The Railroad Quilt: A Beginner’s Quilt
I hear from a number of you pretty regularly that you’d love to make your first quilt, but don’t know where to start, or you’re intimidated. Well, this Railroad Quilt is the perfect first project. It is a quilt that is all about colour and fabrics. It involves easy cutting and piecing, but still has […]
A Forest Quilt by Patty Sloniger
My fellow Michael Miller designer, Patty Sloniger designs beautiful fabric. She also designs beautiful quilts. She made a lovely tree forest quilt with Festive Forest that I love for its graphic nature. Her balance of colours throughout is just right and her free motion quilting is something for me to aspire to. Patty did a […]
A Merry Pillow Cover by Brooke Sellmann
Feast your eyes on this charming pillow: It was created by the talented Brooke Sellmann of Silly Mama Quilts with FESTIVE FOREST fabric. Don’t you just love those evergreens? They are so effective in the different green fabrics from the collection, looking like they are all decorated for the holidays. And the band of red […]
Quilting With Solids – Bloomin’ Quilt
Part 2 of my venture into the world of solids. We had a bout of grey days here a few weeks ago and I’m one of those people who feels the lack of natural light down to my core. Needing a pick-me-up, I decided to create a quilted garden in my sewing room. Like the […]
Quilting With Solids – Cobblestone Quilt
I love pattern! I know … big surprise. I thought however that it was about time I tried my hand at quilting with solids. Michael Miller’s line of Cotton Couture solids is so dreamy soft to work with and they just keep adding more & more colours to the range. They’re up to 150 now! […]
Valentine Quilts
Have you heard? Michael Miller Fabrics has a new valentine fabric collection, Sweetheart. I love a good heart fabric, so I was inspired to get creative when I saw the collection, along with a few other prints like their charming Cherry Dot. I decided that a couple Valentine themed quilts were in order. First, there’s “Lots […]
Machine Embroidered Boy’s Wallet Tutorial
Happy New Year, just a mere almost two weeks late! I hope you all enjoyed festive and relaxing holidays. It seems like I have been quilting and quilting and quilting lately, and not much else (not necessarily a bad thing). I finished up the latest one on my list last week (more on that next […]
Origami Oasis – Oasis Frolic Quilt by Jenn Topp
Jenn Topp is another Montreal-based quilter I have had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know through the Montreal Modern Quilt Guild. Her quilts that I have seen thus far are joyful, playful and colourful. She also has a little boy at home who shares his room with a 5ft tall giraffe, so I […]
Fiesta Lap Quilt
One of the new fabric lines by Michael Miller that made its debut at Quilt Market this fall is Fiesta. I love the warm Southwestern vibe, captured so beautifully in these Michael Miller mood boards. The chocolate colour way really caught my eye and inspired me to create an easy lap quilt. Whether you look […]
{ Happy Sewing } Origami Oasis Bento Bags
While Origami Oasis certainly was designed with children in mind, I wanted to share a project with you today, The Bento Bag, that really plays on the Origami theme, and that I created with a bit more of a grownup user in mind, though kids can certainly use them as well. These Japanese-inspired bags are […]
