• 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.…

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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″…

  • Patterns,  Publications,  Quilts

    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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    Star Cakes

    Fat Quarter ShopĀ have a new Shortcut Quilt project called Star Cakes. This quilt requires 1 Printed Layer Cake and 1 Solid Layer Cake to make. The video on how to make the block can be found hereĀ and the free pattern…

  • Quilts

    A finish – Escalator Quilt

    I wanted to make a quilt using 2 1/2″ strips in a combination of low volume background prints and my favourite colours – turquoise, red and navy. What could be more perfect than a FQ bundle of Daysail by Bonnie…

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    Hello Darlings, it’s Desert Sands

    Hello Darlings is the new collection from Bonnie and Camille for Moda. A fresh palette of their signature colours with a mix of small and larger scaled prints. I had a charm pack waiting to be opened and used so…

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    The Rhonda Quilt and Mini

    Introducing the Rhonda quilt and little sister the Rhonda mini quilt. The Rhonda block is made in memory of my beautiful mother. Sadly, mum passed away six years ago and there is not one day that passes that I don’t…

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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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    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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    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…