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    APQ Quilt A Long – Go Four It

    How exciting. APQ are having another quilt-a-long. This time we are all going to be making a variation on a 4-patch quilt. Lissa Alexander, April Rosenthal and Edyta Sitar have all designed a glorious 4-patch quilt for you to make. …

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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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    Spool block

    The Aurifil Designer BOM for 2014 is coming to an end and all 12 blocks have been published. To finish my quilt I set the 12 blocks on point and added this spool block to the centre. The final on-point…

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    Aurifil Designer 2014 – December

    This is the final block in the 2014 designer series. It has been a really fantastic block of the month project. I have enjoyed each story behind the blocks and cannot wait to put it all together. If you like…

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    Fat Eighth Frenzy

    My version – ‘Eight-Y’ Fat Quarter Shop has added to the Shortcut Quilt family with the Fat Eighth Frenzy pattern. Here is the link to the FREE Fat Quarter Shop pattern: http://static.fatquartershop.com/media/wysiwyg/pdf/FatEighthFrenzy.pdf Here is the link to the Fat Eighth…

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    Aurifil Designer 2014 – November

    This month, Scott Hansen from Blue Nickel Studios is presenting ‘Tossed Salad’, a fun and happy block just like the creator. I have had the pleasure to meet Mr Hansen at market one year and was immediately captivated by his…

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    Aurifil Designer 2014 – October

    This month is my turn in the Aurifil Designer 2014 BOM. You can visit the Aurifil blog for the interview with Pat Sloan and the downloadable PDF pattern. Circle of LoveFinished Block Size : 12″ x 12″ I completed another…

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    Jolly Bar Blog Hop

    Fat Quarter Shop have introduced the exclusive Jolly bar. It’s the middle child between the Layer Cake and the Charm pack. Each Jolly Bar includes 42 – 5″ x 10″ pieces of Moda fabrics and a free pattern to make…

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    Aurifil Designer Block 2014 September

    Designer Pat Wys is the September Aurifil Block designer. You can read all about Pat and what inspired this block in the interview with Pat Sloan here. Pat is an amazing woman, quilter and new grandmother extraordinaire. Visit Pat Wys/Silver Thimble Quilt…