Modern quilt teacher and patterns
There’s been a secret I’ve been hiding for a few weeks, and it’s time to come clean… I have a new sewing machine! And it came in such a cute box… When I upgraded my very first machine to my big, beasty, 13kg straight-stitch workhorse, I knew that one day I would need a second, smaller machine with more stitch… Read More
Do you have some favourite artists that you follow? I’ve long admired the stunning watercolour art by Caverly Smith, one half of the Briar Hill Designs duo. Their Instagram feed – @briarhilldesigns – is one of gorgeous florals that have you sighing at the sweet prettiness of it all! So when I heard that they were releasing their first line… Read More
A few years ago, I decided it was time to buy EQ7. If you haven’t heard of this program before, Electric Quilt is a quilt design software with a huge range of very useful features, including designing templates, calculating fabric yardage, a fantastic in-built library of current fabrics, and much more. It was one of the best investments I have… Read More
Dude, there’s nothing like smashing out a goal to motivate you to do more! This month, I’m off to QuiltCon for a week, so I’m taking another more realistic goal of finishing off my Modern HST Sampler quilt. This top was finished in January last year, and after having been sent to a longarmer, also just needs binding. And as… Read More
When I was at Australian Quilt Market last year, I fell in love with Sedef’s Monthly Sampler Mini. It’s just so quintessentially sweet, and a great chance for me to finally attempt sewing illustration – a technique I’ve been wanting to try for a while! The pattern also includes a Southern Hemisphere version, so I’ll be using that for my… Read More
There is nothing more invigorating than finishing a quilt! Well, actually, there is… finishing a quilt that has been waiting for 21 months for binding! Yes, that is how long it has been since I got this sampler quilt back from the longarmer (you can see the quilting better in this post). April 2016. But now, I have fully finished… Read More
As I mentioned last week, one of my main personal goals is to finish 12 UFOs (unfinished objects) this year – one per month. The main reason why is to remove the emotional, mental, and physical clutter that’s caused by having these projects lying around. And one per month is totally doable! To start with, I sat down and listed… Read More
Rather than spread all the latest news and updates over a few blog posts, I thought I’d collate it all into one blog post. My Beribboned cushion pattern came out in Down Under Quilts last month. I made one a touch more Christmassy by using some of Alison Glass’ Handcrafted batiks, and the other I made with a small fat… Read More
Happy New Year! We’ve just returned from two weeks of holiday visiting all our family in Adelaide, South Australia. It’s our home town, and where 95% of our family lives, so it’s always a great time for us to reconnect with everyone, and especially for our children to play with their cousins. After having lived away from everyone for 4… Read More
While shopping at Spotlight the other day, I saw that they now have an adorable selection of mini sewing notions right by the registers. Why yes, yes I did indulge in a few! Mostly for Christmas gifts, mind you… ahem… But it got me thinking – what are some small gifts for quilters that you could buy for your best… Read More