ARTICLES ABOUT: WIFE-MADE

Reuse your old jeans to make these super easy upcycled denim sacks

by Xanthe Grundy | Oct 12, 2021 | FREE PATTERNS, QUILTING & SEWING TUTORIALS, WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

I've been a lover of upcycling for many years now, and if you've followed my creative journey for a while you will probably be acquainted with these patchy wool cushions I make from old wool blankets collected from op shops. I'm always looking for ways to re-use,...

A Wife-made history lesson: The first quilt I ever made!

by Xanthe Grundy | Apr 5, 2021 | WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

Long long ago, when past-Xanthe had no immediate family to care for and far too much time on her hands, she decided to make a quilt. And that's pretty much the sum total of all the thought processes that went into making the decision! I saw a pattern in a magazine...

‘What’s In Your Sewing Bag’: I’m excited to be featured on Shannon Fraser Designs!

by Xanthe Grundy | Apr 1, 2021 | WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

This week I was featured on the Shannon Fraser Design blog for the 'What's In Your Sewing Bag' series! So, grab a cuppa and head over to the blog now to read about what I have (or more to the point, don't have) in my sewing kit. Thanks for including me, Shannon. It...

Espalier Quilt Pattern

by Xanthe Grundy | Feb 22, 2021 | WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

It's the Espalier Pattern release day and I'm excited to share my newest design with you! Now, I really admire manicured gardens. In fact, I really admire manicured lots of things, although as I write this I am realising that I am a particularly un-manicured kind of...

The Marilyn Quilt Pattern

by Xanthe Grundy | Oct 15, 2020 | WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

You probably don't know this, but I spent many years working in the jewellery industry handling precious jewels and metals. At first it was an after-school job, and then a gap year job, then a job to help me survive during university and then a job when I couldn't...

Ellie Whittaker X Hansen Print & Textiles

by Xanthe Grundy | Oct 13, 2020 | WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

One of the great privileges of designing sewing and quilting patterns is the opportunity to work with amazing products created by other designers around the world. One of those designers is Ellie Whittaker (and she happens to be a fellow Gold Coastie!) who works with...

Upcycle a wool blanket for a quilt back

by Xanthe Grundy | Oct 6, 2020 | QUILTING & SEWING TUTORIALS, WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – old wool blankets don’t have to be relegated to the dog’s bed. There are so many uses for these ultra-cool and uber-useful pieces of nostalgia, and resignation to a life of dirty dog butts really show be only for the most...

Wife-made + Creative Abundance: My patterns are now available wholesale

by Xanthe Grundy | Oct 1, 2020 | WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

I feel very privileged to announce that I have joined the Creative Abundance design team! This is a very exciting step forward in the life of Wife-made and for me as a pattern designer. It has long been a hope of mine that I would be able to grow Wife-made into...

Marinated roast capsicum recipe

by Xanthe Grundy | Apr 14, 2020 | RECIPES, WIFE-MADE | 0 Comments

One good thing about this 'little CV-19 problem' is that I'm actually doing a lot of things I 'haven't had time for'. And now I'm wondering what on earth stopped me before? I think travel time is definitely a culprit! When you're not going anywhere you really save...

The RIGHT way to store kona swatches

by Xanthe Grundy | Mar 31, 2020 | QUILTING & SEWING TUTORIALS, WIFE-MADE | 4 Comments

Is that post title provocative or what? I mean, did she just say the RIGHT way to store Kona swatches??? How dare she! (Can we please imagine this being said in a James Gaffigan-esque ‘inner voice’? And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, feel free to...