When in doubt …

When in doubt, quilt big, loopy swirls all over it. I have been allowing myself to get distracted and flit from project to project as the whim takes me. I have been starting lots and not finishing much, but when …

Pinwheels for baby

At our sewing group’s end-of-year Christmas party, I was lucky enough to receive two rulers in the Kris Kringle gift swap. (That is the short version of events. The long version is that I saw a plant on the gift …

The indefinite period of the stash

Jennifer over at Quarter Inch from the Edge has set herself a goal of focusing on sewing from her stash this year. She has even written a manifesto and provided tips on how to set yourself realistic and personalised stash-busting goals. …

Bags everywhere

Next month, my sewing group is going on a retreat, and one member has generously offered to run a workshop during the retreat to make Mondo bags. Initially, I thought I would not make a bag as I needed to focus …

The I-spy economy block quilt

My husband’s niece is pregnant, and I planned to make her baby a quilt as soon as I heard the good news. When I saw her at my stepdaughter’s wedding in June, she had a dainty little baby bump. When we …

Shirt vortex

I love the scrap-busting methods of Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts and wanted to join in her scrap vortex quilt-along, but I do not have a very big scrap box. My scrap box is only the size of a large shoebox. …

Back-to-front baby quilt

Have you ever started a quilt with the backing fabric? A bit more than a year ago, I bought one metre of a Japanese fabric from Studio Mio at the local craft fair. It was too adorable to resist, and …

More and more pouches

In my last parcel from Blossom Heart Quilts’ Japanese Colour Club was a lovely bonus piece of blue fabric. I think it is a linen and cotton blend. I liked it so much that I was inspired to use it …

The big reveal

Earlier this week, at one of our regular sewing mornings, my sewing group revealed the finished projects made as part of our round robin swap. The rules of our swap were simple: each person taking part put together a bag …

Compass Quilters: Domestic Deficit Disorder

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 …