Threadbare creations

Seven inspiring projects, seven talented makers! Quilting, crochet and baking links to inspire you to create, every day of the week! Happy Sunday lovely! How has your week been? Things feel so heavy in the world right now. Times like this have me seeking out those who inspire and motivate me more than ever - it's my escape, is it yours? Hopefully I've found some projects for you this week, that add some positivity and joy to your creative life: I want to start this week with a You Tube…

My blog is where I share my quilt designs, recipes, tutorials and free patterns, so grab a coffee and let's create something wonderful together.

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! It's tutorial week in my Jacobs Ladder Classic Quilt Blocks series, and it's always my favorite week because we get to sew together YAY! Hopefully you had some time to download last week's colouring sheet and plan a few blocks to sew, but if you didn't then grab your scrap bins and join in anyway. We'll be…

My blog is where I share my quilt designs, recipes, tutorials and free patterns, so grab a coffee and let's create something wonderful together.

February 14 is the day of love and romance. This Valentine's Day show someone you care by sewing a handmade gift using my free Be Mine! FPP heart block pattern! In a few short weeks, cupids' arrow will be striking the hearts of people all around the world. Valentine's Day is the one time we all celebrate love and romance on the same day, and I thought you might like a block pattern to sew for all those projects you have planned. Be Mine! is my gift to you because you guys mean the world to…

I was inspired to start a Scrappy Postage Stamp Quilt after seeing Amber's from Gigi's Thimble. This is my long-term project for 2023 and throughout the year I'll update my progress. Good morning lovely! Earlier in the week I shared my thoughts on slowing down and creating with intention, and I encouraged you to start a long-term project for 2023 - today I'm sharing mine. I've mentioned a few times how inspired I felt when I saw photos of Amber's (Gigi's Thimble) Postage Stamp Quilt, so I…

This month's Classic Quilt Block is a block that's very near and dear to me. I have a soft spot for the simple Pinwheel block and I just love how sweet and delicate it looks in quilt designs. It's a dainty quilt block that's easy to sew and it can be used in many ways. This block takes me right back to my early childhood, when a visit to our annual country show meant I could bring home a pretty pinwheel on a stick - other kids went for the showbags and the terrifying rides, I went for the…

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easily recognised and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! Welcome to the final week of my Ohio Star Classic Quilt Blocks series. I hope you've enjoyed learning more about this gorgeous block, and you've sewn a few of your own using my step by step tutorial. To end the month, I like to do something fun to celebrate, and today I'm looking at variations of this classic…

Last week I raved about the gorgeous Classic Quilt Block, the Sawtooth Star. This week I have a step by step tutorial so you can sew your own block, and if you've never sewn one before you're in for a treat. It's an easy block to sew and hopefully you used last week's colouring sheet to plan your own block. I'll be making a 6" (finished) block and at the end of the tutorial there's a chart of cutting measurements for six different sizes - 4", 6", 8", 10", 12" and 15". You'll be able to use…

My blog is where I share my quilt designs, recipes, tutorials and free patterns, so grab a coffee and let's create something wonderful together.

Good morning lovely! How are your Easter preparations going? It's only a few weeks away now and my shopping is done, the menus are planned and I've decorated the house. I used a lot of neutral and natural decorations this year which is quite odd for me because there's usually colourful eggs and bunnies in every corner! I do like this more subdued (grown up) style of decorating but it didn't feel right without a small pop of colour. I decided to sew an Easter mini quilt, and I loved it so…

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! Last week in my Classic Quilt Blocks series, I introduced the gorgeous Bow Tie block. I talked about the blocks history and how it was designed and constructed, and I gave you some antique inspiration to encourage you to plan your own quilts. Today I'm going to show you how to sew these cute little blocks two…

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are ever quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! It's tutorial week in my Birds In The Air Classic Quilt Blocks series, and it's also Week 1 of my sew along - so much to share with you I don't know where to start! I'm super excited about both and it's fantastic to know so many of you are joining in the sew along, cross fingers I make it fun and you love the…

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! It's tutorial week in my Jacobs Ladder Classic Quilt Blocks series, and it's always my favorite week because we get to sew together YAY! Hopefully you had some time to download last week's colouring sheet and plan a few blocks to sew, but if you didn't then grab your scrap bins and join in anyway. We'll be…

I have made myself a few "Quick Reference Charts" for the studio, which I have on the wall in front of me, while I'm designing. It makes me ...

In the week between Christmas and New Year, I give my sewing room a deep clean and purge - you'd be surprised where I find stray cottons and that pesky seam ripper I lost back in March. ;) My main focus is always my fabric stash, and everything gets sorted, folded and if I'm not feeling it anymore, certain fabrics get culled. I like to identify the problem areas in my stash and earmark these fabrics for new projects. In 2018 I had a surplus of blue/aqua/teal fabrics and I reduced my stash by…

Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! Welcome to the final week of my Economy block Classic Quilt Blocks series. It's been a fun month learning more about this block. We've looked at it's history and design, we're been inspired by some stunning quilts and we've sewn a block in my step by step tutorial, so now it's time to have some fun. To end the…

Last week I raved about the gorgeous Classic Quilt Block, the Sawtooth Star. This week I have a step by step tutorial so you can sew your own block, and if you've never sewn one before you're in for a treat. It's an easy block to sew and hopefully you used last week's colouring sheet to plan your own block. I'll be making a 6" (finished) block and at the end of the tutorial there's a chart of cutting measurements for six different sizes - 4", 6", 8", 10", 12" and 15". You'll be able to use…

Before I started this months blog series, I reached out to some of my favorite Australian designers and asked if they'd like to share any quilts or patterns they'd designed using the Churn Dash block - which is a real treat for my blog I must say! There were a few ladies who have used this Classic Quilt Block in very unique ways, and they agreed to share their work with you and tell you why they chose the Churn Dash block for their projects. In my introduction post I showed you some gorgeous…

Remember the link I shared in my Week Ending post on Sunday for the Non Slip Foot Pedal Mat? Well I made one for myself and I have to tell you....... it works perfectly :) I love my new machine but the foot pedal seems to have a mind of its own and in its travels, gets wedged under the ledge of my sewing table. I'm working on wool carpet and it happened a little with my Pfaff foot pedal but the Brother one just wont stay put. There are probably a hundred solutions for this but I stumbled…