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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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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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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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January Blocks
It has began. Yep, 2015 heralds the start of the Aurifil Designer BOM and Pat Sloan’s BOM. This year The Aurifil designers are making mini quilts. Gundrun’s Flurry block/mini is 15″ x 15″ finished. You can find the block and…
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Aurifil Designer Blocks 2014 finish
December marked the last month of a fabulous year of blocks from the Aurifil Designer BOM 2014. To finish the quilt I framed each block in a spool and set them on point with a specially designed spool block in…
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Spool block
The Aurifil Designer BOM for 2014 is coming to an end and all 12 blocks have been published. To finish my quilt I set the 12 blocks on point and added this spool block to the centre. The final on-point…
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Fat Eighth Frenzy
My version – ‘Eight-Y’ Fat Quarter Shop has added to the Shortcut Quilt family with the Fat Eighth Frenzy pattern. Here is the link to the FREE Fat Quarter Shop pattern: http://static.fatquartershop.com/media/wysiwyg/pdf/FatEighthFrenzy.pdf Here is the link to the Fat Eighth…
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Aurifil Designer 2014 – November
This month, Scott Hansen from Blue Nickel Studios is presenting ‘Tossed Salad’, a fun and happy block just like the creator. I have had the pleasure to meet Mr Hansen at market one year and was immediately captivated by his…
