I love mini quilts – they are such a gorgeous way to practice your skills, learn new techniques, then have something to display. Here are ten super gorgeous mini quilts that have free patterns! Hurrah! Arabesque Mini by Woodberry Way – HSTs at their best! I Heart You Mini by Cluck Cluck Sew… Read More
I know this pattern is called Hazel the Hedgehog…but being Australian my kids are not too familiar with hedgehogs. As soon as the block was finished they named her ‘Spike the Echidna’ and it stuck! When Angie from Gnome Angel announced that she was hosting a Hazel Quilt-A-Long using Elizabeth Hartman‘s pattern during February I… Read More
Could this be one of favourite projects EVER? Yes I think so! As you might remember from this post, I found a gorgeous mini quilt on pinterest that used these blocks. After some detective work I discovered the maker and followed her information over to the Raspberry Kiss block tutorial by Wooden Spoon Quilts. I… Read More
I had high hopes for this patchwork heart, I really did. My plan was to finish sewing it up, pat myself on the back for how awesome it looks, then post all the details as a new tutorial on the blog. Nope. Looks pretty good so far right? Once I sewed it together I realised… Read More
I’ve been stressing out that I’ve had no project finishes to share this week despite spending quite a lot of time sewing. Some projects are a long game and you just have to chip away at them bit by bit. And if I keep telling myself that maybe soon I’ll start to believe it and… Read More
I’ve joined my first ever quilt bee! I’m part of one of the Beehive Swarms – I’m really excited about it AND I’m swarm leader (omg) so I’ve decided that I need to do some practice. Accuracy is a weak point for me so the last couple of days I’ve started putting myself through a… Read More
A good friend of mine has recently started a new job and she was feeling a bit unsure about it all and told me that her office environment hadn’t turned out to be as friendly as she’d hoped. I decided to do something to help make her workplace more inviting, so I made her this… Read More
Close friends of ours recently welcomed a baby girl named Zahra and this quilt has recently flown around the world and arrived in London for her to enjoy. You might remember I shared a this work in progress post a while ago. When I started this quilt, I really wasn’t sure about how it would… Read More
You know those days you wake up and BAM! There is an idea in your head that you can’t get rid of and you must MAKE IT NOW! That happened to me with this quilt. It’s the first quilt I have made for myself and it’s been lovely this winter to snuggle into it while… Read More
After my creative slump confessions from last week, I completely ignored everything related to sewing and blogging until today and enjoyed the week. I spent some time with old friends who were visiting us from Wagga, their kids and ours had a blast together. I had a fun girls day out with Anna as a… Read More