Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Thank you so much for your incredible response to my announcement of the Modern HST Sampler quilt along! Wow, it seems like 2016 is going to be so super fun sewing along with you all! There’s been some great questions pop up already that I wanted to make sure you’re all on the same page with, just in case you… Read More
Guys! This is the final quilt block tutorial for The Bee Hive! Wow, what an incredible year this has been. Thank you so much for joining me in this journey! The final and 25th block for The Bee Hive is Treasure Hunt. A super quick paper-pieced pattern (because who wants to cut strips at sixteenths of an inch?!) that you… Read More
Having gotten into quite a rhythm designing, making and sharing quilt block tutorials, I wanted to keep up the momentum in 2016. And what better topic to focus on than a modern HST sampler, and make it into a proper quilt along! The Modern HST Sampler quilt along uses 24 half-square triangle block designs from myself and select Australian guest… Read More
I’m a little behind, which I’m sure won’t be the first time! But I’ve got four more blocks to show off today from month 2 of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along. Aimee Pretty little Aimee! In Year 8 French, we had to choose a French name for ourselves, and then we celebrated our Name Day throughout the… Read More
Hi, I’m Melissa aka Ms Midge, and today is my turn in Alyce’s great quilt block tutorial series. I got to work playing with different shapes, and in the end, was really happy with what I have now coined the “Shine Bright” block. It’s an Aztec inspired design, but truth be told, depending on your fabric choices and how you… Read More
ALL SIGN UPS AFTER 9:30pm JST WILL BE PLACED ON THE WAITLIST UNTIL ALL CURRENT SIGN UPS ARE ASSIGNED, AND I KNOW HOW MANY SPACES ARE REMAINING. At the start of this year, Angie helped me set up a quilting bee to sew along with The Bee Hive tutorials. The response was incredibly overwhelming, and we ended up with over… Read More
Funny background story: I mentioned a few weeks ago that I wanted my Quatrefoil block to be the very centre of my sampler quilt for The Bee Hive, and to do so, I needed 25 blocks instead of 24. There was some excited feedback from people at the idea of another bonus block, and so I designed and made this… Read More
This set of blocks from the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt saw me use a mixture of techniques, and a new machine thrown into the mix! Why does that matter? Because it means I’m still getting used to where the 1/4″ seam is in relation to the new style foot, as well as adjusting to the machine’s power and finding the… Read More
Not that I could, but if I were to choose a favourite kind of repeating quilt block, second to star quilt blocks of course, it’d be ones like this month’s block where the feeling is a little more modern, a little more different than what you might expect. Where you can have a bit more fun playing around with layouts…. Read More
Old Maid I love this block! The pieces were the perfect size to show off the Horizon prints and this block will fit in beautifully into my quilt! Kate Spain: Horizon Hello Kitty: Hiroshima Aurifil: 1243 Katherine It’s hard to make anything red lower in volume, so adding some white and grey is my attempt to do so! I think… Read More