After all the interest in Declan’s Log Cabin quilt I’ve decided to make Connor’s quilt a community project. For the next few weeks I will be outlining one step a day to lead you to the finished quilt. The entire project can be done within a weekend, but as a busy Mum I know there is no way I can dedicate and entire weekend to sewing, so breaking it down into seven steps and a couple of hours each day [...]

I’m crazy happy about finishing this little beauty up over the weekend. I ended up taking the time to hand sew the binding and it was very much worth the effort, it’s far more precise than I could have ever managed on my machine and some hand sewing in front of some movies (Welcome To The Jungle and Terminator Salvation for those that are interested!) was very relaxing. I promise the edges are straight, it’s just my husband that is [...]

I spent the majority of yesterday standing at the kitchen counter sewing whilst occasionally playing referee between the boys and letting them watch more movies than I should probably admit to. I have no idea what possessed me to get started on a quilt on a day where my eldest wasn’t in preschool, but, lets just say I have learned my lesson! I promise it really is straight, this was the best photo I could get before the wind blew [...]

We have a rental inspection tomorrow, so of course when the kids went down for their nap I got stuck into making the kitchen spotless and making my home sparkle so we don’t get booted out. Not a chance! All my good intentions of cleaning went out the window and instead I sat down on my sewing machine for a bit of me time. One hour straight of free motioning with my darning foot and this is a sneak peek [...]

A project I started today, thinking it would only take me one nap to get done, already put about two hours into it and it’s nowhere near resembling what I eventually hope it to be. There is sewing, gluing and a LOT more colouring to be done before it even nears completion, but the bright colours make me happy just looking at them, and with the plans I have in mind it should be awesome. NB: Is anyone else obsessed [...]

A couple of days ago I discovered the joys of paper piecing, it’s something I’d seen before but I’d written it off as being too much work and too time intensive, allow me now to take that all back! I made up Sonja Callaghan’s Gnomlette within half an hour and the results are, if I do say so myself, absolutely awesome. There’s a bit more info about it and some more pictures on my personal blog. Looking around the wonder [...]

ALLITERATION FTW!!! Continuing the Halloween specials, I give you a super cute trick or treating bag, guaranteed to last from year to year no matter what outfit you’re pairing it with I would like to stand up in my own defence before I get into this one, yes, I quilt, but I am a crazy/scrap quilter, I have a phobia of seam matching and precise measurements, so my methods (and finished product!) probably make seasoned quilters and patchworkers shake in [...]

Helen has asked me to spread the word about her new flickr group, Australian Scrap Quilters. She is in the process of organising a swap for people who are interested in making a scrap quilt without spending four years collecting up co-ordinating fabrics. You send off a collection of various 6.5inch squares of 100% cotton from your scrap collection and stamps for return postage, and in return you’ll receive the same amount of squares back to you in the theme [...]

I love the thought of surrounding myself in handmade items, preferably that I’ve made myself, and to me nothing seems better than sleeping underneath something that I’ve spent months creating, which is what turned me on to quilting about a year ago. Unfortunately I didn’t think this plan through very well, I’m not a very precise crafter, and I’m certainly not a patient one, something that I think is required for quilters. So quilt top after quilt top was shoved [...]