by andrea | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog, Colour
Banner Year is the first 3rd Story Workshop pattern that is traditionally pieced, and not paper pieced! This is a beginner-friendly pattern that comes together quickly and fits a nursery, pre-teen or teen’s room or a living room depending on the colour palette...
by andrea | Feb 10, 2018 | Blog, Tutorials
Setting and re-setting your ruler can take valuable seconds, especially when you’re doing it hundreds of times. Whether you’re cutting HSTs or trimming off corners of a snowball blocks, this method lets you make a few cuts in one fell swoop. Line up (up...
by andrea | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog, Tutorials
You know that moment when you’ve cut all your pieces for a project and you’re ready to sew, sew, sew? It’s the go-time moment. I think we all love this part – when we can just feed that beautiful fabric through the machine in one long chain. We...
by andrea | Jan 11, 2018 | Art, Blog, Quilts
American Patchwork and Quilting’s Challenge for QuiltCon 2018 was Flying Geese. The prompt asked participants to modernize a traditional flying geese block with any variation, and make it into a modern quilt using modern quilting elements. Finished quilts could...
by andrea | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog, Canada, Quilts
I had the opportunity to develop another pattern from a commission (first one was the Sleepy Fox pattern) and this time, I went underwater. When my son’s preschool teacher approached me about making a wall hanging for the classroom, I had in mind to try this...
