The Tied with a Ribbon Studio While I moved into my this studio more that 2.5years ago, I get asked a lot of questions about my studio and workspace.  So I thought it high time that I should put some pictures up to show and share my workspace and tell you some of the details I often get asked a lot about. One of the things I love most about my room is how we converted what was the Theatre room of the house into my studio.  With a fresh coat of paint and with a large area to work with this was my first pic when we moved in to become my new studio. It faces the street and as su ..read more

Have you seen the amazing work by Kristy at Quiet Play - I am sure that you have as she is not only a Pattern Designer who specialises in Foundation Paper Piecing but also a Rainbow lover, Online Quilting teacher and a Fabric Designer. Make is Kristy's 4th Fabric collection for Riley Blake and it is full of all the amazing rainbow yumminess you have come to expect from Kristy.  This collection features all your favourite sewing and quilting notions think Sewing machines, seam rippers, scissors as well as fabrics featuring sewing and quilting words and other notions all showcased in rain ..read more

As a Quilter one of the most exciting things you can hear from a friend is “Can you show me how to make a quilt?”  All the emotions start running as you know that the adventure ahead for your friend is going to be amazing and hopefully the start of their own loved and long quilting journey. I have been invited by Fat Quarter Shop to participate in the Quilt Goals 2023 Challenge and my Goal was to help a friend with Quilting for the first time.  I thought that it might be helpful to share with you, my top 5 Tips for Teaching a friend to Quilt.   1. Keep is Simple For ..read more

Hey there! I’m Amy from Happy Hippie Studio , and I am stoked to be bringing you a tutorial for the Amour Granny Square! This pattern combines my two favorite things: yarn and fabric.  A little backstory:  I started crocheting when I was eleven. My family lived in Montana where the winters were long and there wasn’t much to do other than drink coffee and crochet (let’s not talk about how I developed a caffeine addiction at eleven!) For many years, I only used fine thread and made so. many. doilies. As I got older, I wanted to make things that were utilitarian as wel ..read more

Guest Blog post by Danielle of @the.reds.quiltco When Jemima reached out to me about testing her Heatwave Quilt pattern, I knew that I wanted to use a variety of prints and solids in the same colour family. Blue is my absolute favourite colour of fabric to work with so it was an obvious choice! I knew I would have a good variety of blues to choose from in my stash and they also played well on the wave design of the pattern.  I gathered about 10-12 potential fabrics and then narrowed them down from there to the seven that I used for my quilt top. A last minute additional pop of navy pol ..read more

Nervousness, excitement, trepidation... Thankfully, release time is also SUPER busy, so I'm able to channel those emotions into the work that has to be done in the lead-up.  Of course, as I'm releasing one project, I'm always working on something else behind the scenes, and it's been no different this time, but this week it's all about Heatwave!  Heatwave is here (and it's SUPER HOT!) Designed for maximum impact, the Heatwave Quilt works well with a range of fabric choices - a combination of your favourite bold solids, the prints in a specific fabric collection, or fabric scrap ..read more

I have a real love for designing Equilateral Triangle Quilt patterns – some of my popular designs such as my End Game Quilt and Love Triangle Quilt use these EQ Triangles as the basis for the design.   I understand that these can often feel intimidating or just maybe a little bit tricky - cut I am here to share with you some of my best Tips and Tricks so that you can tackle Equilateral Triangle's with ease - and see that they really aren't that tricky. End Game Quilt You have seen all the Equilateral Triangles all over the Internet and Pinterest and wonde ..read more

At this time of year as Christmas and the Holiday season is just right round the corner, time seems to be short on for most.  It's such an amazing time of the year to gift to those we love and especially when those gifts are handmade making it all the more precious. But with not long to the big day I am here with my top picks for beautiful, quilt and fast to make gifts you can sew in next to no time to have ready for under the tree.   Sunny Dayz Great hat pattern to make for the kids Bethanie Apron Make this for your baking loving friends or to fancy up your own cooking Hair Day ..read more

Sometimes patterns take a while to come to life and be released out into the Quilty universe.  This is exactly the case for the Choose Your Own Adventure Quilt and I am so excited to introduce my latest release to you and I promise it has been worth the wait. The Choose Your Own Adventure Quilt features 1 pattern that has 2 design colourways.  This means that you can make either the Inside Out version or the In Colour Order and be walked through exactly how to make either one.  No guess work, no reading between the lines and trying to figure it out yourself.  This patt ..read more

What an amazing 8 days away at Quilt Symposium in Wellington, New Zealand.  I was so thrilled to be invited to teach at this event and boy did I love being back in the classroom teaching and also all the amazing inspiration I took from the trip. Quilt Symposium was held in Lower Hutt, Wellington and completely run by an outstanding Quilt Group.  Seriously this was an event that hosted 1000 students and 40 Tutors and then there was everything that went into the behind the scenes and it was truly a remarkable job. TEACHING Over 4 days I taught 4 different classes.  In thes ..read more