Quilt Finish – Liam’s Quilt
Isn’t it a great feeling when a quilt finds its owner? Sometimes I create for a specific person, but mostly I create for me. During the process, I inevitably start thinking about someone and that...
Isn’t it a great feeling when a quilt finds its owner? Sometimes I create for a specific person, but mostly I create for me. During the process, I inevitably start thinking about someone and that...
Whew! I haven’t done a Sunday Stash in over a year! Let’s not pretend that the fabrics aren’t still coming into the warehouse either. As much as I keep trying to use them up, it...
If you thought my last quilt finish, Twisted Butlers, was suggesting that I’d gone all Earth-goddess, neutrals and heavy cream, well think again! I’m back today to show you that I’ve still got most of...
This was supposed to be a quilt for Mr. Sparkles. He’s that person in my life that should have received one of my first quilts, but even eleven years after I started quilting, he hasn’t...
Originally Published in Textile Fibre Form, Issue 119, September 2015 Let me pop a collar and introduce myself. My name is Molli B. Sparkles, and that’s Molli with an “i” because it’s all about me....
I was recently asked to be interviewed by financial investment organisation Spaceship as part of their Going For It series. At first this was a wild ask — what could I possibly contribute about finance?...
After coming back home to Sydney from a four month holiday–with little focus on quilting–I did wonder I how I would break the ice! Well, it seems the best way to do that is to...
As I’ve been laying out my completed quilt blocks, I’ve noticed they’re all very graphic. Lots of stars, stripes, and crosses. Don’t get me wrong, I love that: I did make them after all! However,...
Hold on to your glitter pens, because I am back! I had to take a bit of a respite for some personal life stuff, but things are getting all shades of better. Our next block...
Even after ten years of quilting, I’ve never made a Card Trick quilt block. At the beginning of my quilting journey I was amazed at the slight optical illusion it creates, but now I’m like,...