Modern quilt teacher and patterns
There’s one thing that many of you have discovered when sewing along to the Modern HST Sampler, and that’s the bulky seams that sewing with half-square triangles can bring. For each tutorial, the guest designers and I provide the pressing instructions, however you are always welcome to press them differently if it works better for you. Today, I’m sharing the… Read More
Today is the first, quarterly link up to share your progress for the Modern HST Sampler QAL. So to ease some concerns, I wanted to share with you how you can link up to an inLinkz linky party. And what is inLinkz? That’s the site I use to set up the linky. There’s a couple of different sites out there… Read More
Second to squares, half square triangles aka HSTs are the most basic building blocks of patchwork. They can also be quite daunting, with points that get lost and fiddly trimming. But oh my dear, how rewarding it is when you conquer them! And that’s the aim of the Modern HST Sampler quilt along – enabling you to sew HSTs with… 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
It seems that Blossom Heart Quilts is currently all about the sampler quilts at the moment! I’m currently working on finishing my quilt top with all the blocks from The Bee Hive tutorial series, I’m (very slowly) working on my 1930s Farmer’s Wife sampler quilt, and next year I’m hosting the Modern HST Sampler quilt along! So when thinking about… Read More
Originally designed and published in Fat Quarterly as Christmas ornament gift tags, these quilted Christmas ornaments could certainly double as ornaments to hang in your tree! Finishing at 3″ x 3″, they’re pretty darn cute no matter how you use them. Adding the sewn initial personalises them for your recipient, but you could just as easily replace the centre square… Read More
Funny background story: I mentioned a few weeks ago that I wanted my Quatrefoil block to be the very centre of my sampler quilt for The Bee Hive, and to do so, I needed 25 blocks instead of 24. There was some excited feedback from people at the idea of another bonus block, and so I designed and made this… Read More
I’m sure I’m not alone with the fact that I have a big box of fabric scraps, right? Well, I decided to experiment and see what I could come up with, using some leftover Christmas charm pack squares. I don’t tend to use many novelty prints, so I always have quite a few Christmas ones leftover whenever I buy a… Read More
The lead up to Christmas is always an exciting time when you sew and blog. There’s so much fun to be had sharing new sewing tutorials for Christmas gifts or decorations! And this year, a bunch of us have worked out an exciting way to spread that tutorial joy even further. November Noel is a month-long linky party for sewing… Read More
Half square triangles are incredibly popular blocks in quilting, as you have seen in The Bee Hive! This week, we’re having a look at a few different ways to make half square triangles, or HSTs, to help you improve your skills, your confidence and your accuracy! Today we’re looking at HST triangle papers – this is the best, most accurate… Read More