Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Hello there, lovely people! I’ve been quilting up a maaaaad storm this past week finishing up my Aurora Sampler quilt ready for the next issue of Make Modern! It’s now all ready to bind, so that’s the next couple of nights on the sofa sorted. Meanwhile, I can’t believe that Katie forgot she’d finished this quilt top in April! And… Read More
Hello May! Hello beautiful spring weather of warm, sunny days and cool breezes! This kind of weather really invigorates and motivates me to be productive. Not spring cleaning though, HA! This week is Mother’s Day for many countries, and my kids are already whispering that, “There’s a surprise for you, but shh, don’t say anything!”… ok, I won’t! And it’s… Read More
I don’t know if I’m allowed to play favourites, but it’s my blog, so I will… I love the monthly guest host posts where I get to share some incredible work from around the place, and seeing you guys loving their work and commenting too… Naw, big squishy hugs to you all for being such nice people! The 2015 Pantone… Read More
Hello and welcome to Sew Cute Tuesday. I’m Wendy from Wendy’s Quilts and More and it’s my pleasure to host Sew Cute Tuesday today. I only started blogging 18 months ago, but I’ve been sewing and quilting for much longer than that. Work-wise I studied Commerce at Auckland University and became an accountant, but I ended up in software development… Read More
Hey guys! Welcome back to Sew Cute Tuesday, the cutest Tuesday around! Spring has taken a little bit of a regressive turn around here – last Wednesday we had snow for goodness sake! Snow. In April. In Tokyo. After practically nil all winter! So checking out your floral bonus post offerings was exactly what was needed. Soma shared this beautiful… Read More
Hello guys! Welcome back to Sew Cute Tuesday, the part of the show where you guys show off your awesomeness and we get to check out the eye candy. I’ve got basset hounds on my mind this week, with my basset-hound-owning in-laws arriving tomorrow night for 3 weeks, yippee! We love having family visiting us here in Japan, and we’ve… Read More
It’s end of school-year/spring holidays here, so my sewing this week has been preschool bags for my friend, which I need to finish off this week and make a couple of new ones for my kids too! Julie has experimented with HSTs to make this scrappilicious forest scene, and the movement of colours and shapes really captures my heart!… Read More
Hello! I’m Jo, Alyce’s guest blogger today for Sew Cute Tuesday! You can find me regularly blogging over at Riddle and {Whimsy}! I grew up being surrounded with quilting as my mum is a quilter but have only started doing it myself over the last few years. Since joining the online quilting community, I’ve become completely addicted to Instagram (I’m… Read More
Hello all! I’ve been working on a quilt to share later this week, and I finished the top over the weekend. I’m currently quilting it and am in love! So in honour of my rainbow… Wendy has finished her border for this Possum Magic quilt, and her choice to add the grey Art Gallery Fabrics was perfect! Tanya’s Rainbow Medallion… Read More
Happy Tuesday, folks! With two bouts of germs just about behind me, I’m tackling a large mountain of deadlines over the next couple of weeks, and it feels GREAT to finally be productive again! But there’s not much to show you right now, but I can show you the latest issue of Make Modern as that’s related to two of… Read More