Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I don’t know about you, but when I’m working on a special project (although, what quilt isn’t special?!), I like to think carefully about the quilting designs that I choose. Sometimes an all-over basic design is what the quilt needs, like for a sampler quilt to help unify all the different blocks together. Sometimes a quilt needs some more careful… Read More
Once you’ve worked out how you’re finishing a sampler quilt, the next step is to quilt the thing… but where do you start on how to quilt a sampler quilt?! Sampler quilts are often a variety of colours, definitely a range of designs across the quilt top, all of which make for a quilt top that makes it hard to… Read More
When the Fat Quarter Shop announced their new Aurifil thread club, I pounced fast! Each month, you get 4 small spools (220 yards) in 50w, and these are the first three months from the outside in. As an international purchaser, it works out to be about $6 per spool, which is a great price to build up a stash of… Read More
I’ve been having a play with my sketchbook this week, thinking about what kind of free motion quilting designs I want to use to fill in my Swarm quilt. I’ve been rewatching the range of free motion quilting classes on Craftsy that I’ve signed up for over the past 2 years, and gathering some ideas. When I thought I’d finished… Read More
I am a perfectionist. I like things to be in order, and chaos stresses me out. Whether it’s a messy house, or our normal life/routine is out of whack, I start to get stressed until things settle down and the visual clutter of the mess is away. But you know how there’s this saying: It’s true. Quilting has really helped… Read More
A couple of months ago, I saw that Shabby Fabrics had released a range of pre-fused laser-cut applique shapes, and one of the images they were using was this beautiful image of their butterflies. I instantly had a the picture pop into my head of a swarm of these flying up a patchwork quilt of low-volume fabrics. I even entered… Read More
When your good quilting friend is in a bit of a internet connection pickle, you step right on up and help host her weekly quilting linky! Gemma at Pretty Bobbins hosts a quilting linky each Thursday for you to link up any free motion or other quilting posts from the week. It’s kinda ironic that she asked me, considering that… Read More
I knew from the minute I started making the Totoro quilt that I wanted to make the quilting special. I wanted to try doing different designs for the different sections the way Gemma and Jess do so brilliantly. However, I have a little Elna with only 6″ of throat space and no extension table or drop-in sewing table. She’s also… Read More
Today we’re trying something a little different – joining in a Japanese blog hop talking about free motion quilting and including an interview with Angela Walters! My friend, Japanese Kate Spain supplier and owner of Red Coconut, Makiko O’Neill, asked if I would share my free motion quilting journey. I’m a baby free motion quilter! I only began in March… 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