Modern quilt teacher and patterns
One of the most exciting things about The Bee Hive blocks, is that they are perfect for quilting bees. Hence the name! Why? Because a quilting bee is a group of (usually) 12 quilters who take turns over a year to make blocks for each other. Each month, one member is “queen bee” and chooses a quilt block and the… Read More
I am very excited to announce The Bee Hive – a new year-long series of quilt block tutorials that are perfect for quilting bees. Why, you ask? Because when each block is used in repeat, it creates an interesting secondary design! Let me show you an example… Next week, we’ll kick off with the Tic Tac Toe block. Looks alright… Read More
And here we are, ladies and gentlemen, we are at the end of the Bright Sky QAL. It’s been so much fun to sew along with you, racing and inspiring with the quilting and showing off our beautiful quilts! And on a personal note, there is nothing so thrilling for a pattern designer as seeing all the different ways that… Read More
This is probably my most favourite quilt to date. I love my original Bright Sky quilt, but there’s something about making this one completely myself from design all the way through to binding, especially the quilting. I will have to share another whole post about all the quilting, because I am so proud of that journey, but for now, I… Read More
Congratulations, everyone! We’ve made it to the end of the Bright Sky quilt along! I have been quilting my butt off over the past week, but alas, I’m enjoying the process so much and doing more FMQ than I have ever done before on a project that it’s not yet finished! Because I want to take the time properly to… Read More
Last week, Gemma from Pretty Bobbins shared her tips and experiences from quilting two Bright Sky quilts this year. This week, I asked one of the other quilters whose I really admire, Jess from The Elven Garden. Gemma is a longarm quilter, but Jess does all her magic on a domestic machine like most of us. So I asked her to share… Read More
Today’s special blog hopper has already made TWO Bright Sky quilts. Alisa from A Stitch In Between was one of the pattern testers and completed this pretty blues version. She’s also made a mini, and has another one in the works for this quiltalong! So go check out her latest version and her special tips for the Bright Sky quilt!
For the next two weeks, I’ve asked some talented quilting friends to share the tips and tricks and processes for quilting your Bright Sky quilt. Today, we have Gemma from Pretty Bobbins who quilted my first Bright Sky quilt. She is a longarm quilter in Canberra and a very talented one at that! Back at the beginning of this year… 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
This week’s blog hopping QALer is the lovely Ms Midge!! As you know, I got to hang out with her last week and go shopping at Nippori! On her list of things was to try and find a backing for her Bright Sky quilt that she has made using Nightshade by Tula Pink – not an easy range to match,… Read More