• Blog Hop

    No bake Jolly bar quilt

    The Fat Quarter Shop  in conjunction with Moda fabrics have created the fabulous pre-cut the Jolly Bar.  Measuring 5″ x 10″ (half a layer cake piece), this 42 piece bundle of sweetness comes in your favourite Moda designer collection with a…

  • Patterns

    Mini Charm Christmas

    Mini charms are bundles of 42 – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ squares from a Moda collection. They are a great pre-cut to use for smaller projects such as pouches, bags / totes and mini’s. Recently, I received a pack…

  • Blog Hop

    Fat Quarter Baby – Matthew

    I am so excited about this book. Fat Quarter Shop are proud to present their first ever quilt patterns for baby all wrapped up in a book called Fat Quarter Baby. Twenty delightful patterns for boys and girls. Butterflies and…

  • Projects

    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.…

  • Blog Hop

    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″…

  • Quilts

    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…

  • Bloggers Quilt Festival

    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…

  • Handy Hints and Tips,  Quilts

    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…

  • BOM

    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.…

  • Blog Hop

    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.…