So recently I have come across a fun new goodie that we have been playing with over here in Fig Tree-land… our good friends over at It’s Sew Emma have come up with another quilting accessory that I think you might like! They are called PINEAPPLE PAPERS [there are LOG CABIN PAPERS too and different sizes but more about that later] and they work perfectly with a MODA HONEYBUN [a roll of 1 1/2″ strips]. Normally, I am not much for new gadgets but one of our Fig Tree gals, Cynthia, absolutely loves paper…
Welcome to Week #8 of the MODA BLOCKHEADS SEW ALONG! This week is brought to you by the quiet but hysterical Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson. She is the Simpson and her sister Polly is the Minick. But Polly doesn’t quilt. LOL. Long story. Check out her blog HERE. She is a master appliquer and hand quilter. Yes, a lot of those amazing quilts she shows on her blog and Instagram… yes, hand quilted my friends. She also does fantastic large stitch hand quilting… which is one of the main things that inspired me to…
Welcome to Week #7 of the MODA BLOCKHEADS SEW ALONG. This week is brought to you by the lovely Lissa Alexander of MODA and of @modalissa. check out her blog HERE. She is the queen of scrappy and the queen of getting all of us designers to be where we are supposed to be, doing what we are supposed to be doing! She is also the amazing editor of all of those fabulous MODA ALL STARS books that you might be familiar with. She is pretty much awesome. And all of us designers think so :-). Go over to her blog…
Welcome to Week #6 of the MODA BLOCKHEADS SEW ALONG. This week is brought to you by the lovely Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings. She is the queen of the 4″ blocks for BLOCKHEADS so this block is definitely not for the faint of heart. Put “your big girl panties on” as they say and get started on all of those half square triangles! It is a beauty of a block once you are all done! Go over to her blog to check out her version and get all of the directions and see how she does…
For those of you who wanted to try a bit more traditional version of Brigitte’s fabulous LOVE block for this weeks MODA BLOCKHEADS SEW ALONG, we promised we would post our version today. If you want the whole backstory, then just scroll through our last couple of blog posts! If you read my post on Wednesday, you will know that I talked about this LOVE stamp as a childhood memory. And my friend Greg from told me a little bit more about the history. I had no idea! Did you guys know that it was created in honor…
