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DIY Block Design
Alyce from Blossom Heart Quilts is a blogger, quilter and designer extraordinaire who has recently published a digital book called ‘DYI Block Design‘. This publication is full of techniques for making the most common design elements for blocks as well as…
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Vacation Time Mystery BOM 2015
So ends another great year of Pat Sloan’s mystery BOM. 2015 was the year for long summer vacations, immortalised in blocks depicting the fun things we see and do on vacation. I decided to deviate from the pattern a smidgen…
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Back to School Blog Hop – Corner Triangles
It’s my turn to talk about corner triangles as part of the Back to School Blog Hop. Sam Hunter from Hunter’s Design Studio is hosting a month (and a bit) long feast of tutorials on many of the techniques we…
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Aurifil Designer Mini – September
I can hardly wait until mid month to see what fabulous mini the 2015 Aurifil Designers have made. This months mini is designed by Valori Wells. A modern, improv piece made called ‘Indigo Crossing’. The naive stitching completes the design.…
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Precut Primer 7th Grade
Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson the queens of pre-cuts have published the most wonderful book called Precut Primer, Precut quilts that make the grade. Me and My Sister Designs take us through 12 grades of school with 12 brilliant quilts.…
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Patterns, Catalogues and Moda
The new Moda Catalogues are out Issue No. 15 – http://issuu.com/modafabrics/docs/catalog_moda-piece-no15 full of the fabric loveliness of the Moda Designers. This issue holds a special significance for me as it is the first time Quiltjane patterns will be available through United Notions.…
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Catching up
I finally caught up with my BOMs. Last months Aurifil Designer mini is Grow Up by Nancy Rink Designs. Made with Hawthorne Threads in house designed fabrics Bengal and Etched and pieced with Aurifil 2024 50wt cotton. Read the interview with Nancy and…
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Star Cakes
Fat Quarter Shop have a new Shortcut Quilt project called Star Cakes. This quilt requires 1 Printed Layer Cake and 1 Solid Layer Cake to make. The video on how to make the block can be found here and the free pattern…
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Winter Wonderland Snowflake
Today is my turn in the Winter wonderland Sew Along. I love snowflakes and all the wonderful patterns you can see in a tiny, icy miracle. Snowflake is the 11th block from the 12 block sampler quilt in Sherri Fall’s…
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November Bloggers Choice
Coming in November is my 12 favourite prints from the exciting new collections being released in October at the Fat Quarter Shop. Included in the bundle are prints from a mixed selection of designers: Paper Backgrounds Ink – Zen…
