Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I have shared a few times about how much the quilting community has played an integral part in making me the person I am today. Most importantly, when my family and I were living in Japan, it was the online quilting community that helped me through the tricky days of culture shock – an English-speaking people who understood how my… Read More
Whew, that title is a tongue twister! All of which to say is that my local modern quilt guild is hosting a mystery medallion challenge this year, and I’m making mine as a mini quilt. Our Swaps and Challenges coordinator has come up with a list of 7 mystery prompts that she gives out every 4-6 weeks. We then complete… Read More
The latest installment of my AccuQuilt block of the month, Patisserie, is up on the AccuQuilt Australia blog! Month 10’s block is a sweet little diamond shaped dessert. As always, the fabrics are from the Solids Club provided by Jules at The Creative Retreat, with Kona Ash for the background. Grab the pattern for block 10 here! The 6″ Qube version was made a few… Read More
If you’ve been following along with the AccuQuilt Australia blog then you’ll be fully up to date on your Patisserie blocks! Month 8 saw another diagonal block. Possibly an eclair? Probably a danish. As always, the fabrics are from the Solids Club provided by Jules at The Creative Retreat, with Kona Ash for the background. Grab the pattern for block 8 here! The 6″ Qube version… Read More
There’s definitely been something in the water, lately. This year, I’ve been experimenting with improv! IMPROV! Folks, I do not improv. At least, that was my catch cry for years. However, my local Modern Quilt Guild is full of improv-ers, and it seems that it has finally rubbed off on me. It began with my improv mini medallion quilt for… Read More
I’d say that “eagle eyes may have noticed that I haven’t shared any update on my Milky Way Sampler quilt”… but clearly I place way too much faith in how closely you keep up to date on what I’m working on, haha! That or the guilt is weighing heavily… That’s more likely, actually. The truth of the matter is that… Read More
Another month, another play with my quilting bee queens’ blocks! This month, Rebecca aka @oneweebird chose the Star Plus block. She asked for predominantly black prints for the stars, and bright citrusy prints for the plus (for which she shared a cactus print to inspire our choices), with black and white for the plus background and a solid for the… Read More
When you’re planning a sampler quilt design, sometimes you realise that you don’t want to just do a 3×4 grid, add some sashing, and call it a day. For my 8″ Qube version of Patisserie, I originally planned on a standard 3×4 grid with sashing, cornerstones, and a border. This is what I did for the 6″ Qube version, so… Read More
It is a very well documented fact that quilt binding is my most dreaded step in the whole quilting process. Machine binding quilts has helped reduced the levels of despair I experience while doing it (as it’s over so much more quickly now!), but all. that. pressing?! Ughhh… This probably started when in Japan, where we didn’t have an ironing… Read More
Today is the start of AQC (the Australasian Quilt Convention), and I’ll be working there with AccuQuilt! I love working with brands in the quilting industry, and the team at Blessington (who distribute Pfaff and AccuQuilt) are absolutely fantastic to work with. And part of the fun has been sharing a block of the month sampler quilt on the AccuQuilt… Read More