Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Happy Monday – it’s new pattern day! The next set of adorable food-themed quilt blocks is now available for purchase. The Frosty Friends pattern includes six ice cream quilt block patterns – three scoops of ice cream, and three on a stick. Whether you call them ice creams, icy poles, popsicles, or any other name… these frozen treats are sure… Read More
When I first designed the Japanese foundation paper piecing quilt blocks, Hinamatsuri, Kokeshi, Tsuru, and Kimono, it was purely out of a desire to honour an important time my family’s life and our time in Japan. We did not live the stereotypical “expat life” that many people might imagine of living in a foreigner-dominant area and accessing as many English… Read More
Last month, I shared about a brand new quilting book by Jenni Smith – Quilting With Liberty. As a part of that review, I made up some Love And Kisses blocks and really enjoyed it… so I decided that in order to motivate myself to make some more, I’d invite you all to join in! With Jenni’s blessing, I am… Read More
Whenever we’re talking about all things foundation paper piecing, I can practically hear you say, “Hey, Alyce*! What’s your top three tips for foundation paper piecing?” Well, that’s what I’m imagining, anyway… *pronounced like Alyse/Elise, not Alice Being a tad perfectionistic, I love foundation paper piecing – the accuracy, the lack of fussing around trying to perfectly cut out fabric… Read More
I love teaching. Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a teacher. I assumed that would be a primary school teacher, and even studied it at uni, completing both my bachelor and also a graduate certificate. Except then I got married, we started our family, and moved to Japan for a few years. Now that we’re… Read More
Here we are, folks! We have made it to the final lesson in Mini Masterpieces! It has certainly been a long(er than expected) journey… thanks 2020, but we made it. A huge thanks to everyone who has stuck around this long, and also to those who have dipped in and out to make what they love and learn what they… Read More
My love affair with Liberty fabric started about five years ago, and since then, I have amassed quite the collection. I just can’t help it, it’s so pretty! I must admit, I do collect more than I sew with it, but don’t we all have something like that? *CoughPleaseSayYesCough* Now, when you combine this love for Liberty fabric with the… Read More
I love foundation paper piecing – it’s so accurate, you can create amazing designs without fiddling with cutting out odd shapes from your fabric with templates, and it’s just like painting with numbers… but with fabric! Next up for the Mini Masterpieces QAL, we’re tackling foundation paper piecing, and because this is one of those techniques that quilters tend to… Read More
Can you believe that it’s been almost a year since we gathered together as a creative community and quilted our way through those first few crazy weeks of a global pandemic?! In March 2020, I hosted a mystery quilt along – the Happy Scrappy QAL – where I encouraged you to dig into your scrap buckets and just play creatively… Read More
We are at the penultimate month of the Mini Masterpieces quilt along! This month, we’re branching out into some hand sewing with English Paper Piecing. English paper piecing, also known as EPP, is the method of temporarily basting fabric to a small paper shape, and hand sewing the shapes together to create a larger design. Sometimes it’s making little blocks… Read More