Hands up who else gifted handmade this Christmas?? This Christmas saw 3 quilts find new homes, including the quilt that inspired the Origami quilt pattern in the first place – the Japanese Origami quilt. This quilt (and the resulting quilt pattern) was inspired by the Japanese fabrics that my mother-in-law purchased in Japan earlier this […]

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Main - How to use fabric from stash - I have bought fabric over the years, as most quilters do, because I like the colors and added them to my stash. Now this is the dilemma and I hope I can make myself clear. I find a pattern I would like to use but do not know how to incorporate my stash. I really do not want to buy

In 2012 I embarked on a mission to make a Sashiko Quilt and this was the result: Sashiko Quilt Sashiko detail Why did I decide to make a Sashiko quilt? There were three reasons: 1. I saw the lovely shiny Japanese fabrics stacked up my local quilt shop and thought, "aren't those lovely!". 2. We were about to have a Japanese exchange come and stay with us for three weeks, and later in the year my son would be going to Japan for three weeks. 3. I thought it would be fun to experiment with the…

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