• Book Reviews

    Miss Rosie’s Farmhouse Favourites

    ’12 captivating scrappy quilts’ absolutely describes these alluring quilts featured in Carrie Nelson’s new book – Miss Rosie’s Farmhouse Favorites. Packed with 12 fabulous quilt patterns that will use up your scrap fabric in no time.  These quilts all have…

  • Sew A Long

    Morning Glory Sew-a-long

      Join the team at the Fat Quarter Shop as they introduce their new pattern – Morning Glory, made with the gorgeous Sunday Drive fabrics by Pat Sloan for Moda. This is Pat’s seventh collection for Moda. Read about it…

  • Quilts

    Moda Bella Challenge

    Are you up for a challenge using 12 Bella solids? To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Bella Solids, Moda is hosting a quilt competition with some pretty amazing prizes.  All the details can be found here. Entry form can be…

  • Sew A Long

    Jacob’s Ladder Fun Sew Along

    As part of the “Classic and Vintage” series, Fat Quarter Shop are releasing their Jacob’s Ladder pattern. An oldie but a goodie! I love the pattern a group of blocks make. This quilt has endless fabric options – scrappy, two-tone, reverse the…

  • Quilts

    It’s all about Love

    Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and that means quilters everywhere will be sharing the love.  It’s school cricket on Saturday’s for the next 10 weeks so I’m planning small projects to fill in the hours. The pillow finishes at 18″…

  • Franny&Jane

    Everyday thread from Aurifil

    Fran and I are excited to announce our first Aurifil thread collection – Everyday Escape. This box of 12, 50wt cotton large spools is filled with complementary colours to the Manderley collection, colours that work perfectly with every project.  …

  • Patterns,  Projects,  Tutorials

    How to make a Dresden Angel block

    The delightful duo – Mary and Barb from Me and My Sister Designs stock this fabulous Dresden ruler and new patterns in their e-store. Being a big fan of Dresdens and not having a 36 degree wedge, I simply had to get one.  Christmas…

  • Publications,  Quilts

    Franny and Jane interview with Pat Sloan

    Pat Sloan’s podcast is live with our interview from Spring Quilt Market. Visit http://www.creativetalknetwork.com/ or http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/magazines-more/quilting-podcast to hear about our new collection – Manderley and how we became Franny & Jane. Joining Pat this week will be fellow aussie Gail Pan, Katarina Roccella and Susan-Claire…