Blossom Heart Quilts

Bees and BOMs: May

These pretty little butterflies are for QCA Bee #5 – Tracy asked for fun, bright prints that make us happy for her daughter. She is going to embroider happy, encouraging and inspiring words and phrases on the white strips. Some bee members embroidered their’s, but I didn’t want for my first, probably rather wonky, attempt at embroidering to be for… Read More

Sunday Stash: Fandango!!!

Oh yes, I finally have my hands on Fandango! And that means I finally have at least some of all of Kate Spain’s fabric ranges, if not all for some of them. My life is complete. And a Kate Spain luggage tag for bonus love. I once put a call out on Twitter for a Terrain precut and Kate pointed… Read More

Miss Polly Had A Dolly

Alternatively titled: A 2 Year Old Directs A Quilt Photo Shoot. And it’s not the dolly who’s sick, it’s mummy with bronchitis. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have a cough lasting 2 weeks, go to the doctor! For her second birthday, Isabelle was sent a baby doll set complete with a bag of accessories, a bed and a pillow. But… Read More

Floressence + Wiksten = Eep!

So, I was going to wait until Koi Voile came out to brave garment sewing for the first time, but when I looked at the Wiksten tank pattern, it seemed pretty straight forward and I was itching to get started. As these things usually turn out, I found this gorgeous Floressence print on sale for $7.80/yd at The Intrepid Thread… Read More

Getting To Know Kate Spain: The Interview Part Two

Welcome to the Kate Spain blog hop, a month-long celebration of the beautiful Kate Spain and her equally as beautiful designs and fabric! We began our interview with Kate Spain yesterday, and we’re concluding today! How do your designs come to life? Do you sketch on paper, scan them in, draw on the computer? No matter what I’m designing for,… Read More

Getting To Know Kate Spain: An Interview

Welcome to the Kate Spain blog hop, a month-long celebration of the beautiful Kate Spain and her equally as beautiful designs and fabric! You can find all the info of the schedule, the link ups and the prizes on this page. When I emailed through the questions, I was worried my questions were too wordy in my attempt to make… Read More

A Hybrid Modern Travel Sewing Kit

I finally have need for a travel sewing kit! In four weeks, I’m leaving on a jet plane for Osaka! A long-awaited, rescheduled-thanks-to-cancelled-flights crafty weekend with a friend I met online. It’s the typical online relationship – find her blog, admire her work, find ourselves in a Japanese crafting Facebook group together, become Facebook friends, get invited to stay with… Read More

New Stock and Destash!

I’ve updated the shop – new Sale items from 20% off and some Destash, plus a couple of new prints in stock! I’m also excited to announce that I’m a sponsor of the Zakka 2.0: Patchwork, Please sew along! Pop on over for all the info and sponsor codes. I won’t be able to join in every week, but I’ll… Read More

Announcing the Kate Spain Blog Hop

If you have been reading my blog for any amount of time, you will know that I am a big fan of Kate Spain’s fabrics! I first fell in love with Good Fortune, and only just finished that quilt a couple of weeks ago! Then I found Flurry, which was hoarded and treasured until I designed Ornamental. And it’s been… Read More

Itadakimasu News and Pattern Giveaway!

This is my second time in entering the Blogger’s Quilt Festival, this time with my wall hanging ‘Itadakimasu‘. Yes, I originally spelled it ‘itedakimasu’, but it turns out that’s incorrect. Ah well, plenty of quilts with Engrish, this is just my reverse Engrish contribution, right?! I have been blown away at some of the other entries within my wall hanging… Read More