I’m not sure if this block has an official name, I’m calling it Raspberry Kiss. Below are the instructions for making one 4 1/4″ finished square. Making a pillow If you’d like to make a 20″ pillow then make 16 of these squares (4 rows of 4) and add a 2″ border on all sides. My Aerial Kisses […]
Hellooo! I finally have some photos of my scrappy courthouse steps quilt to share with you. Hooray! This quilt has been really popular with my family over the winter months. Mainly because it’s big and it’s backed in flannel. It turns out my family don’t care at all what a quilt looks like so long […]
I don’t usually make the same quilt twice but Courthouse Steps quilts are an exception to that *rule*. Through the use of colour/value and block orientation this simple block can be made in so many ways that keep it feeling fresh and interesting.
Photographing this quilt has been hard! I thought it was the winter light that was causing the colours to look a little weird and then I came across this really great post by page + pixel which talks about how to photograph a white quilt and how essential it is to make sure the surroundings […]
I’ve moved my little blog from blogger to wordpress. And I’ve purchased the woodenspoonquilts.com domain name! It’s super exciting and just a little stressful. Like the night last week when we realised that the emails asking us to click here or the website would be shutdown were actually legitimate. Of course we didn’t work that […]
Three and a half years in the making, my Ocean Waves quilt is finally finished! Phew, it’s a great feeling! The quilt top was completed back in 2016 but then I got stuck on how to quilt it so I popped it in a drawer and forgot all about it. Oops. A couple of weeks […]
For the last year or two my creative energy has been missing in action. Which was fine with me. I didn’t miss sewing. Whenever I did think about sewing, I mostly marvelled at how I ever found time to sew at all. It didn’t help that all my sewing things had to move out of […]
It’s been so long since I did any sewing that I had to literally dust off my sewing machine and cutting mat to prepare this tutorial today! I didn’t plan to take such a long break from my sewing machine, but I’ve enjoyed spending time in the garden, catching up with family and friends and […]
A Pine Tree quilt in an old quilt book* caught my eye when I was looking for inspiration for this project. I can’t say I’ve noticed too many Pine Tree quilts around, although I did remember seeing this gorgeous Pine Tree block by Amanda from HeyPorkChop. I love Amanda’s projects! I didn’t have to look […]
Hello!! Welcome to the Playground Showcase, featuring Amy Sinibaldi’s latest line for Art Gallery Fabrics. The colours in this collection are so completely perfect; pink, coral, mustard, plum and blue. All my favourites! We were still in the thick of winter when I was planning the quilt design, the days were mostly grey and dreary. […]
Yesterday I met Marti Michell, in person and in my home town! What a treat! Marti is currently in New Zealand holding workshops and trunk shows. She is being hosted by Grandmother’s Garden, a quiltshop that is just 15 minutes from where I live. I feel very privileged to have been able to sit down […]
