Modern quilt teacher and patterns
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 stripping down to work with strips of fabric to create half square… Read More
Half square triangles are incredibly popular blocks in quilting, as you have seen in The Bee Hive! This week, we’re looking at a few different ways to make half square triangles, or HSTs, to help you improve your skills, your confidence and your accuracy! On Monday, we had a quick recap of how to create the standard and alternate half… Read More
Half square triangles are incredibly popular blocks in quilting, as you have seen in The Bee Hive! This week, we’re going to have a look at a few different HST tutorials (and the maths formula!) to make half square triangles, or HSTs, to help you improve your skills, your confidence and your accuracy.That way you can choose which method will… Read More
I have long desired to play with Oakshott fabrics, and I’m so excited that time has finally come! I was sent this 10 inch square pack of the new Colourshott range (31-57) to play with, and it has a such a beautiful range of colours! When I first saw them, I was immediately inspired by the different “mood palettes” contained… Read More
This was the first year that both kids have really gotten into decorating the Christmas tree. It was an absolute joy to see them excitedly pull out each decoration from the box and loudly discuss what it was or who had made it or who was in the picture… before piling them all onto the lower right quadrant of the… Read More
It’s a very special Sew Cute Tuesday this week! One of our loyal Sew Cute party members, Soma from Whims And Fancies (home of the Doctor Who paper pieced blocks!), is hosting a College Days blog hop full of 10″ blocks perfect for the graduates in our midst. She asked if I would like to join in to design and… Read More
Last week, I shared the feather quilt blocks I made for Gina, including this paper pieced feather block. I wanted to share the pattern with you, as it’s a great beginner-friendly paper piecing pattern and a great scrap buster! And while I’m at it, a full paper piecing tutorial to show you just how easy it is. For those who… Read More
This is the perfect block to use up scraps from your previous Modern Blocks QAL blocks, which is exactly why I chose it! Plus it’s a nice and quick block to piece – just maintain a strict 1/4″ seam allowance (in fact, aim for just a teeny bit under 1/4″) to achieve your 12.5″ unfinished block width. What you will… Read More
I was so excited when Melissa asked me if I’d like to join in the Cushion For Christmas blog hop – just the boot up my butt I needed to start my Christmas sewing! And I’m just as excited to share with you my flat ruffle pillow tutorial. No gathering, no elastic, no nothing needed for this textural ruffle cushion… Read More
The first Friday of each month I will be sharing five patterns for five letters! You can find all the other posts for each letter’s pattern here. Read through the pattern thoroughly, use a 1/4″ seam and press all seams open unless otherwise stated. What you will need Print: 1 – 2.5″ x 4.5″ 1 – 4.5″ x 6.5″ 4… Read More