Blossom Heart Quilts

KIDS Are Doing It For Themselves

My husband has commissioned a wall hanging for his work! Although the payment terms haven’t yet been determined, I was more than willing to help him out. I enlisted the help of the paper piecing queen, Kristy from Quiet Play, to help turn his work logo into a paper piecing pattern. KIDS by SewBlossomHeart, on Flickr Rather than use just… Read More

Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day!

Only a day late to the party, but that’s because I needed to announce the Japanese Bundle Club first – because on offer is your choice of one month’s bundle! The winner can choose any of the months to receive a free fat quarter bundle. Here’s what you can choose from: For all the details of how it works, see… Read More

Japanese Bundle Club

I love having my little Etsy store selling sweet treats of Japanese fabrics, but I do know that they aren’t the cheapest fabrics around. So I’m super excited to announce the Japanese Bundle Club for 2013! Each month there will be a bundle of 6 fabrics available in either a fat eighth bundle or a fat quarter bundle, featuring 6… Read More

Name That Fabric! giveaway

I’m super excited to announce a new monthly competition! On the first Monday of each month, I’ll be sharing a fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop. Your job is to find it in their store and come back and tell me the name of that print, plus the name of one other print from the same line that you like…. Read More

TGIFF: Sew Seasonal Advent Calendar

Why yes, it’s me again so soon. I wanted to share a little bit more about the Advent calendar so I didn’t have to make the Sew Seasonal linky post too long! This project was a labour of love. Emphasis on labour. I haven’t been well the last couple of weeks – nothing major, but enough to knock my sewjo… Read More

Sew Seasonal Linky Party!

It’s November 30, and that means it’s time to link up your finished Sew Seasonal products!! It’s also the last day that the patterns are on sale – the Ornamental rotary cut blocks and the Christmas paper pieced blocks. A quick reminder of what’s up for grabs… Fat Quarter Shop Awesome Launch Day giveaways – check back November 1st! 2… Read More

The One Where I Literally Squealed Over Tissue Paper

A couple of months ago I signed up for a Secret Santa swap over with Kara at Me And Elna. I’ve already shown you the Vintage Modern Ornamental table runner that I made for my swap partner – who was actually Kara’s mum. Pressure or what?! Thankfully it was well received! And yesterday, after a shocking morning from tired, ratty… Read More

Raw Paper Piecing Blocks and a Winner

First up, the winner of the Japanese fabrics was blondie19012k! Congrats! I’ve sent you an email 🙂 We’ve had a long weekend here – Friday was Japanese National Thanksgiving Day – and it’s been a beautiful, calm weekend. Sometimes it’s hard on weekends, when we’re both tired and just want to rest, and the kids magically know this and act… Read More

Caftsy Crochet + A Sale Or Two!

I recently signed up for my first Craftsy class – Crochet Lab. I have always wanted to learn how to do it, especially since seeing an old friend (literally and time-wise) sitting there just whipping her way through granny squares. Literally – her fingers were a blur! I’m a Craftsy affiliate – if you aren’t, you should be! Maybe you’re… Read More

Gobble Gobble!

I’m Australian and we don’t have Thanksgiving, tomorrow is American Thanksgiving, Friday is Japanese Thanksgiving. Tomorrow is my international mums’ playgroup Thanksgiving lunch and I’m on the decorating commitee… Well, me and the mum whose house we’re crashing at! Which of course requires something handmade to compliment the Daiso (100 yen store) decorations. And of course Kristy at Quiet Play… Read More