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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″…
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Bloggers Quilt Festival – Fall
Amy Ellis from Amy’s creative side is hosting the fall bloggers festival. Add your favourite quilt under the nominated categories to win great prizes and share in the wonderful images of quilts from all over the blogging world. Amy has…
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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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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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Slice of Cake
July 2015 heralded the arrival of Barb and Mary, the creative geniuses behind Me and My Sister Designs. Patches of Indooroopilly held a class for the Slice of Cake quilt. Can I say I am still buzzing from that…
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Precut Primer 7th Grade
Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson the queens of pre-cuts have published the most wonderful book called Precut Primer, Precut quilts that make the grade. Me and My Sister Designs take us through 12 grades of school with 12 brilliant quilts.…
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Patterns, Catalogues and Moda
The new Moda Catalogues are out Issue No. 15 – http://issuu.com/modafabrics/docs/catalog_moda-piece-no15 full of the fabric loveliness of the Moda Designers. This issue holds a special significance for me as it is the first time Quiltjane patterns will be available through United Notions.…
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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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Star Cakes
Fat Quarter Shop 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 here and the free pattern…
