Modern quilt teacher and patterns
It only took me 6 weeks to finally finish quilting a 24″ square mini, but hey, I got it done! Between QuiltCon and the returning to 4 weeks and counting of my husband and I taking turns to be sick (literally, the day I flew back he had come down with a temperature), and other life events like end of… Read More
I am a perfectionist. I like things to be in order, and chaos stresses me out. Whether it’s a messy house, or our normal life/routine is out of whack, I start to get stressed until things settle down and the visual clutter of the mess is away. But you know how there’s this saying: It’s true. Quilting has really helped… Read More
It’s end of school-year/spring holidays here, so my sewing this week has been preschool bags for my friend, which I need to finish off this week and make a couple of new ones for my kids too! Julie has experimented with HSTs to make this scrappilicious forest scene, and the movement of colours and shapes really captures my heart!… Read More
Hello! I’m Jo, Alyce’s guest blogger today for Sew Cute Tuesday! You can find me regularly blogging over at Riddle and {Whimsy}! I grew up being surrounded with quilting as my mum is a quilter but have only started doing it myself over the last few years. Since joining the online quilting community, I’ve become completely addicted to Instagram (I’m… Read More
This block has a ton of room to play with fabric placement! Finished block size: 12 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ Requirements This is a scrappy block perfect for using up tiny left over squares from other projects. 1 – 10″ x 10″ square for background centre 1 – FQ for outer background 32 – 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ squares… Read More
A couple of months ago, I saw that Shabby Fabrics had released a range of pre-fused laser-cut applique shapes, and one of the images they were using was this beautiful image of their butterflies. I instantly had a the picture pop into my head of a swarm of these flying up a patchwork quilt of low-volume fabrics. I even entered… Read More
Hello all! I’ve been working on a quilt to share later this week, and I finished the top over the weekend. I’m currently quilting it and am in love! So in honour of my rainbow… Wendy has finished her border for this Possum Magic quilt, and her choice to add the grey Art Gallery Fabrics was perfect! Tanya’s Rainbow Medallion… Read More
You guys have been sharing up a storm on Instagram on #thebeehivequilts feed! I will regularly be sharing blocks and quilts from the #thebeehivequilts hashtag feed on Instagram that you guys have been sharing so that you can see the different ways people interpret quilts blocks from The Bee Hive. Today, I’m sharing your work making the Wanta Fanta block…. Read More
I am proud to be a quilter. I love that my friends and family know that I am a quilter and support me in it. I love that they think of me whenever they see fabric or quilts. But just sometimes…
I’m excited to announce my newest sponsor – Fort Worth Fabric Studio! I’ve followed these guys online for a long time, with their beautiful Instagram – @fwfabricstudio– and a blog full of great tutorials, so I know that they really do care about the quilting community beyond the bolts on their shelves. That’s really important to me! Their range of… Read More