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...
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 ma...
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 t...
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...
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...
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...
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 sew...
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...
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 a...
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 q...