Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I’m technically not here today, I’m out fabric shopping with a friend in Tokyo! I’m sure I’m having a marvellous time… I’m shopping for some more shop stock and this month’s Japanese Bundle Club too, so you’d better be quick if you want one! Talking of fabric shopping, do you remember I put a call out asking for US mail… Read More
It’s no secret how much I love Craftsy. I haven’t had much chance to watch lessons lately as it’s summer holidays and two little kids are playing very well together, but very noisily! And any enforced nap times I can get, are spent doing whatever it is I want to do quietly. But I thought it might interest you to… Read More
A part of owning an online store is working out how to do your packaging. You want to keep it cost-effective and practical, but also a little unique to leave a mark on the customer. As a customer and a shop owner, I’ve learnt some lessons along the way. Here’s what to look for in good, great, fantastic shop packaging!… Read More
This week’s theme for Mood Board Monday is geometric, and, well, let’s allow the fabric to speak for itself! Hip To Be A Square by blossomheart on Polyvore Hipster Blue Mirrah | Thesaurus Pink Circle Grid | Small Cotton Gingham Aqua Simply Style Honeysuckle Pink So Hexy |Girl Small Chevron | Simply Color Spicy Hot Pink Ikat Diamonds Anything Goes Basics… Read More
It’s time to offload some UFOs and fugly and not-so-fugly fabric! First up – these two UFOs I just lost the will to complete. I’d rather someone else use them if they want to/can! The HST star block was made January 2012 as a part of the HST BOM at In Color Order, except I forgot to trim the… Read More
Those following along on Instagram will have seen my Sweet Pouch Swap progress, and I shared my first pouch fail here last week. I am happy to report that I have successfully finished another pouch, and finished stuffing it full of sweet treats yesterday after a quick trip to the craft store for some sweet buttons, all ready to send… Read More
Fons & Porter have a new education site Daily Craft TV full of crafty video lessons – quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet, scrapbooking and paper craft. Classes are either $4.99 or $9.99, which means the classes are a lot lower in price than similar sites such as Craftsy. Each class primarily covers one skill, technique or pattern The instructors include well-known… Read More
I have started cutting piles of 2.5″ squares for the Totoro baby quilt, and couldn’t resist starting to sew some tree together. I’m really happy with the mix of prints! The perfect mix of browns, if I do say so myself. Only about another million squares, HSTs and half-rectangle triangles to go… The second Japanese baby quilt to make is… Read More
Your delicious pouches are due to be sent this Friday (August 23), and it’s been exciting seeing them pop up around the place as you’ve been making and sending and receiving them. The best place to see them all is on Instagram with the tag #sweetpouchswap. Cat from Cat & Vee made this stunner and stuffed it full of deliciousness… Read More
My beautiful friend Lisa at Life As We Know It is hosting a weekly linky party sharing mood boards based on the weekly theme. This week is the first, and being florals, I thought I’d join in and share a fabric mosaic of some favourite florals! The trick to mixing and matching florals is to get a range of scales… Read More