Sewjournal

I’ve always liked Saffron Craig’s fabrics even though I think they’re a little pricey  - around $28 per metre – but Catherine of Catherine’s Place is running a co-op on them. The most famous fabrics I guess are these Bird Tree ones: But my favourites are these. Aren’t they gorgeous? So how does $21.95 per [...]

I’ve finished the It’s a Hoot baby quilt. I bound it with a lovely jagged Kaffe stripe. Here it is before I washed it. What do you think? If you click on the second pic to get a larger one and look closely you can see the hand quilting around the bird on the backing. [...]

Have you seen the klosjes around the blogosphere? Do you know what they are? They’re small spool blocks (that’s what the Dutch word klosje means). I’ve seen them on many, many blogs including Janet’s of Quiltsalott. I downloaded a pdf pattern from the web but now I can’t find the blog I got it from so I can’t share it [...]

Shirley Goodwin – a kind-hearted Kiwi Quilter – is collecting healing hearts to make quilts for the families of the miners who were killed in the Pike River mine disaster. This is the one I have done. I know many of you may like to participate so here are the relevant details along with the address you should send them [...]

When my daughter was young, a favourite book at bedtime was My cat likes to hide in boxes by Eve Sutton. It’s a really cute book with a great rhyme. Anyway I was reminded of this the other day when I saw this Mr Tiggy tail poking out. As he heard me exclaim to my husband he left in [...]

Back with part 2 of my interview with Linda Franz. Q. Linda for those of us who have never tried Inklingo I notice you have some free shapes to download. Do we need the special software to use those shapes? A. Good news! No special software. One of my objectives in developing Inklingo was to make [...]

Last year when I visited the US a friend gave me some fabric that had been “Inklingoed” with diamond shapes. It had all the cutting and seam lines accurately marked. I was really impressed. Then when I joined a designers’ email list I “met”  Linda Franz the creative mind behind Inklingo and she agreed to [...]