Modern quilt teacher and patterns
This week has seen side 2 of my son’s pillow cover sewn up, using the same prints as the first side, but very neatly arranged! Once again, he was in charge of the layout, lifting/lowering the presser foot and occasionally deciding to help with backstitching too. Now we need to cut and add the Kokka scientist fabric borders and then… Read More
This week makes it twice now that I’ve used free motion quilting to write a name on a quilt, and I am in love! The first was for a baby clothes quilt commission earlier this year, and the second was to write my daughter’s name on her new nail polish mini quilt. I just love the look the personal touch… Read More
Hi Everyone! My name is Bernie and I write over at Needle and Foot. I am so happy to be able to help Alyce out this week while she is on a well-deserved break from her Sew Cute Tuesday link-up. I have been sewing for about 40 years (yikes! how can that be??) and quilting regularly for about three years… Read More
I’ll be honest, when the Fat Quarter Shop first emailed me asking if I’d like to make their latest free pattern for a nail polish bottle mini quilt and blog about it, I was a little hesitant because I only like to sew things for which I have a purpose. And I’m not a huge wearer of nail polish. But… Read More
Keera from Live Love Sew emailed me last week asking if I’d like to be tagged in an ongoing blog hop thing, and for once, the questions are actually interesting! That and Keera is really lovely and her patterns and quilts are beautiful, so of course I said yes. What am I working on? I think the more accurate question… Read More
The joys of living in Japan just keep growing. On Tuesday afternoon, I placed an order at Miss Matatabi for some Cotton + Steel. I had already ordered a little bit from Hawthorne Threads, but due to shipping, I kept it small. But this time, I ordered the rest of what I was wanting… for now. A half metre of… Read More
As many of you will know, I love playing around with my blog. As my husband knows, it’s usually after about a year of the same, I feel the urge to change things up! Last year, it was moving to WordPress! Best blogging thing I ever did, by the way, and I wish I had done it sooner. This year,… Read More
This week my husband had 3 days off work for summer holidays and so on one of our quiet-at-home days, I decided it was time to do some sewing with my son! He’ll be 5 in November, and is highly creative, so while I do most of the actual sewing, he can easily choose fabric and colours and make a… Read More
After having had 3 months of preschool days to myself, it is now summer holidays and both kids at home for 6 weeks! Between day trips and pool dates and trips away, it was easier to just get 6 fabulous Sew Cute-rs to pitch in and help guest host this summer to make sure things run smoothly and consistently. Today… Read More
A huge thanks to those who have helped clear out stock in my Etsy shop! There’s still a few goodies left who are looking for a loving home and use the code SUMMER20 to get 20% off all items. I will be closing the shop at the end of next week, so if you’ve been eying something off, you’d better… Read More