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Organise your small blocks
In preparation for a 6″ sampler that I will be participating in, I made a zippered pouch to house my 6 1/2″ square ruler and and a pressing mat/design board. The mat fits snuggly into a band around the pouch.…
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Cozy Cottage Calendar 2016
Lori Holt from Bee in my Bonnet has a brand new calendar out for 2016. Each month has photos of quilts and projects photographed in Lori’s own cosy cottage. The calendar also includes a pattern for a 4″ and 8″…
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Melbourne Cup and birthdays
Melbourne Cup – The race that stops a nation. It was a Tuesday morning 1964 and mum was making sandwiches for the race lunch when I decided to pop into the world. Ladies Day at the Races is a colourful…
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Bloggers Quilt Festival – Fall
Amy Ellis from Amy’s creative side is hosting the fall bloggers festival. Add your favourite quilt under the nominated categories to win great prizes and share in the wonderful images of quilts from all over the blogging world. Amy has…
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Summer Picnic
The weather is warming up and summer is upon us in the southern hemisphere. The silky oaks, jacarandas and flame trees are in bloom painting the landscape of Brisbane in a carpet of gold, red and purple. Summer Picnic…
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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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Slice of Cake
July 2015 heralded the arrival of Barb and Mary, the creative geniuses behind Me and My Sister Designs. Patches of Indooroopilly held a class for the Slice of Cake quilt. Can I say I am still buzzing from that…
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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.…
