Modern quilt teacher and patterns
What to do when your quilt rows don’t line up? When you’re working on a long-term project like Sunset Isle, where there’s an array of techniques and a variety of how many blocks per row is included, it’s not unusual to get to the end and find that your rows don’t quite all match up in length. Perhaps it’s that… Read More
And so my friends, the time has come to finish our Sunset Isle quilts! And one final check in on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt. Month 12 The final row is similar to the first row of Sunset Isle – the whole quilt has a touch of symmetry to it from top to bottom, and that’s the way I like it… uh… Read More
Another month and another row added to our Sunset Isle quilts and another check in on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt! MONTH 11 I love the look of row 11, but I’m not gonna lie – I was very grateful to use my AccuQuilt 8″ Qube dies to help me make the blocks for this row. And while I’m being honest, I used… Read More
Another month and another row added to our Sunset Isle quilts and another check in on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt! Month 10 I adore the blocks for row 10 – a chance to show off your favourite prints, not to mention super quick to cut and sew, holla! If you’re sewing a rainbow version of Sunset Isle, this is the row for… Read More
Another month and another row added to our Sunset Isle quilts and another check in on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt. MONTH 9 The row for this month features quarter-square triangles, or QSTs. You will see in the pattern that QSTs are made from two half-square triangles. I made mine with the same print-HST pairs, but you could easily mix it up… Read More
Another month and another row added to our Sunset Isle quilts! There’s been a fun flurry of activity on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt (see below). Not to mention being able to take this gorgeous photo of three Sunset Isle quilts together while on quilting retreat a couple of weeks ago. From left to right: Kara who’s making a scrappy rainbow with… Read More
Baby Sunset doo doo doo do doo… #sorrynotsorry for that ear worm! Anyway, moving on, Baby Sunset is my newest quilt pattern coming out on July 1st. It’s a bonus pattern exclusively available to the Sunset Isle BOM subscribers, and uses the blocks from the first six months of the pattern. You see, the rows for months 6 and 7… Read More
It’s the first of the month, and that means it’s time for the next installment of the Sunset Isle quilt pattern! Last month was all about the square in a square blocks, and watching your quilts grow the Sunset Isle Facebook group and on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt (see below) is just so much fun! MONTH 6 This month is the halfway mark! It’s also… Read More
It’s the first of the month, and that means it’s time for the next installment of the Sunset Isle quilt pattern! Last month was all about the square in a square blocks, and watching your quilts grow the Sunset Isle Facebook group and on Instagram on #sunsetislequilt (see below) is just so much fun! If you’re working MONTH 5 This month is a… Read More
No April Fools pranks around here, just a new row of our Sunset Isle quilts to share. Fun story – my daughter’s due date could have been April 1 or 2… we went with April 2nd just to avoid the April Fools jokes! She came early anyway, on March 28th, and we like to joke it was the only time… Read More