Modern quilt teacher and patterns
This year has been a fun year of Japanese fabric bundles for the Japanese Colour Club! Each month, I’ve been selecting, cutting and sending fat quarter and fat eighth bundles of 6 delicious Japanese prints around the world. As you can see, they’re mostly a mixture of blenders with the occasional more colourful print! And I will be doing it… Read More
There is one aspect of blog sponsorship that isn’t quite as nice to talk about, but is still important to discuss. What do you do when the sponsorship relationship just isn’t working out? As The Sponsor I have actually dabbled a little in being a blog sponsor myself back when I sold fabric on Etsy. Both times, the blogger approached… Read More
It’s that time of the year – what started in America and has now spread around the world… Black Friday sales, that now also tend to start earlier in the week, and now continue through til at least ‘Cyber Monday’. Yeah, sorry, a little cynical about all this, but hey, if it’s any consolation, one day I would really, really… Read More
There is no doubt that if you sell digital patterns, you would have heard at least something about the European Union’s new VAT laws that come into effect on January 1st. I won’t go into the nitty-gritty details, as there are plenty of sources out there who do it much better than I ever could, but essentially it comes down… Read More
Welcome to Sew Cute Tuesday! The part of the week where we link up our beautiful projects and check out the eye candy. Like this scrappy, patchwork Liberty infinity scarf! Infinity scarves are my favourite go-to quick and easy gift. And this VW Combi van cushion! Or this adorable cross-stitch Christmas tree from Michelle! Talking of Christmas… Next week’s theme… Read More
As we’ve discussed previously, what blog sponsorship really boils down to is valuing yourself as a blogger. If you spend time and effort in improving yourself as a blogger and improving your blog itself, it has value. If you care about creating interesting and unique content that people want to read, it has value. If you spend actual money on… Read More
And here we are, ladies and gentlemen, we are at the end of the Bright Sky QAL. It’s been so much fun to sew along with you, racing and inspiring with the quilting and showing off our beautiful quilts! And on a personal note, there is nothing so thrilling for a pattern designer as seeing all the different ways that… Read More
Welcome to this week’s Sew Cute Tuesday! Since last Tuesday, I’ve completely finished and photographed my Bright Sky quilt entitled Eternity, and completely started and finished and blogged my Daphne bag from Perfect Pattern Parcel… why yes, I do feel very busy but also very productive and pleased with myself for working so hard. I’m a lifelong procrastinator but over… Read More
This is probably my most favourite quilt to date. I love my original Bright Sky quilt, but there’s something about making this one completely myself from design all the way through to binding, especially the quilting. I will have to share another whole post about all the quilting, because I am so proud of that journey, but for now, I… Read More
I’ve made a few bags over the last couple of years – mostly simple tote bags, way too many drawstring bags for Japanese preschool, and only one “real bag” with a recessed zipper to close it up. This week, I braved up and tried a gorgeous pattern that required some more bag-making skills, like an inset zipper and adjustable handles… Read More