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Happy Flower Quilt Along – Blocks 46-50

Welcome to a very special moment in the Happy Flower Quilt Along...drum roll please... We are halfway through!! Woohoo!! If you've made it this far, hearty congratulations to you...You can be so proud of yourself! I've loved sharing what I've made this far with you...

Pretty Handmades Blog Tour – Flower Friends Quilt

Welcome to my stop on the Pretty Handmades Blog Tour! Today we are all about this beautiful new book, Pretty Handmades, written and beautifully presented by Lauren Wright, of Molly and Mama, and I am absolutely thrilled to be celebrating her amazing achievement with...

Pretty Handmade Blog Tour

I'm so excited to be joining in the blog tour for my fellow Aussie Lauren Wright's first book Pretty Handmades! This book is the essence of pink and pretty, and you will just love all the sweet projects. I'll be creating a project with the luscious colours...

Liberty Tilda Rose Stencil Pillows

I'm so happy to show you this finished project today! These are my Liberty and Tilda fabric stencil pillows, but I'll take you back to where they all began... A few months ago, my kids piano teacher asked for some custom cushions in a few different sizes, to refresh...

Happy Flower Quilt Along-Blocks 42-45

Welcome back to the Happy Flower Quilt Along...I can't believe this is already my 11th blog post about this. I have a substantial stack of blocks in my pile now. All my progress, plus assembly tips can be found in my previous posts: blocks 1-4, blocks 5-6, blocks...

Scrappy Pompom Pincushion Tutorial

Today I'm sharing a quick tutorial on how to make my Scrappy Pompom pincushion that I sent to my partner for the Aussie Mini Quilt Swap. This is such a sweet scrap busting project! After I had finished my mini quilt, which was entirely made from charm packs, I was...

Happy Flower Quilt Along – Blocks 37-41

Welcome back for another installment of the Happy flower quilt along. Today I'm sharing my blocks 37 - 41, and a little step by step for the tricky basket block in block 39. I'm sewing along with our hosts Krystyne from Pretty by hand, Melissa from Oh how sweet, and...

Design Your Own Barn Style Mini Quilt

Today I'm sharing some more details on my barn style mini quilt, with some ideas on how you can mod and design your own barn style mini quilt. You, yes you, can branch out and create something truly unique. Just by playing with half square triangles, and split quarter...

Aussie Mini Quilt Swap – Barn Style Quilt

A couple of months ago, when the Bonnie & Camille #aussieminiquiltswap popped up in my Instagram feed, I couldn't resist. An opportunity to make a barn style quilt?!! Yes please. I haven't involved in many of these fun little swaps lately, because my etsy shop was...

7 Tips For Beautiful Needle Turn Applique

I never used to enjoy hand sewing at all. I think it can be a young thing, as I was always about getting lots done and fast. Hand sewing just didn't appeal, as it felt like creating at a snail's pace. And it's probably just that fact, that when I becaume a mum, and...

Happy Flower Quilt Along – Blocks 33-36

I've really enjoyed seeing my pile of blocks gradually grow...and suddenly it seems there's a large stack! I mean look at how many posts you can already look back on! Here are the links to check out my earlier Happy Flower quilt along blocks: blocks 1-4, blocks...

Happy Flower Quilt Along – Blocks 28-32

Progress on my Happy Flower Quilt – blocks 28-32

Happy Flower Quilt Along Blocks 23-27

Well I've fallen a fair bit behind with posting these blocks sorry! If you're following me on Instagram, you'd know that I am actually keeping up...a total first for me for any quilt along! Quite a number of you have said that you've appreciated me posting these...

Handmade Birthday – Zola Pencilcase

It's the season of birthdays in our family again, when everyone turns another year older. And it all happens in such a rush for our kids. We've just had a 21st, an 11th and a 14th all in two weeks. I'm used to strapping myself in for the ride now, but when did that...