Three and a half years in the making, my Ocean Waves quilt is finally finished! Phew, it’s a great feeling! The quilt top was completed back in 2016 but then I got stuck on how to quilt it so I popped it in a drawer and forgot all about it. Oops. A couple of weeks […]
For the last year or two my creative energy has been missing in action. Which was fine with me. I didn’t miss sewing. Whenever I did think about sewing, I mostly marvelled at how I ever found time to sew at all. It didn’t help that all my sewing things had to move out of […]
It’s been so long since I did any sewing that I had to literally dust off my sewing machine and cutting mat to prepare this tutorial today! I didn’t plan to take such a long break from my sewing machine, but I’ve enjoyed spending time in the garden, catching up with family and friends and […]
A Pine Tree quilt in an old quilt book* caught my eye when I was looking for inspiration for this project. I can’t say I’ve noticed too many Pine Tree quilts around, although I did remember seeing this gorgeous Pine Tree block by Amanda from HeyPorkChop. I love Amanda’s projects! I didn’t have to look […]
Hello!! Welcome to the Playground Showcase, featuring Amy Sinibaldi’s latest line for Art Gallery Fabrics. The colours in this collection are so completely perfect; pink, coral, mustard, plum and blue. All my favourites! We were still in the thick of winter when I was planning the quilt design, the days were mostly grey and dreary. […]
Yesterday I met Marti Michell, in person and in my home town! What a treat! Marti is currently in New Zealand holding workshops and trunk shows. She is being hosted by Grandmother’s Garden, a quiltshop that is just 15 minutes from where I live. I feel very privileged to have been able to sit down […]
Hello! I’m back! Maybe it looked like I’d given up on blogging but I promise I haven’t! Now I can’t wait to get caught up on all those projects that haven’t been blogged (going back to November last year!!). First up I have a pillow that I made for Alison and Sami’s Instagram pillow swap a while […]
Hello! Welcome! It’s my turn on the Tiny Toffee Blog Hop! I’m really excited to show you what I’ve been working on… but first let me introduce Susi. I feel like Susi and I go waay back. She’s been coming up with brilliant ideas that I can’t resist getting involved in for several years now. […]
I’m back! The summer holidays are over and my children have gone back to school. There’s no time to dwell on how terribly quiet the house is, I’ve filled the silence with the hum of my sewing machine. After two months of zero sewing I am more than ready to get stuck back in. Today I’m thrilled to […]
Today I’m thrilled to be taking part in Nancy Purvis’ (owensolivia on Instagram) blog tour for her new book, Quilting From Every Angle: 16 geometric designs. The book showcases Nancy’s pared back design aesthetic, with a focus on angled shapes to create modern quilts with graphic impact. Quilting from Every Angle: 16 Geometric Designs By Nancy Purvis Interweave/F+W; http://bit.ly/1jw4098 […]
