Modern quilt teacher and patterns
This month sees the return of a new Saturday-ly blogging series, talking about the ever hot-topic of blog sponsorship. There are those who do it, those who want to do it, those who are confused by it and, in all honesty, those who hate it. A complete spectrum of responses and actions, and you know what? That’s ok! That’s what… Read More
Today’s special blog hopper has already made TWO Bright Sky quilts. Alisa from A Stitch In Between was one of the pattern testers and completed this pretty blues version. She’s also made a mini, and has another one in the works for this quiltalong! So go check out her latest version and her special tips for the Bright Sky quilt!
This a bit of a special Sew Cute Tuesday! For those who follow me on Instagram (@blossomheartquilts), you will have seen my busy weekend of quilting in all its stages from basting on Friday to binding on Monday. And now I can finally share the whole quilt with you! Ladies and gentlemen, may I present After The Rain – a… Read More
For the next two weeks, I’ve asked some talented quilting friends to share the tips and tricks and processes for quilting your Bright Sky quilt. Today, we have Gemma from Pretty Bobbins who quilted my first Bright Sky quilt. She is a longarm quilter in Canberra and a very talented one at that! Back at the beginning of this year… Read More
After we had a very fun and successful first round of our paper piecing Wombat Stew bee, we decided to expand our group a little more and welcomed Midge and Gina. Last year, Gina took it upon herself to make each of us a special birthday present, and I was also the lucky recipient of her Secret Santa present! Not… Read More
I just noticed that this season’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival has opened and this time I actually have some quilts to enter! I’ve decided to enter my original Bright Sky quilt and also my new Lighthearted Geese quilt for Kokka. Most of you will have already heard the background story for this quilt and the resulting pattern (and now currently a… Read More
A few months ago, Frances (aka Miss Matatabi and fellow Tokyo Bay dweller) contacted me asking if I’d be interested in making a quilt for Kokka’s newest quilting cotton range for Quilt Market and other trade shows. Uhhh, yes! Tick that one off the quilting bucket list! So a few days later, a delicious package of fabric arrived and I… Read More
Please excuse me today with some super sweet Disney magic dribbling… I signed up for the Disney Quilt Swap 2015 on the last day, and made it in! Since moving to Chiba/Tokyo, and having now gone to Tokyo Disneyland and Sea several times, I’ve finally understood the magic of Disney. I didn’t watch many Disney movies growing up, I KNOW,… Read More
This week’s blog hopping QALer is the lovely Ms Midge!! As you know, I got to hang out with her last week and go shopping at Nippori! On her list of things was to try and find a backing for her Bright Sky quilt that she has made using Nightshade by Tula Pink – not an easy range to match,… Read More
Hello fellow Sew Cute-ers! It’s been a fun quilty week around here with a trip to Nippori Fabric Town with Ms Midge last week! We bought up quite the haul, well, for us anyway. We’ve had some comments that we were quite restrained, and yes, yes we were! We both have reached that point of only tending to buy fabric… Read More