Revolutions is the project featured on my new DVD with Quilters Companion – Modern Quilts: Improvising with Stacks of Solids. (To purchase the magazine and DVD, look in local newsagents or contact Universal www.universalshop.com.au Tel: 1300 303 414.) Revolutions is a modern spin on a traditional block and I chose a circle quilting motif to […]
Gadgets & Notions
Dropbox Links – New!
When I was writing about my Favourite Ten iPad Apps, I mentioned how brilliant Dropbox is for storing documents “in the cloud” and file sharing between devices. Previously, to share files with someone on Dropbox, they also had to have a Dropbox account. Not anymore! New Dropbox links let you share files or folders (of […]
Pinterest Secret Boards
I joined Pinterest early on and understand its appeal. I keep a low profile partly due to copyright concerns about pinning and sharing work that is not mine to share in this way. I have sometimes wished that I could pin images and create boards for my eyes only. Now Pinterest allows you to do […]
Overcast Edge Quilt Finish
A few months ago, the Janome Horizon 7700 joined me in the Serendipity Studio. A full review is for a later blog post but I can report that yesterday, for the very first time, I changed the settings from straight stitch to something else. That means I now have used two! of the zillion stitches […]
Triangles for Niece/Nephew #3
I am already Auntie Brenda to Sasha (nearly 4) and Aden (nearly 1) and another niece or nephew is due out in the big wide world in October. (October, it seems, is birthday month for the youngest generation in my family.) My sister announced the baby’s forthcoming arrival with a declaration that we needed to […]
Tension Cleared
Thank you to everyone who responded to my Tension Headache post. In particular, Lyn from Busy Quilting suggested “…there may be fluff caught up in the top thread guides. I have had to defluff a student’s machine exhibiting the same symptoms. If you undo the screw near the tension gauge and lift off the plate […]