• 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.…

  • BOM

    Catching up

    I finally caught up with my BOMs. Last months Aurifil Designer mini is Grow Up by Nancy Rink Designs. Made with Hawthorne Threads in house designed fabrics Bengal and Etched and pieced with Aurifil 2024 50wt cotton. Read the interview with Nancy and…

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    Aurifil Designer Mini – Jungle Gym

    Ebony Love from Love Bug Studios is this months Aurifil mini designer. The pattern and interview with Ebony can be found on the Aurifil blog site here. This is my interpretation of the block. I let the gorgeous fabrics from Hawthorne Threads do…

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    Aurifil Designer Mini – June

    Barb and Mary from Me and My Sister Designs are this month’s Aurifil Mini designers. They have created a fun mini called Hi De Ho Cheerio! The pattern can be found at Auribuzz and interview at Pat Sloan. I am accumulating…

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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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    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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    Poodles and Fabrics

    Hawthorne Threads package arrived today and Jasper found one print very appealing – Bon Vivant by Paige Stanley Miller. These are the other fabric delights I received. I am into turquoise at the moment and keeping up a stockpile of…

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    Ooh, I’m naughty

    I need more fabric like a need a hole in my head but strangely I am drawn to its colours and designs over and over again. This is my latest fabric purchases: I liked this colourway Dots and animals. Two…