Squaring up the Strudel quilt top
Squaring up a quilt top is not a particularly unusual element of the quilting process. While you may not care to bother doing it with most traditionally pieced quilts (and if I'm honest, I often don't bother unless I have been...
Semi-dried cherry tomatoes recipe
Semi-dried cherry tomatoes are one of my favourite things to have in the fridge. They have a delicious, rich, sweetness to them which complements many recipes, and a batch doesn't take long to make, which is good because a batch...
Strip-piecing tips for the Strudel quilt
This strip-piecing tips video tutorial will prove to you just how fast and forgiving the Strudel quilt is to make, because sometimes a fast, fun make is just what the doctor ordered, right? I should also mention it's the kind of...
How to prepare the triangles for the Strudel quilt
Knowing how to prepare the triangles for the Strudel quilt is a pretty important part of the pattern, so I'm sharing a video tutorial that walks you through the process step-by-step. It's not a difficult process by any means,...
Oven Mitt Sewing Pattern
The Wife-made Oven Mitt Kit sewing pattern is my latest release and I am SUPER excited to finally be able to share it with you! I've wanted to write an oven mitt sewing pattern for ages. You know when you have an idea, and you...
Wool Pressing Mat Hacks – Two wool blanket DIYs
If you're a tightwad quilter (like me!) and can't bear the thought of spending $40+++ on a teeny-weeny piece of fabric for ironing (I mean, it's ironing, after all), then these DIY wool pressing mat hacks might be just the thing...
How to make delicious and healthy cashew milk (without all the fillers!)
We interrupt our regularly scheduled quilty/sewing/creative programming to bring you this important news update on homemade cashew milk. Yep, you heard right, I did put those three words together in a sentence and share them on...
Squaring up: How to straighten wonky curved blocks
Last week I blogged a video tutorial on how to piece the curved blocks in my Palma Quilt pattern and this week I wanted to follow it up with a little hack that I came up with for squaring up (or blocking) the curved blocks once...
Piecing curves: Techniques to help you make the Wife-made Palma Quilt pattern
It's been nearly four years since I released my Palma Quilt pattern, so it's definitely about time I put out a tutorial for piecing curves, right?! Truth be told, I actually made these videos a while ago and then got distracted...