longer than the time I have! First off is to make some kinda of headway in clearing this space up a little. Yes yes, I know, it’s definitely not the worst… Read More
This week has seen side 2 of my son’s pillow cover sewn up, using the same prints as the first side, but very neatly arranged! Once again, he was in charge of the layout, lifting/lowering the presser foot and occasionally deciding to help with backstitching too. Now we need to cut and add the Kokka scientist fabric borders and then… Read More