A few years back, my best friend (also a quilter) and I decided we needed to get away for a weekend. We took the chance to go to the quilter’s retreat a few hours away, in a small town called Berry. We signed up months in advance, and as it turned out, it was a crazy hectic time […]
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This week i am hosting a second Sunday Stash* link party on behalf of Molli Sparkles, who is still away gallivanting on glitter unicorns, or whatever he does when he is not sewing. Molli is my fellow Juki Brand Ambassador and I have a great interview with him from last year which you should definitely check out. Actually, I […]
Last year my Modern Medallion quilt was accepted into the Texas Quilt Museum as part of the Modern Quilt Guild exhibit. Although I am not able to go along and see the quilt hanging myself, my dad just happened to be travelling in America, and through Texas! He made a special trip to La Grange just […]
I have been following Heather’s journey with keen interest and have seen her transition (online) to an extraordinary quilter. Her 2013 Quiltcon lecture was quite simply inspiring to watch. In this lecture, Heather Jones explores her muse, which she finds in surprising places, from the Walmart parking lot to the corrugated sides of a grain silo. The way […]
This week i am hosting the Sunday Stash* link party on behalf of Molli Sparkles. And having a giveaway! Polka Dot Tea and I have joined forces to offer a pretty great giveaway – a $30 fabric voucher and a Raspberry Spool patterns of your choice. Yay! Link up or comment to enter – see the end […]
The log cabin quilt block is so traditional, I loved making it my own. It feels like a life time ago that I even made the Cabin Fever quilt! The Cabin Fever quilt pattern is available to download from the Raspberry Spool online shop now. Yay! Reinterpreting the traditional log cabin quilt block When the editors […]
How do I put this. Denyse Schmidt is kind of amazing. I’m stoked to ‘have’ her on the blog today, talking about being a modern quilter and modern woman. Denyse has been referred to as the mother of modern quilting and the Wall Street Journal called her ‘The Queen of the ‘Neo-Hillbilly’ Quilt’ With a background in graphic design and […]
Sewing an accurate seam allowance is the number one thing I believe quilters need to get right. It’s not about being picky and perfect points. You guys know that I am not about that. But this is my number one for a reason. If your seam allowance is too shallow, your seam can come apart. If […]
I met Jen Kingwell at Quiltcon in February 2015 and was immediately drawn to her. Maybe it was the Aussie accent, which always feels like home. She was on the Moda stand giving out little prizes if you played a game. I think I won a tea towel… Jen Kingwell is a quilt designer from Melbourne, Australia and […]
Well, 2015 has come and gone. It’s been a big year – in a nutshell there was Quiltcon, Juki and some teaching. I didn’t reach all my goals that I set out to do last year, but I did learn a thing or two along the way. In particular, I need to run my own race and […]