I’m so thrilled to be joining the blog tour for my lovely friend Bev’s new book ‘Make It Mini*’. You might know Beverly McCullough from her Flamingo Toes blog. She shares gorgeous patterns and tutorials, designs stunning fabric and this is her second sewing book. The Make It Mini Book* contains 13 small quilt patterns that utilise a range of…
The Tilly’s Tea Party Table Runner has been one of my post popular patterns yet! It seems that everyone loves the original design, sewn with sweet embroidered hexagons and English paper pieced blocks stitched in lovely delicate fabrics. You can read more about the design and see close up photos HERE. When I recently received this beautiful bundle of Christmas…
I think I have developed an even deeper fondness for hand stitching after designing this sweet tea cup embroidery design. The Tea Time Posy Stitchery was inspired by a beautiful floral arrangement I received from a group of friends recently. It was a stunning little posy made of carnations and cotton flowers arranged in a darling vintage tea cup and…
Looking for a quick and easy project, that makes the perfect gift for a book lover and is an ideal scrap busting project? Look no further! This hand quilted hexagon bookmark can be stitched together in an afternoon. Grab The Free Pattern This tutorial comes as a free and convenient PDF pattern that you can download and print at home.…
Introducing the Nan’s Garden Stitchery design. Featuring casual florals and a cute little bee, this embroidery design utilises a combination of simple stitches to create a fun, floral hoop hanging. The pattern gives you a full size traceable template to print, and instructions regarding the stitches and colours used. It also links to useful tutorials and information if you’re a…
Elevate your Easter decor and make your very own fabric covered Easter eggs using your favourite fabric scraps and this super easy method. Read on for the basic instructions or sign up to receive the Molly and Mama newsletter and we’ll instantly email you some printable PDF instructions as a free gift! If you’ve been following me for a while,…
I recently had the pleasure of working with the Reflections Collection designed by Lauren Brewer. The entire collection is inspired by the spirit of finding beauty and joy in simple things, so it seemed fitting to use the four different prints that I ordered from Riley Blake Designs to make a simple but beautiful journal cover and matching bookmark. I…
Last year the editor of Homespun in Australia reached out to me to see if I’d be interested in contributing an embroidery project to their lovely magazine. We decided on some beautiful florals to adorn some jeans. And I’m just thrilled with the way the project turned out. Grab the February / March 2022 issue of the magazine for the…
I really love the opportunity to blog for Riley Blake Designs. We’re able to select beautiful fabrics to play with, then we can showcase how the collections can look when made up with different patterns and in different projects. So you get to see inspirational ideas just as the fabrics are being released into stores. Today I’m excited to be…
Welcome to 2022! It’s been a very busy start to the new year for me. As a fabric blogger for Riley Blake Designs, I’ve recently received three different bundles of beautiful fabric. It’s so exciting when a parcel arrives on your doorstep and you open everything up. I’m thrilled to share the first bundle with you, and my first make…