Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I’m so excited to announce that my Fairy Tale Castle pattern is now available! This a big castle, finishing at 18″x24″, and the windows are perfect for fussy cutting little prince and princesses, mythical creatures, pirates and more! I designed this block as a part of my Wombat Stew paper piecing bee for Gina’s fairy tale month. In fact, there’s… Read More
I’m a part of Wombat Stew – a paper piecing bee of Aussies (and now 1 honorary Aussie!) – and we have just finished Round 1. I kicked it off all the way back in September, asking for Japanese cuisine-themed blocks. And wow, the girls delivered! Marieka made 2 cups of chopsticks and the plate in the bottom corner, Jane… Read More
When I first shared these paper pieced pompom blocks last month in the monthly bees and BOMs round up, many of you were rather impressed, for which I thank you! But they’re really not the tricky -all I did was use the very popular paper pieced flying geese pattern. If you look carefully, you can see that the lighter solid… Read More
Whilst in Australia, I bought a generic FMQ foot and crossed my fingers and toes that it would fit and work on Ellie. Hallelujah it did! And thus begun a new obsession… I signed up for Leah Day’s free motion quilting class on Craftsy on a whim – it covers a range of designs and patterns for a beginner and… Read More
The other day I shared my January bees and BOMs progress, but I kept one especially for today – my And Sew On… January block. Measure Twice – And Sew On: January by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr This is such a quick and easy pattern! All one section and perfect for a paper piecing beginner. I adapted it slightly to fit… Read More
My dear friend Kristy is hosting a paper pieced BOM next year called And Sew On… featuring 9 different sewing-themed patterns! I am planning on joining in, and hopefully won’t get too far behind! Each pattern will be available on the first of each month Kristy’s Craftsy store, and will be free for the month. In October you put the… Read More
Well, not only was yesterday the first time I offered up something handmade for a random add-your-gift-to-the-pile-then-pick-one-for-yourself Secret Santa amongst non-crafty-bloggy people, but today I will be giving a handmade item to my husband’s boss. One of the top science people in his field in Japan. Well, it’s more for the whole lab, but it gets presented to the boss…. Read More
I’ve mentioned Wombat Stew before, a paper piecing bee I’m in with 6 other Aussie gals – Fiona, Gemma, Kristy, Jane, Lara and Marieka. I started the first round with Japanese cuisine blocks, Jane had October and requested paper pieced houses, and Kristy requested sewing notions for November. November was a very low sewjo month for me, and thankfully she’s… Read More
My husband has commissioned a wall hanging for his work! Although the payment terms haven’t yet been determined, I was more than willing to help him out. I enlisted the help of the paper piecing queen, Kristy from Quiet Play, to help turn his work logo into a paper piecing pattern. KIDS by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Rather than use just… Read More
First up, the winner of the Japanese fabrics was blondie19012k! Congrats! I’ve sent you an email 🙂 We’ve had a long weekend here – Friday was Japanese National Thanksgiving Day – and it’s been a beautiful, calm weekend. Sometimes it’s hard on weekends, when we’re both tired and just want to rest, and the kids magically know this and act… Read More