I have always loved Christmas tree skirts! Since I just finished a new one this weekend, I thought I’d share it along with a couple of my other Favorite Handmade Tree Skirts. A patchwork tree skirt was actually the very first “quilt” I ever made. I remember cutting out the squares using regular scissors and […]

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Hello, friends! Happy Thanksgiving! Once the Thanksgiving dishes have been cleared away, I am looking forward to decorating for Christmas. So today I’m sharing some thoughts on Christmas Decorating and Christmas Panels along with a few tips I use each year. I always bring out my Christmas quilts, runners, and pillows before doing any other […]

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Do you remember the small wallhanging that I made using my foundation paper pieced Spool Star block? Playing with the Spool Star block is turning out very inspiring. So many ideas!

Let’s look at the first new layout, a Holiday wreath!

The traditional red and green, with some vintage-style blue and pink.

This block works so well with solids or blender-type fabrics, which I have a lot of….

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Merry Christmas everyone.  I hope you have a lovely Christmas Day with friends and family.  I know Christmas will be quite different this year for many of you, but I still hope that you have a special day.  

We'll be with my family at my parents' house in Auckland, so that will be nice.    

Merry Christmas to you all - and thank you to ...

I love seeing our Christmas tree full of ornaments bought, inherited, received and made over the years. It's also the time when those Christmas runners, placemats and wall hangings get to come out and shine.

Adding to our Christmas decorations

Each year I try to make a little something for the tree or the house. I found the tutorial for the Christmas bell - the bell was supposed to be made of "sheer paper cloth" but I used organza backed with light stabilizer instead. The stabilizer gave the organza a crispness without removing the translucence. For the three-sided bell I ...

Hello, friends! There is just one week remaining before Christmas, so I decided I’d better post my Quilting Life Christmas Home Tour for 2020, ready or not! Decorating has been a little different this year since it’s the first year in our new home. I’ve been trying things out, changing them up, and making lists […]

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My work is finished for another year, and I'm looking forward to some quality quilting time.  Long, warm summer evenings, and lots of sport on TV - that combination makes for great stitching time.  

I've got so many things on the go at present, so I really hope I can finish some of them before the end of January. 

I thought I'd show you some of my previous Christmas quilts today.  Of course it's summer here in New Zealand, so we don't need Christmas quilts on our beds.  Instead we tend to make wall hangings and ...

Hello friends, and happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. And while I know it is just the final week of October, it really is time to begin thinking about the holidays. So today I’m sharing my first of several holiday-themed posts. I hope you’ll enjoy and find some fun ideas for Quilted […]

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Some of you asked to see more of the Christmas quilts I took to Pinestream Quilters last weekend.  

I loved doing all the wool felt applique.

It's hand quilted with Aurifil of course!

Tomorrow I'm going to a midwinter Christmas celebration at one of our local quilting guilds.  

My Gingerbread Village

Some people in New Zealand and Australia like to have midwinter Christmas celebrations, and do all the things it's usually too hot to do at Christmas - like drink mulled wine and eat roast dinners.

I've been asked to bring along some of my hand made Christmas decorations, and my Gingerbread Village in particular.  If you're a new follower, and haven't seen my Gingerbread Village, you can read all about it on the tab at the top of ...

Now that the holidays are just about over, it’s time to start cleaning up and getting ready for a new year. As quilters, we not only have beautiful Christmas quilts to put away, but we most likely also have handmade ornaments, table and bed runners, pillows, wall hangings, and kitchen accessories like pot holders and […]

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Originally published in December 2015; updated December 2019. Today I thought it would be a lot of fun to do a project round-up post of things you can still start and finish up in time for Christmas. So I hope you’ll enjoy these 15 Things to Make for Christmas. Although these are things I’ve made […]

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Hello and happy Monday! Today I’m sharing fun quick patchwork Christmas ornaments that I’ve been working on for the three this year. For many years I’ve had a tradition of making handmade ornaments for our tree and to gift to family and friends. This year I decided to finish them up early and put them […]

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