• BOM

    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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    Charm Box Quilt

    The Fat Quarter Shop have designed another pre-cut friendly quick quilt pattern called Charm Box. Remember the Fat Quarter Fizz and the Fat Eighth Frenzy? This quilt is just as fast and easy to make using 60 charms or 2 charm…

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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…

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    Night Sky QAL

    Camille Roskelley has released a new pattern called Night Sky and Jana Machado is hosting a QAL so we can all join in and make this gorgeous quilt. Information about the QAL can be found here. Today joining me in making…

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    Hexagons always distract me

    I bought some packs of the new Moda Hexagons – Honeycombs – from the Fat Quarter Shop in Robins Egg, Brown and Natural. I had two spare Odds and Ends charm packs so I decided to start a baby quilt…

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    My Day with Tracey

    I spent the most wonderful Day with Tracey R from Western Australia. Tracey is in Queensland visiting her father and it was the perfect opportunity for Tracey and I to spend a day sewing together. Tracey is a Kate Spain…

  • Tutorials

    Anti Macassar using Bella Solids, tutorial and giveaway

    According to Wikipedia  “An antimacassar (/ˌæntɪməˈkæsər/) is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric. Also refers to the cloth flap on a sailor’s…

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    Jubilee, Lario and Snap Pop

    I have just uploaded the following Moda pre release precuts in to my little e-shop: Jubilee by Bunny Hill Designs Take an elegant Damask, surround it with little running bunnies, and offer it in seven beautiful color combinations and you’ll…