Crossroads Quilt Along: Diamond Block

Welcome back to the Crossroads Quilt-along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop in benefit of March of Dimes! The second block has just been revealed on the Fat Quarter Shop blog, and it's the Diamond block. You can download the pattern here.


For my diamond blocks I picked floral fabrics by one of my all time favourite designers, and a much revered fellow Riley Blake fabric designer. I am talking about the queen bee herself of course, Lori Holt, of Bee In My Bonnet. I have mixed prints from three of her fabric collections in my blocks.


I would lie if I said I didn't find these blocks a little challenging. I had to rip and resew several seams to get those points lined up - it's a pretty unforgiving design so my advice is to take extra care when cutting and sewing.

Hope you like my Diamond blocks! If you would like more inspiration check out the blogs / Instagram feeds of all the other designers participating in this quilt along!

Joanna of Fig Tree Quilts (@figtreequilts)
Pat Sloan (@quilterpatsloan)
April of Prairie Grass Patterns (@amrosenthal)
Tina of Emily Ann's Kloset (@emilyannskloset)
Melissa of Oh How Sweet (@ohhowsweet)
Angie of Gnome Angel (@gnomeangel)
Vanessa of Lella Boutique (@lellaboutique)
Melissa of Happy Quilting (@happyquiltingmc)
Erin of Why Not Sew (@whynotsewquilts)
Greg of Grey Dogwood Studio (@greydogwoodstudio)
Sondra of Out of the Blue Quilts (@sondradavison)
Sedef of Down Grapevine Lane (@downgrapevinelane)
Taunja of Carried Away Quilting (@taunjalynn)

"I Want Her Stash" Club 2016

Westwood Acres is one of my favourite fabric shops, so when they asked if I would be interested in being one of the designers for their popular "I Want Her Stash" club I jumped at the chance!


Subscribers to the club receive a bundle of fabric and an exclusive quilt pattern put together by a different designer every month. My month was February, and here is the bundle I curated! Sweet watermelon hues mixed with navy and low volumes.


And here's the quilt pattern I designed to go with the bundle. It's a very simple block that is rotated 4 times to make a big whirlwind block, which is then repeated throughout the quilt to achieve quite a dramatic effect overall. Simple to sew, and the quilt comes together really quickly!




Melissa from Sew Shabby Quilting has constructed her whirlwind quilt already! Doesn't it look great?


There is still time to join the club and receive this bundle and pattern - visit the Westwood Acres website if you would like to subscribe.


{images courtesy of Westwood Acres and Sew Shabby Quilting}

My first book revealed!

As I briefly mentioned in a previous post, my first book is coming out in a few months and I am so happy to finally be able to share some details with you!


Quilt Petite is all about small quilty things - mini quilts, cushions, table toppers, doll quilts, place mats, potholders, mug rugs, and more! I am so proud of every single project in the book - each has been designed and made with lots of love and care. I have also included pretty much every sewing technique I know in this book, with the possible exception of crochet! As well as traditional rotary cutting patchwork techniques there are projects featuring English paper piecing, foundation paper piecing, raw edge applique, hand and machine quilting, hand embroidery, and free motion applique to count a few. There is something in the book for all levels of sewists - easier projects for beginners who may also want to try some new techniques, and for advanced quilters who wish to practice more challenging ones.

My awesome publishers are Tuva Publishing, an international publishing house with designers such as Amy Sinibaldi, Kerri Horsley, and Agnieszka Strycharska in their portfolio of authors (to mention just a few!). I was so excited when they approached me to offer me a book deal - it was a match made in heaven as I am of Turkish background and Tuva are based in Turkey.

Quilt Petite is now available to pre-order on Amazon and Book Depository . Here are a few sneak peeks of what's included in the book to whet your appetite!


Crossroads Quilt Along: House Block

Ready, set, go! The Crossroads quilt-along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop benefiting March of Dimes has just kicked off, with the release of the first block pattern: the house block. You can download the pattern here.


As I mentioned in my first post, I am not making this quilt using a specific fabric collection, but instead mixing lots of pretty floral fabrics. I am going to keep this quilt for myself so I want to be in love with every single fabric that's in it! And the four fabrics I chose for my house blocks definitely fit that description.

Hope you like my House blocks! If you would like more inspiration check out the blogs / Instagram feeds of all the other designers participating in this quilt along!

