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Last weekend I had a fabulous time teaching a patchwork and quilting class out at Creative Craft Retreat. I’ve been talking about this retreat off and on now all year as I planned my class quilt and then when I finished my Christmas Triangles Quilt. My class basically created a half square triangle quilt out [...]
I’ve realised that I love striped quilt binding! I can think of at least 3 or 4 quilts that I have finished with stripes around the edge. It just looks so cute! This quilt binding was done a little differently than I usually do it so I thought I’d share. Generally I start by cutting [...]
I’ve been writing a little this week about the quilting UFOs I have stashed away. Today I have another one – in fact, one of my favourites. For a number of years, I collected Japanese style fabrics as I came across them and wondered how I was going to do them justice in a quilt. [...]
I seem to be drawn to stars in fabrics and quilts, so when I saw a pattern for this log cabin quilt with stars I knew it was on the “To Do” list. This is another of my UFOs that I mentioned over at And Sew We Craft and there a little story behind this [...]
My kids each have a quilt that sits on their bed and this is the one that I made for Mr Happy. It is called an I Spy Quilt because there is a collection of novelty prints that encourage kids to look for things or play “I Spy” with it. It is bright and colourful [...]
Kids bedding is so much fun! Bright colours. Great prints. Cute accessories. Fun! But sometimes you can’t find just what you’re looking for in the stores. That’s where I come in. I’m planning a doona cover for a lucky little boy. (For my international readers, a “doona” is what we call a “duvet” here is [...]
I love making baby quilts. They are so quick compared to larger quilts so they satisfy my need to finish a project and admire it. I like the idea that a baby quilt becomes a toddler quilt and continues to be special for so many years. When my own children were babies, I was only [...]
It has taken almost a year but I have finished another charm square quilt! Yay! I made this quilt to teach at Creative Craft Retreat last year. I got the quilt top all done and took photos for the brochure, but never quite got around to finishing it off before the Retreat. At Retreat I [...]
Later in the year I’m teaching a class at Creative Craft Retreat. This year it will be a quilt with half square triangles. I’ve been working on the sample quilt and I just have to share it with you. I love it! Now I know it is Summer at Christmas time here in Australia so [...]
{Baby Girl Quilt} I love reading quilting blogs! So many projects I want to try… so many beautiful fabrics… so many clever colour schemes… so many helpful tutorials! {Baby Boy Quilt} Ages ago I shared some of my favourites in a post called 10 Quilting Blogs I Love. This post adds another ten to that [...]
