Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Welcome to Sew Cute Tuesday, the place to show off your latest sewing and stitching and yarning projects! I’ve been bogged down in Japanese preschool sewing for friends, with the last set due this Wednesday. Then it will finally be my daughter’s turn for her bags! Cora is hosting a Super Mario BOM and it starts off with the centre… Read More
A few online quilting buddies and I were having a little moan about lack of sewjo and/or general motivation, when I was ironically hit with 2 important deadlines for the end of the month. That certainly provides a kick in the now-thread-covered pants to get back onto the machine! Not to mention getting this month’s Japanese Colour Club bundles out…. Read More
This has been the state of my sewing desk this week, as I’ve slowly plodded through Gemma’s New York Beauty block for Wombat Stew (February… not that anyone’s keep count?!). Thankfully each arc is easily chain pieced, and I even tested out sewing a centre segment to the first arc with much success! The pink and yellow arcs are nice… Read More
When THIS happens*, you know it’s time to take a break from the machine and do something else for a change. Like pull fabric for a new quilt bee for the year. And wonder why my iPhone camera doesn’t like photographing fabric every now and then despite angling the phone/fabric/light different ways to fix it (see the lines on the… Read More
There’s something about the Fabric Fast that has really focused my attention on making lists and ticking them off, slowly working on all my sewing tasks. Last month I got everything done except for my Wombat Stew block… oops! Thankfully Fiona is very forgiving, as are all the girls. This month, besides bee blocks, I need to get a second… Read More
Oh yes, nothing like the last minute to get a swap item done! As I said on Instagram yesterday, blame it on the boogie, literally! We’ve emerged from the fog of flu and now I’m in catch up mode for pretty much everything. So if you’ve been waiting for an email or anything, know that it’s on my very long… Read More
I’ve slowly been working down my list of things to do, and for once, generally in order of priority! The next thing to start working on is the quilt for the Lala Salama – 100 quilts for Kenya project. Quilts have already started being finished around the world and you can see a lot of them on the Facebook… Read More
Quick shop update – the final sale orders have been shipped this week after being away and then New Year closures. Thanks for your patience! From the very start of my Easy As ABC quilt, I knew I wanted to use this perfect print from PB&J by Basic Grey. It’s a little “muted” compared to the bright rainbow and white… Read More
After declaring that the first 6 months of 2014 will be a fabric fast, the next task is to make a list of all the UFOs and “future fabric projects” to keep track of what to work on. I have tried to think of everything, but I’m not sure that I have! But it’s a good place to start, and… Read More
It’s been a little while since I checked off things from my Making Christmas/December list! My machine was misbehaving badly, for the past 3 weeks and went in for a service last week. This made a serious dent in my productive-ability, and has pushed some things off the list. It’s only just come back so I’m knuckling down today to… Read More