The Union Jack quilt that I made with the help of the Compass Quilters bee group is finished! After finishing the top in September, I dropped it off with Donna to be long-arm quilted in large, circular loops. When it came … Continue reading
Sadly, Compass Quilters is in its final month. All good things must come to an end. Tanyia from Domestic Deficit Disorder is our queen bee in March, and she asked for tiny Polaroid blocks. We did not have to make the background … Continue reading
I am queen bee of the Compass Quilters group in February, and I have chosen red, white and blue Union Jack blocks. What says ‘queen bee’ more than the Queen herself? I cannot ask the group to make blocks inspired by stylish … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
My favourite toy when I was a child was Lego, and I still have my (now vintage) Lego collection. Christmas was always a time of new Lego and lots of Lego building. I think that is what inspired the crazy idea … Continue reading
Compass Quilters is in its third month (yes, already!), and Diana from Red Delicious Life is our queen bee in October. Diana asked us to make 11½-inch string blocks, broken by a solid white stripe, and she explained her method on her … Continue reading
In my scrap box, I had two pieces of blue spotted fabric, slightly bigger than 6½ x 2 inches, with fusible polyester wadding ironed on the back. They were leftovers from my knitting bag – a result of a miscalculation. … Continue reading
A group of fellow bloggers in Australia and New Zealand met through the 2014 New Quilt Blogger Blog Hop and decided to organise an antipodean round robin: Possum Magic. Two of the Possum Magic girls are taking part in this … Continue reading
On a recent trip to Victoria, I bought Gum Valley Patchwork’s cute teeny hexagon purse kit. I am proud to say that it has not languished in my craft cupboard unfinished for years; I have already made it up. I … Continue reading
Last year I made five or six peg bags. You would think I had enough, wouldn’t you? But no! I gave them all away and realised when my wicker peg basket started to fall apart this month that I had … Continue reading
