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Making Progress #1
I have made a start and finished the flimsy for my Regatta Quilt Along project. The QAL is being held by Roseanne over at Home Sewn By Us. This is a Quilt Along with a start date but no set finish so...
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Hold the Pickle Quilt Block Tutorial
As I promised last week here’s my quick and cheap tutorial for the Hold the Pickle block.The block is effectively a Pickle Dish Variation variation and once I modified it to remove the Drunkards Path...
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February 2018 Bee Block Round-up
The February Stash Bee block was chosen by this month’s queen Tracy (@tracysbitsnpieces). She picked the Vintage TV block by Lori Holt. She asked for a novelty fabric for the screen and two different...
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Modern Plus Signs book hop ++ Celestial ++
Hello and welcome to my stop on the Modern Plus Signs book hop. I’m Sue and I live in Perth, Western Australia. You’ll see no snow covered landscapes here, since we are just heading into autumn J.I...
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March 2018 Bee Block Round-up
The March Stash Bee queen is Jen (@jentexas). She picked the paper-piecedGeese Trails block from Piece and Press. She asked for blue or grey background and a transition across the geese colours. We...
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April 2018 Block Round-up
I’ve made a start on my Pantone Color of the Year challenge quilt. This year’s colour is Ultra-Violet. I decided I was going to make a mini quilt with a few blocks from the Neighborhood quilt pattern...
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10-inch Toadstool Tutorial
This month I’m queen in Stash Bee and we’re making a toadstool block. I figured I might as well share the tutorial here as well.The block has been tweaked – up scaled, turned into a square, simplified...
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Pantone Challenge 2018 Neighborhood Quilt – a top!
This is the third year I’ve entered the Pantone Color of the Year quilt challenge (other posts are here and here) and I admit to being a big fan of the process. Putting a quilt together using a colour...
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Regatta Cushion – a finish (with faux binding)!
It’s taken me a ridiculously long while, but I have finally finished my Regatta Quilt Along project – this cushion.I wrote about it when I finished the top back in early February. The QAL is being held...
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Curated Quilts: Flapping of Butterfly Wings (a finish)
Improv is not really my thing so when the latest Curated Quilts Mini Challenge was announced I thought I was going to sit it out. The theme is ‘Connections’ and like a dog with a bone I kept trying to...
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June 2018 Bee Block Round-up
I have two blocks to show you this month for Bee Inspired since I didn’t post a block round-up last month. First up this month’s queen is Jen from A Dream and a Stitch. She asked us to choose a block...
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Letters from Australia – a top!
A little while back I saw a blog hop featuring the ‘Bush Gum Blossoms’ line from Amanda Brandl Designs. Amanda specialises in Australiana fabrics and her designs feature Australian birds, animals and...
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Modern Waves (Storm) – a Finish!
I’ve had this quilt up my sleeve to show you for a little while now. I made this for my brother who’s a keen obsessed sailor so when I was picking a colour scheme I decided to go with a stormy sea...
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August 2018 Bee Block Round-up
I was last month’s queen for Bee Inspired and I didn't post a round up so once again there are three blocks to show you this month. August’s queen for Stash Bee is Kerry at lmnop864. We made the very...
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Making Progress #2
I feel like I’ve joined all the sew-alongs at the moment. I’m doing three, which is more than enough of a juggle for me! First one, and the one that has really got away from me is the Firefly Quilt....
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Happy Go Lucky Progress
The Happy Go Lucky Sew-along is winding up and I have finished the blocks set out in the pattern. I’m going to be making it wider than the original so I still need to possibly add in a few more...
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Bloggers Quilt Festival 2018 ++ Celestial ++
It’s time for the annual Bloggers Quilt Festival hosted by Amy from Amy’s Creative Side.This quilt is Celestial that I made for the Modern Plus Signs Quilts book hop (you can find more details and...
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September 2018 Bee Block Round-up
The Modern Christmas trees block has been on my bucket list must-makes for a while now and making a couple of blocks for September’s Stash BeeQueen Dawn hasn’t changed my mind. These were a fun and...
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Making Progress #4
Tish from Tish’s Adventures in Wonderland revealed the design for the Fireburst Mystery Quilt last week so the top of I’ve been working on can be put together. This is it as of the weekend when I took...
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November 2018 Bee Block Round-up
The bees have finished up for another year and in Stash Beeour final queen is Morgan (@cedacanthus). She asked for the Not Quite a Sawtooth Star in navy and yellow from Coriander Quilts. I really...
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