Guess what I finally finished? My super colourful cathedral windows quilt! These cathedral windows came away to the snow with us this year (where I finished it). They came away with us to the snow last year. This bloody thing came away with me to my sister’s house when she used to live in the …
About a year ago I bought a fat quarter set of Anna Maria Horner’s Innocent Crush. The Charmed palette became this quilt: The scraps from both palettes became this: But not before I scratched my head for a while about the Swept Away palette: Eventually an article on Design*Sponge caught my eye. Photos used with …
Sometimes I get so focussed on what I need to get finished that I forget to enjoy myself along the way. I made this little scrap fabric project to remind me to take a chill pill and be present. To me the journey is not just about achieving dreams or goals, but also about those …
Let’s talk about spray basting and binding a quilt with the backing. A while ago I made this coffee table mat whilst on a half-square triangle jaunt: The colours are fabulous but the reality of living with a 2 year old means it spends a lot of its time here: I considered selling the toddler …
A simple log cabin baby quilt. Here’s a recent finish for another baby born a few months ago now. The quilt was inspired by the colours in backing material, a gift from Diana.The squares were made from a variety of single colour prints in my stash, teamed with Robert Kaufman Essex Linen in Coral and …
A disappearing nine patch quilt. I’ve had this one finished for a few weeks but with the travelling and rainy weather it took me a while to get around to photographing it. (You can scroll down to the bottom to get the PDF download for this pattern.) This is an easy-peasy disappearing nine patch, nothing …
Another finish; I hand-bound this quilt on the weekend. It’s only a small one – 40” x 35”. When Anna Maria Horner’s Innocent Crush came out I considered just buying a half yard of all the non-purple fabrics (I don’t like purple) and leave it at that. However, knowing that one has to grow as a quilter, darling, I …
I have a quilted table runner finish to report. It’s not much, but you have to grab them when they happen! I don’t know why, but this thing seemed to take forever to finish. It could have something to do with trimming all these HSTs. For the uninitiated, HST stands for half-square triangles, which gives …
So you want to sew a minky blanket? You’re in luck – I’m back, fresh from wranglin’ the minky. Jokes, jokes. I mean this stuff (the brown dotted one): Minky is a synthetic fabric that is super soft, snuggly and damn slippery. You can find a fine selection of it here on Amazon*. If you’re …
Got too many TV/stereo remotes? You might need a remote control holder. Got a baby that likes to throw remotes across the room? You definitely need this remote control holder DIY! If you’d like to sew your own remote control holder, then follow along. For this remote control holder DIY you’ll need a yard of …
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