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The Splendid Sampler™ – blocks 8,9 and 10
Tomorrow Alyssa Thomas from Penguin and Fish will be revealing her Block 11 – Crocheted Thoughts. So get your embroidery floss and needle ready. Alyssa has great videos on Periscope showing you how-tos of embroidery. Here are my last three blocks.…
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The Splendid Sampler™ – Block 7
Amy Sinibaldi – NanaCompany has created the cutest stitchery. Download the 7th Splendid Sampler block, Snug as a Bug, here. I have used folk art paints mixed with a textile medium and painted the child, toys and quilt then embellished…
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Splendid Sampler™ – Blocks 5 and 6
[wc_divider style=”dashed” line=”single” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=””] Block 6 has been released and it is a delightfully pieced block by Natalia Bonner of Piece n Quilt. Celine Perkins gorgeous block, Simple Simon was published on Sunday. If you have missed any…
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Block 3 and 4 – The Splendid Sampler™
Last week I posted about a competition to win a Splendid Sampler ™ FQ bundle of your choice from Fat Quarter Shop. There were so many beautiful and inspiring stories. I loved reading them all. Congratulations to Tammy Wilcox (I will…
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The Splendid Sampler™ – Block 2 Wings
Block 2 of the Splendid Sampler™ has arrived. 10 – 1 1/2″ half square triangle (HST) butterflies nesting amongst a garden of 26 – 1″ finished squares. This is what we would call a 6-patch block configuration. It’s a great…
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The Splendid Sampler – Block 1 Hearts Aflutter
Today marks the release of the first Splendid Sampler ™ block – Hearts Aflutter by Pat Sloan. The block pattern can be downloaded here. I will be making the 100 blocks in my collection of French General fabrics from 2009…
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Fat Quarter Shop’s top 10 videos and giveaway
Over the years I have been lucky enough to make many of the Fat Quarter Shop quilts. To celebrate their top 10 free quilt patterns they are having a giveaway. Use #FQSTop10 and the hashtag for your quilt pattern when…
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No bake Jolly bar quilt
The Fat Quarter Shop in conjunction with Moda fabrics have created the fabulous pre-cut the Jolly Bar. Measuring 5″ x 10″ (half a layer cake piece), this 42 piece bundle of sweetness comes in your favourite Moda designer collection with a…
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Mini Charm Christmas
Mini charms are bundles of 42 – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ squares from a Moda collection. They are a great pre-cut to use for smaller projects such as pouches, bags / totes and mini’s. Recently, I received a pack…
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Fat Quarter Baby – Matthew
I am so excited about this book. Fat Quarter Shop are proud to present their first ever quilt patterns for baby all wrapped up in a book called Fat Quarter Baby. Twenty delightful patterns for boys and girls. Butterflies and…
