Blossom Heart Quilts

Secret Santa Surprise!

Instead of making blocks in December, the Wombat Fiona suggested we hold a Secret Santa instead. Yeah baby! I love a handmade Secret Santa! I still can’t show what I made as the recipient is still away on holidays, but I very excitedly can share what I received! Wombat Stew Secret Santa Present by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Kristy sent me… Read More

First Finish For 2013

Anna Maria Horner Field Study by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Last year I won 6 fat quarters of Anna Maria Horner’s Field Study from Meghann at Four Wild Blueberries. They arrived last week with a couple of bonus fat quarters and for once they didn’t sit around waiting. You see, over 2 months ago, Rebecca Making Rebecca Lynne sent me a… Read More

A Whole New Year of Goals and Dreams

When I start quilting last year (the last day I can say that!) I never imagined myself to be here. Where’s here? Well… Seven incredible months of blogging! I am besotted with the quilting bloggosphere – such an incredible community full of fun, support and friendships! Meeting a wonderful bunch of Aussie women and forming not only beautiful friendships, but… Read More

Sunday Stash: One Lucky Chicky

Happy mail by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr This week has seen some very happy mail for this lucky little girl! Many months ago now, I posted on Facebook about Sakura Park and how I was adding it to my Santa list as it was being released just before Christmas. Santa piped up and said that I should keep an eye out… Read More

How The Hustle Went Down

Oh my word, just 2 days left of the year! And now it’s time to check off my WIP list for the last 3 months… Finish my sister’s gender neutral cot quilt – Top is done! And the backing doesn’t need piecing, so I’m just awaiting the arrival of 600 curved basting pins so I can baste and quilt it…. Read More

The Year Of Giving Back

I have had such a wonderful few months of blogging and quilting. I’ve met beautiful friends-for-life, I’ve absolutely loved sharing Japanese fabric with you all, and I’ve been thrilled with how I’m beginning to be brave and try new quilting techniques, styles and patterns! I like my comfort zone and am a perfectionist, and quilting has seriously been such a… Read More

KIDS In Situ

My husband is on holidays, but being a scientist, he still has to check back in every now and then to check on his experiments. This morning was one such short trip to work and I received a photo via text message… KIDS in situ by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Look! They’ve hung up the KIDS wall hanging right in front… Read More

In Color Order HST BOM Blocks Finished!

I cannot believe it has been a year since I started this BOM! My first full-length BOM finished, and most certainly not my last. The funny thing is, I love these blocks so much. I love the colours and the great mix of block designs. Why so funny? Because half of the prints I used just aren’t a big favourite… Read More

Gettin’ Bloggy With It: Three Top Blogger Tips

Thanks for the lovely words last week! I thought I’d continue on and share some of my favourite tips from around the blogosphere that I have used previously on Blogger. Numbered Blogger comments If you ever host giveaways, you MUST have numbered comments! I mean, do you really wanna sit there and count, then recount to double check, lose your… Read More

Scrappy Log Cabin Polaroid Blocks

There are many different ideas for using polaroid quilt blocks, but being the stubborn kinda person I am, I was wanting to do something special and different for my polaroid blocks. I was originally thinking of something rainbow-errific, but Jane has already done the rainbow solids, so what else could I do?! Orange, yellow, green by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Rainbow… Read More