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…
Do you love sewing small quilty projects? Is embroidery, patchwork, English paper piecing and felt sewing your thing? Or have you always wanted to try these techniques but you weren’t sure where to start? I’d love to invite you to the Pretty Stitches Club! What’s It All About? I’m so excited to announce that I’m starting the Pretty Stitches Club…
Getting crafty is always fun, especially when it’s an easy project that even the kids can make! This tutorial will show you my simple method for creating holly ornaments using beautiful wool felt and felt balls from My Felt Lady. Read on to find out how! You Will Need 100% merino wool felt in your favourite colours. I used rose…
I’ve enjoyed making these simple scrappy Christmas Baubles for years. But I’ve recently had a lot of people asking how I made them. They are such a quick and easy project to put together. There’s no sewing required, you only need the tiniest fabric scraps and they’re a perfect holiday craft to try with the kids. If you’d like to…
This is just a quick post to let you know that I shared a little bit about my style and my process when chatting with Susan, so if you’d like to get a little ‘behind the scenes’ view into the Molly and Mama world, I’d love for you to take a listen. Use the button below to listen, or check…
Christmas creeps up on me every year, despite my plans to be more organised and to plan out my Christmas sewing more effectively. Do you feel the same way? So this year, I thought I would create a list of all of my Christmas tutorials and patterns so I could choose my favourites. And then it occurred to me that…
Ali from Arabesque Scissors and I were chatting recently about all of our beautiful fabric scraps that are too precious to throw away. Rather than leave them hiding in buckets and bins, we’ve decided to host an Instagram challenge in October 2021, to look at new and fun ways to make the most of all of those special treasures. Our…
When fabric bundles are delivered to my doorstep, it’s a pretty amazing day! Riley Blake Designs recently sent me the latest fabric collection by Minki Kim called Hidden Cottage. I have always loved Minki’s style and her fabric collections are always an eclectic mix of florals, tiny prints and geometric mixers. She’s also really adventurous when choosing her colour palettes…
A little while back, Danni from Eppiflex sent me some of her laser cut, plastic, English paper piecing (EPP) templates to play with. What a fantastic product! I only ever recommend things I really love using myself, so I’m thrilled to let you know how terrific they were to work with. Eppliflex templates are available in a huge range of…