Hello and welcome! Today I’m sharing my method for making Granny, the latest block in Angie @ GnomeAngel’s Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sewalong. I am really thrilled to be sharing a tutorial for this block as it’s perfect for my favourite Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) technique. I’ve pieced all my other blocks so far but the small pieces and bias […]
This year has been an amazing year for meeting my quilting heroes and taking workshops with them! It started back in January when I took a class on hand quilting with Sarah Fielke. In February there was a trip to Quiltcon and classes with Carolyn Friedlander and Penny Layman. Next month I’m taking the Meadow class with Lizzy House in […]
Thank you to everyone who entered my pillow cover giveaway, I had so much fun reading your comments! I’ve used a random number generator to help me find the winner… .. And the winner is Karen Likens. Karen, I don’t have your email address so please leave me a comment with your email address or […]
I love it when I can cross two things from my list with just one project finish, and, hooray, that’s what I’m doing today… A while back Danielle (petitselefants on IG) and Jeannette (goneaussiequilting on IG) from Polka Dot Tea asked me if I’d like to choose a bundle of fabrics from their store. Um, yes […]
If I wasn’t already quilting my way through a book, I would be tempted to make every project in Anna Graham’s book Handmade Style, I love this book! This quick project is my second from the book and I know I’ll be making more. If you have the book you might have noticed that I left the […]
The Hamilton Craft and Quilt Show is an annual event here in Hamilton and one I look forward to all year. The show runs over four days and combines vendors, exhibitions and workshops. While there weren’t nearly as many vendors this year as there have been in previous years, there was a new vendor from Australia […]
Have you heard the news? There’s going to be a Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sew-Along! In fact, there’re going to be TWO sew-alongs running at the same time, one organised by Kerry from VeryKerryBerry and the other by Angie from Gnome Angel. If you’re making the quilt then you can join both sew-alongs! I’m so excited to be […]
I’ve been experimenting with my Sugar Loaf block lately. First of all I tried setting it at a slight angle. I made the two blocks at the top before giving up on that idea. Maybe I’ll come back to it or maybe not. Sometimes I try something new and I just don’t love it as much […]
This month it’s Deb’s turn to receive pressies in our birthday club swap. I made her the Rainbow Clutch from Anna Graham’s beautiful book ‘Handmade Style’. The front pocket is paper pieced, making it the perfect spot to include some favourite fabrics. I started with the Lizzy House Twinkle Twinkle fabric in burgundy for the main part of the pouch, then added coordinating prints from […]
I’m so happy to show you a finished quilt! My Wagon Wheel quilt came back from the long-armer last week, Sue did a beautiful job on the figure eight quilting. It’s the first time I’ve had a computerised quilting design done on a quilt and I love it to pieces. A little trimming and binding later… …I […]
