Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! I'm settling back into routine after our recent trip to Norfolk island. It was such a wonderful retreat, and we loved having extra tours and sightseeing mixed in to our sewing time. In fact, Ange (from GnomeAngel) and I enjoyed it so much, we're planning to do it again next year! The island is such a beautiful community - everyone waves as you pass them driving, cows have right of way, chickens wander freely, tourists are welcomed...
10 days agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! I hope you've made a cuppa and settled in for a bit of a read because gosh do I have a lot to share about in this newsletter! It has been a huge few weeks here, full of so many good things and exciting news! Both personal and quilty.Let me tell you the personal news first - it has a quilty twist. Let me set the scene. It was the night before I was flying out to Norfolk Island (for the above-mentioned retreat). It was my partner's...
17 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! Thanks to the magic of scheduling and automation, Rainbow Ramblings is arriving to your inbox while I'm off on Norfolk Island, having a whale of a time ;) I'm joining Ange of GnomeAngel and 35 other amazing quilters to sew, eat and tour our way around this island that is just a tiny dot on the map between Australia and New Zealand! I'll be headed home in a couple of days time, likely brimming full of inspiration and ideas! However...
24 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! I've talked and teased enough about the new book themed pattern - and I'm happy to say... it's here! My teenage gal and I braved the cold (well the Queensland version of cold at 11C (51F)) to snap some photos in the local park. The dream was for a moody, dark library or bookshop for photos - alas we did not find anything like that locally, so the park was the next best thing because it's just so pretty. We were delighted to see the...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! I have a quilt top to share with you! Alas, this is not the announcement that the pattern is ready but it's one step closer! I've been having the loveliest time fussycutting dragons, adding selvedges, and creating a whole bunch of books in a couple of sizes to make the perfect reading quilt. And here it is! I'm calling it Book Binder - because the pattern calls for the making of books ;) I'm absolutely enamoured with the Fire Glow...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! Last newsletter, I mentioned my new project. What I didn't foresee at the time was how the new project would become an obsession. Since last we spoke, I have sewn up 15 more book blocks. All with the beautiful Fire Glow fabric line. I have a grand plan, it requires a grand amount of books, and I can't wait to show you more. A lil more sewing, a lil more planning, and then I can share what I'm doing with all these book blocks! The...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! I started a new project. I'm getting major side eye from the stack of blocks waiting to be made into things, the Tilda Embroidery Flower on my design wall, the quilts waiting to be bound. But I still started a new project ;) I succumbed to the lure of Fire Glow. That was a slippery slope my friend. At first I was like, nahhh I don't need new fabric! Haven't we all told ourselves that lie many a time? Then I started seeing projects...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! When I designed the Year of Flowers quilt, initially I thought it was perfect for a wallhanging. And at 20" square, it totally is - but I also wanted to make it more practical as a throw quilt. Throw in the added incentive of now having a longarm, I was keen to try out an E2E design on a bigger quilt. Purely as part of my learning, naturally ;) While I had made a wallhanging with my usual straight line quilting, turning the wreath...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
Click here to view this email in your web browser Hey Reader! We kicked off the Tiny TV challenge last week - have you joined in the fun? It's the perfect project to spark a little sewjo and send you to dive in the stash to find those fave fussycut prints to piece cute little Tiny TVs. Plus you can get started for free with this cute little 4" version! Join the Tiny TV challenge for free! Wondering what you'd make with these cute tiny TV's? How's this for a little bit of inspiration......
2 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read