Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Quilt designing definitely comes in levels – from designing just for yourself, to then taking the next step of sharing tutorials, and designing patterns to sell! Today’s lovely bunch of ladies are at various stages, and are sharing how DIY Block Design has been helping them in this journey. Ros has made some incredible sewing projects, that are hugely popular… Read More
Today’s post is coming to you through the haze of a bad cold, and cold tablets that are supposed to be taken every 6-8 hours but only last for 4… cruel! Anyways, I did get a bit of quilt block sewing in last week before it hit, like my Caroline block. Meanwhile, I am so excited to see that the… Read More
My blog has turned out to be all about the quilt blocks this year, with The Bee Hive tutorials every second week! And that’s awesome, because I love designing, and I love teaching! Today I want to share you the design process repeating quilt blocks by showing you the evolution of October’s block from me – Magic 8 Ball. This… Read More
Welcome to week 2 of My DIY Block Design – the month-long blog hop and challenge to get you designing and making your own quilt blocks! Our beginner designers certainly rocked their quilt blocks, and the expert designers had some great tips and tricks to go along with the behind the scenes look at their design processes. Inspiration Winners Wow… Read More
And that’s week 2, done and dusted! Betty and Caroline are this week’s blocks, and my first official blog post for the sew along was posted this week – how to make the Betty block with normal HSTs! Caroline Oooh, definitely one of most favourite blocks… because it’s my favourite colour of fabric to use! And once again, I pieced… Read More
I don’t know about you, but I love reading about the behind the scenes info of my favourite quilters and designers. So I asked some experienced designers to share about their design process and favourite tips and tricks for quilt designing. Each Friday, there will be 3 experienced designers sharing on their blogs! Today’s line up is chock full of… Read More
Today, we take a look at some beginner quilt designers and learn more about their designing experiences. Today is also your last chance to get DIY Block Design on sale! It is definitely not a requirement to design and make along with us, but as these ladies can share, it will certainly help you to do so. It may sound… Read More
Today is my turn to share the Block 14 Betty tutorial for the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt quilt along! Betty is a great block for trying out some DIY quilt maths. It can be pieced by foundation paper piecing, or with templates, but this is one of the few blocks in the book that can easily pieced by rotary… Read More
I am in the glorious midst of spending time with family, which has included successfully teaching my nearly-2yo nephew to say my name – “Eess!” – and a trip to Disneyland yesterday where I took this picture of the quilt-spirational It’s A Small World ride. Why am I sharing this with you? Because if you’re participating in the #myDIYblockdesign challenge… Read More
My offering for The Bee Hive tutorial series this month is Magic 8 Ball, which I chose to share in October because I imagine it making a pretty cool Halloween quilt pattern too. This quick block creates octagons (hence the “8” ball!) when the corners are joined to other Magic 8 Ball blocks, as well as the central one. Of… Read More