Sew Day

I usually only get one day a week in my sewing studio and ordinarily I like to focus on my own big projects but today it was a catch up day instead. 

I crossed four jobs off my to-do list. 

  1. Tote Bags x3
  2. Dog jacket repair
  3. Microwave heat pack 
  4. New dog jacket for Betty

The tote bags turned out well:


The dog jacket repair: 


The dog jacket was originally made with scraps from a project, then was worn every winter for twelve years by our spoodle (he passed late last year) and is now worn by Jordy our Pomeranian x border terrier foster dog.

The microwave rice pack:


And I made our foster chihuahua Betty a new dog jacket because she only had one and I wanted a spare for wash days. I forgot to get a good photo of her teal scrappy dog jacket but here she is almost snoozing in it. 


Australiana Adventures Monthly Pattern Test

I am currently hosting the Australiana Adventures BOM so each month I need to pattern test a quilt block. This month I pattern tested the cockatoo block!
This quilt is slowly coming together one block at a time and will be so cute when it is completed!

There's so much unique wildlife in Australia, it is great to be able to share some Australiana with the quilty community I have built in my private BOM Facebook group. 


Handyman Adventures Quilt Design

I've spent a few weeks working on a handyman themed quilt design!


This design is only in the initial phase of my design process. 

Phase 1: Design the blocks and quilt layout

Phase 2: Collate the block patterns and draft the quilt book 

Phase 3: Pattern test 

Phase 4: Edit and order a book proof

Phase 5: Pattern book release

This process takes years because I have lots of designs in various phases of this process. 



BOOK LAUNCH


Eye Spy Adventures is the very popular pattern from my 2024/25 BOM

The Hexagon Adventures book includes the pattern layout for these two popular designs as well as 48 other quilt designs and several hexagon template sizes.

So it is a lifetime of hexagon EPP patterns that you can make in multiple sizes!