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The April quilt block from the Craftsy free Block of the Month class was a challenge for me. I haven’t pieced curved seams before. I haven’t created a circle in a block like this before. I haven’t appliqued around a circle for a long time. I haven’t used the blanket stitch on my sewing machine [...]
One of the new things I am enjoying this year is the free Block of the Month quilting class over at Craftsy. I have been loving creating the blocks bit by bit, and I had planned to share the April block with you this week but somehow the week got away from me! Look out [...]
After sharing my Padded Seat Belt Cover post last week, I got a lot of messages asking how to make these. Today I’m going to share how I made mine, plus show you a second one I made out of gorgeous Umbrella Prints fabric for the Trimmings Competition. Umbrella Prints make printed organic fabric and [...]
This month is the first of our Modern Blocks QuiltAlong (ModernQAL) over at And Sew We Craft. We have a whole 12 months of blocks planned from the Modern Blocks book by Susanne Woods. The first block is called Follow the Leader and I LOVE it! Yes, it was a little fiddly with a few pieces [...]
Mother’s Day is coming and there are some fantastic ideas around the Blogosphere for gifts to make for Mum. Today I have a collection of gorgeous cushions that you could make from the free tutorials. Click on the pictures or the links to find the instructions. {Applique cushion from Anna Joyce on the Design Sponge} {Cushion with [...]
Next month were starting our Quilt Along over at And Sew We Craft blog. We’re all choosing blocks from Modern Blocks by Susanne Woods so we’re calling it the Modern Blocks QuiltAlong. Every month there will be a new block introduced by one of our Team. You might choose to make all of them or [...]
Here in Australia we have pretty strict laws about kids and car seats to keep them safe. This is fine with me as I’ve heard plenty of gruesome stories about what can happen to kids in car accidents. My Little Miss (9) has finally moved out of a booster seat now that Mr Happy (almost [...]
Introducing Violette, the felt doll! She is a beautiful Russian doll made from felt and she is all hand stitched. My Little Miss named her Violette because she includes so many shades of purple. I was lucky enough to be asked by Katia from Plushka’s Makery to try out one of her new patterns. She [...]
Tomorrow I have a very cute project to share on the blog as part of the Make a Plushka Toy Blog Tour. As I was making my toy I decided to create a tutorial that I’ve been planning to write for a while now. I wanted to show you how to blanket stitch an applique. [...]
Remember my Craftsy Blocks of the Month? I had such fun creating the January and February blocks so I was really looking forward to the March quilt block. This one is called an Economy Block. (If anyone knows why it is called that, I’d love to know! I can’t find the answer.) The final block [...]
