Modern quilt teacher and patterns
I have been slowly working on adding a pattern shop to my actual blog! It was a huge part of my reason for moving to WordPress last year, it just took me a while to get around to setting it up. But set up it is, and you can now purchase all my patterns right here on the blog! When… Read More
I’ve been sharing some progress pictures of this pillow cover on Instagram over the past week, as I’ve has some fun experimenting and trying out some new free motion quilting. It is seriously so much fun gettin’ my FMQ on for a small project like this! No giant roll of quilt to drag around… But that’s not the point of… Read More
Thanks to everyone who shared get well wishes regarding my shoulder! It’s doing much better and I can use it a lot more, although there’s still too many twinges for my liking. I’ve got another physio appointment this afternoon, so we’ll get there. Susanne made these amazing bee blocks – I have very low interest in tackling curves, so I… Read More
October is going to be one bright, starry month with the Bright Sky quilt along! We’re talking giveaways and blog hops and fabulous linky prizes… I’ll be sharing all the details next week, and I hope you’ll be as excited as I am to hear all the news! So start pulling out your favourite fat quarters, because this is going… Read More
When Emily reached out to me, I had previously heard a little bit about Pattern Jam, but I hadn’t realised just what a fun site with great potential it is! I’ve dabbled a lot in quilt pattern designing – all my designs start in my graph book with a Frixion pen and markers for colouring. When I want to digitalise… Read More
(Alternative title: Best Laid Plans) This Cotton + Steel voile finally arrived last week. Four yard of it to make a dress for the first time. And it’s on a black background, not navy, like I had thought! And the light blue voile solid is blue, not aqua, to match the C+S print (although it photographs similar) and thus won’t… Read More
I am back! I want to say a huge thanks to the amazing ladies who helped me keep Sew Cute Tuesday happening over summer. Summer was exactly as I’d predicted – full of fun and playdates and sibling fights and noise and fun! And thus, very little productivity or routine. And also a big thanks to all you wonderful Sew… Read More
So the other night, I had a minor stress attack when my iron transferred brown stuff onto a very important quilt with a white background. Essentially, it left a skiddy on my fabric. I KNOW! My darling scientist-husband got right to work to clean it off (soap and water did the trick) and then cleaned the iron too. Following his… Read More
This was something that had been on my mind for a while, but after Diane’s post, I knew I needed to rein in my small, but constant, spending on stationery/scrapbooking supplies/quilting stuff. With QuiltCon less than 6 months away, it’s time to start saving up my spending money for that instead! My QuiltCon buddy and roomy (and roadtrip driver!) Melissa… Read More
As you read this, I’m currently away at a spa and water park resort in Fukushima! My husband has a work conference here, so I decided to rough it out with the kids for a couple of days playing around… after all, his room was already paid for and there’s a free shuttle bus to and from the resort. So,… Read More