Blossom Heart Quilts

Sew WIP Me Up Something Seasonal!

I am making all 25 of the Sew Seasonal patterns. So far, I’ve made 4… I’m way behind schedule to get this done for revealing for the Sew Seasonal linky at the end of November and I blame the kids for making me too tired and frazzled to sew during naptime lately! That and it’s so cold at night… Read More

A Very Merry HST BOF: Christmas Ornament

Welcome to the Block Of The Fortnight in the A Very Merry HST BOF series! Every second Tuesday I have posted a block pattern to make a Christmas tree decoration. Today’s block is the last one and it’s a Christmas ornament. And no, not to be confused with Ornamental! What you will need Traditional method: 8 – 4″ squares of… Read More

Catch up on Giveaways and Hops!

We had such a nice, relaxed weekend that I’m going to continue it into today and have a fun day with the kids and do some more Sew Seasonal sewing. Talking of which, I’ve been blown away by what the hoppers have already come up with! Cushions/pillows, Christmas trees wall hangings, coasters… and I’ve seen some sneak peeks of those… Read More

Know Thy Machine: Meet Ellie

I received an email from Shruti a few months back asking if I’d like to participate in this fun blog hop talking about my sewing machine. Well, who doesn’t love a good Q&A?! 1. What machine do you have? I have an Elna 1000. She may be little, a runt if you will, but she gets the job done… Read More

Travellin’ Pic Stitch Blog Hop: A Postcard from Japan

I don’t know why I agreed to this blog hop as I’m not a die-hard fan of EPP… probably because it’s such a cool idea and I knew I had to offer up a Japanese input! Even though I’m still not convinced about the supposed joy EPP is… But nevertheless, I agreed, so I did! And I actually enjoyed it… Read More

Sew Seasonal: Beginning with a giveaway!

Kristy at Quiet Play and myself are super excited to welcome you to the Sew Seasonal blog hop!! We’ve been busy bees designing some Christmas block patterns. Kristy has designed 13 paper pieced blocks, and I’ve designed Ornamental – 12 rotary cut, machine pieced Christmas ornaments! Together, that makes 25 Christmassy blocks to mix and match and use as you… Read More

Featuring in… Fat Quarterly 2012 Christmas Issue!

So today, the Fat Quarterly Christmas Issue was released. And should you scroll/flick through to page 49 you will find… Yep, your’s truly is now a published designer! I had such fun designing these little stockings for the Designer challenge, and the fabric – Tinsel by Maude Asbury – is such a cute range! They’re the perfect size for hiding… Read More

Another Joy Of Living In Japan

So besides the awesome fabric shopping that comes with living in Japan, of which I have extolled much on this blog, I have also eagerly been awaiting the time for me to go to the above building. Why? For the Yokohama International Quilt Festival. And the time has come, ladies and… gents? If any of you are here? For… Read More

First Etsy Sale!

To celebrate passing 100 Facebook fans and 100 blog posts, it’s time to hold my first Etsy store sale! Use the code ‘FACEBOOK100’ to get 10% off all purchases storewide! Sale ends Thursday night so get in while stocks last! —– If you enjoyed reading this post, please pop by and leave a comment!

Sunday Stash: Sew Lux-alicious!

I love hearing the postman’s bike coming down our street and stopping outside our house – I pause to listen for the clink of our letterbox to know whether he stopped for us or our neighbour’s letterbox just 2m across the road. This week, I heard the clink! A few weeks ago I won a $20 voucher to Sew Lux… Read More