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    The Bee Hive – Mineral

    Alyce from Blossom Heart Quilts is hosting the Bee Hive Block Along. This block-along is a year long project which 12 bloggers and Alyce have designed a block perfect for a Block Bee. Using a number of techniques these blocks…

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    Aurifil mini designer March

    This month’s designer is Kimberly from the Fat Quarter Shop with a fun asymmetrical approach using flying geese and half square triangles. Using a combination of Etched and Bengal from Hawthorne Threads I was able to fussy cut the tiger…

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    Bunny Pin Cushion

    Anorina at SameliasMum found these little ceramic bunnies at Woolworths and made a pin cushion insert to fill its tummy. I just had to make one too. Made with Jennifer Paganelli’s Lucky girl fabric, a Spotlight daisy trim and stitched…

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    The Oakshott ColourShott BlogHop

    Lynne from Lilysquilts and Oakshott are hosting the OakShott Colourshott Blog hop where 8 bloggers have been given the new 10″ square packs colours 31-50 and some yardage to complete a project and write a tutorial to share. I asked them…

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    February Aurifil Designer Mini Quilt

    This month Joanna Figueroa has made a chubby churn dash mini quilt finishing at 23 1/2″ x 23 1/2″. Meet the face behind the most beautiful Moda fabrics and patterns in an interview with Pat Sloan. I will be making…

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    Grey Matter – Quilt Now Magazine

    Issue 8 of Quilt Now is available this Thursday and is jammed packed with 23 fabulous projects and inspirational ideas.  This month I was lucky to be amongst the greats, @lilysquilts (cover Quilt), @imagingermonkey, @j_q_adams and @reeneeatnelliesniceties (cover cushion) @the_littlest_thistle,…

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    Shark Fins

    Images courtesy of www.elefantz.com. © Copyright 2015 Jennifer Reynolds  Jenny of Elefantz asked me to design a new style block from a traditional block. I chose the simple diamond in the square block and made it into a 5-patch block, utilising…

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    Cultured Clams

    Issue #71 of Australian Quilters Companion is now available and it is jammed packed with beautiful projects. My cultured Clams, made with Emma Jean Jansen’s Terra Australis I and II on a natural linen background, uses appliqué meets drunkard path…

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    APQ Quilt A Long – Go Four It

    How exciting. APQ are having another quilt-a-long. This time we are all going to be making a variation on a 4-patch quilt. Lissa Alexander, April Rosenthal and Edyta Sitar have all designed a glorious 4-patch quilt for you to make. …

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    True North

    I bought a pattern today because I love this one so much. It’s a new pattern from She Quilts A Lot called True North. I can feel a Quilt-A-long in the air.  The quilt shown is in Moda Bella and…