Joanna of Fig Tree Quilts (@figtreequilts)
Pat Sloan (@quilterpatsloan)
April of Prairie Grass Patterns (@amrosenthal)
Tina of Emily Ann's Kloset (@emilyannskloset)
Melissa of Oh How Sweet (@ohhowsweet)
Angie of Gnome Angel (@gnomeangel)
Vanessa of Lella Boutique (@lellaboutique)
Melissa of Happy Quilting (@happyquiltingmc)
Erin of Why Not Sew (@whynotsewquilts)
Greg of Grey Dogwood Studio (@greydogwoodstudio)
Sondra of Out of the Blue Quilts (@sondradavison)
Sedef of Down Grapevine Lane (@downgrapevinelane)
Taunja of Carried Away Quilting (@taunjalynn)

Paperie Blog Tour

It's my stop today on the Paperie blog tour, celebrating the magical limited edition fabric line by Amy Sinibaldi for Art Gallery Fabrics. Thanks for stopping by!


Amy showcases her designs on her sweet blog, Nana Company. She has a very unique sewing style -pretty and feminine but also modern, and simply inspirational. So when I first heard she had a fabric line in the making I was so excited! I imagined it would be truly sensational, and boy was I right.


I love the pastel colours, the ethereal feel of the line, and the hand-drawn elements. Exquisite details and clever designs - it really doesn't look like someone's first fabric line, does it?! But then again, whatever Amy does she does so well, so it's no surprise that her fabric is no exception.  My only complaint about the line is that I wish there were more prints, I simply couldn't get enough of it!


So... what did I make? When I received my fabric bundle I literally had to drop everything and run to my sewing room to make these star and heart ornaments as 'warm up'. Then I sat down and designed a sweet doll quilt.


Lots of sweet elements in this doll quilt - ruffles, English paper pieced diamonds, and a little heart patch as a finishing touch. For me doll quilts are all about the 'cute'!  I designed it to fit Alice's IKEA doll bed and the colours work so well with her favourite doll 'baby' (made by the lovely Deb from Debs' Steiner Dolls). 'Baby' got a little pillow too. (Those curls? Can they be any cuter?!)



Did you like the doll quilt? I hope you did, as it's one of the designs from my upcoming book, which will be published in just a few months! There I said it, the cat's FINALLY out of the bag! This has been such an exciting few months, and I am so SO grateful to Tuva Publishing, for making this huge dream of mine come true. Incidentally, Tuva are also the publishers of Amy's book, Sweetly Stitched Handmades! I will be sharing more info about my book in the coming weeks, but hopefully you are liking what you've seen so far.


Last but not least, of course I will be giving away some lovely Paperie, courtesy of Amy! There is a giveaway running on my Instagram feed right now - go enter so you can win a fat eighth bundle for yourself and one more for a friend!

Here is a full list of all the designers taking part in the blog tour! Go check their amazing creations too!

January 25 ~ Heidi Staples of fabricmutt.blogspot.com
January 26 ~ Kerry Goulder of kidgiddy.com
January 27 ~ Cheri Lehnow of tinkerwiththis.blogspot.com
January 28 ~ Sharon Holland of SharonHollandDesigns.com
January 29 ~ Jemima Flendt of tiedwitharibbon.com
January 30 ~ Michelle Curtis of chellesquilts.com
February 1 ~ Christina Egner of onelittlepooh.net
February 2 ~ Ali Brorsen of BecauseofBrennaClothing.com
February 3 ~ Kristine Lempriere of townmouse.typepad.com
February 4 ~ Nicole Young of lillyella.com
February 5 ~ Lori Landenburger of sewpsyched.blogspot.com
February 6 ~ Jennifer Chon of sunnyincal.com
February 8 ~ Melissa LeRay of ohhowsweet.com
February 9 ~ Megan Jimanez of quiltstory.blogspot.com
February 10 ~ Faith Essenburg of saranaave.wordpress.com
February 11 ~ Renee Lange of sewnwithgrace.com
February 12 ~ Sedef Imer of downgrapevinelane.com
February 13 ~ Kristyne Czepuryk of prettybyhand.com
February 15 ~ Heather Andrus of quiltstory.blogspot.com
February 16 ~ Stacy Olson of stacyolsondesign.com
February 17 ~ Erin Cox of whynotsew.blogspot.com
February 18 ~ Amy Sinibaldi of nanaCompany.typepad.com

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