by andrea | Sep 18, 2019 | Blog, Community, Quilts
We kick off #partyinthequiltback today! From September 18-22, post photos of your favourite quilt backs using the hashtag #partyinthequiltback and win daily prizes from our awesome event sponsors. Wondering what to post? Quilt backs or portions of quilt...
by andrea | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog, Tutorials
This week’s quilt block of the 2019 Summer Sampler is “Altitude” and features a mountainous landscape with the most beautiful sky you can imagine behind it. I designed this block to help you cut and assemble 45 degree diamonds. The result is a dynamic...
by andrea | Jun 4, 2019 | Blog, Tutorials
An easy way to spruce up your embroidery hoop for display is to wrap it. It brings the final product up a level for a finished look without using too much fabric or effort. When you’ve worked hard on a piece such as Canned Pineapples, it’s nice to give it...
by andrea | Jun 4, 2019 | Blog, Tutorials
In this post, you’ll get an idea of how to make some simple embroidery stitches to complete your Canned Pineapples hoop quilt! We’ll cover a back stitch, woven wheel stitch, and a running stitch. I’m not an expert in this realm, but I sure have fun...
by andrea | Jun 4, 2019 | Art, Blog, Colour
Starry Night — one of the world’s most well-known paintings — has been subsumed into the image bank of my mind and probably influenced the design of my hoop quilt design, Canned Pineapples. In this post, we’ll talk about how to choose colours...
by andrea | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Quilts
Introducing Spoonflower’s newest substrate, Petal Signature Cotton™! This new quilting weight cotton is colour-fast and is easy to work with.Pictured here is a baby version of my Striped Scallops pattern with a lively background fabric designed by yours truly....
by andrea | May 2, 2019 | Blog, Quilts
Striped Scallops gives illusion of curves without curved piecing! Learn to get comfortable with some skinny piecing and a scant 1/4″ seam allowance with this pattern. Small throw, 50″ x 56 1/2″. Quilted by Violet Quilts. Striped Scallops comes in 5...
by andrea | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog
Today is my day on the Typecast of Characters Blog Tour hosted by Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill of Whole Circle Studio! Today’s instalment is brought to you by the letter “R”. Typecast is an alphabet of English paper pieced uppercase letters. Each finishes at 6” x 9”. I had...
by andrea | Apr 22, 2019 | Blog, Everyone's Got An X, Sew-Alongs, Tutorials
If you’re still working on your quilting or binding, keep plugging away! Or if you want to play… this week is also our improv challenge. We’ve got some lovely offcuts to work with and some leftover fabric, so what don’t we make something to...
by andrea | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog, Everyone's Got An X, Sew-Alongs, Tutorials
The binding is a shining feature of the design of Everyone’s Got an X. It adds serifs to the top and bottom of the X, like a serifed typeface such as Garamond or Linotype Didot. It’s totally optional to do a piecing binding, but if want to give it a go,...
