Lola the orphan

Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl an orphan block. I foolishly did not check my printer settings when I drew an English paper piecing block on my computer, and I printed it too small. I did not notice …

The one with the bird

Last year, I did a class with David Taylor, a master of art quilts, through Handcrafters House. I love the realism of David’s work (Maynard, which I think of as ‘dog bum in the snow’, is my favourite), but there …

Lola

It was a friend’s birthday this week, and it sneaked up on me. In a mad rush, I made a large Lola pouch with Cotton + Steel cat fabric and Robert Kaufman Shetland flannel in ocean. She loves cats and greeny-teal …

Starting and finishing

Last week, I went a bit wild and started four projects in four days. We know we should not, but we all do it, right? On day 1, I started cutting out templates and pieces for a Christmas tree skirt I have …

Bowl

According to Instagram, I made this experimental free-motion quilting sample a year ago. It sat in my UFO collection until a week or two ago, when I started picking friends’ brains for ideas. To use it up, making a vinyl zipper …

Baby bibs

I do not know much about babies, but I do know that stuff comes out of both ends. Parents need stuff to soak up that stuff. With a metre of towelling, some ready-made bias binding, some snaps and some novelty fabrics from my …

Binding kits

I have been meaning to make some Goody Goody Binding Kits for a while, but I could not choose which fabrics to use. I wanted to make one to use something from my stash of heavier cotton and linen fat …

Elephant family

I am on track to achieve my goal of one humidicrib quilt each month in 2015. March’s is done! If you are wondering what a humidicrib is, I have learned that they are also called isolettes and incubators in other parts …

Simple quilted eye mask

I have been meaning to make some eye masks for a while. I have had the elastic, fabric and binding sitting in a bag on my sewing table for months. I thought I would make some as Christmas gifts, but …

Stripy binding tutorial

For my rainbow baby quilt, I wanted the stripes of the binding to join neatly, without obvious jumps in the stripes, so this is what I did. A note before I begin: normally, I cut my quilt binding on the …