Life’s a beach.
It feels like it’s been work in progress Wednesday for eternity around here. I can’t even remember the last time I had a finish, but I am chipping away at several projects at once. One...
Author: Molli Sparkles
Sunday Stash #154 – Fabric Thanks
Then there was Thanksgiving. I have to say, it is probably the holiday I have missed the most since moving to Australia. Let’s be honest, I love food. (I’m sure you’re pretty much all on...
Australian Patchwork & Quilting Showcase Special
Well, hello, Australian Patchwork & Quilting magazine! Aren’t you looking all sexy in your appliquéd avant garde affair!?** But wait, what’s that, you have a surprise to tell me? Oh really? I’m in the magazine?...
Twisted Elegance Pattern
Well, here it is, the release of my very first paper pieced pattern, Twisted Elegance! As I’ve told you before, this pattern is based upon a bit of wallpaper that I saw at a local...
Sunday Stash #153 – Fabric Destiny
Shhhh… don’t tell anyone (Mr. Sparkles look away now) but my fabric purchases on this latest trip to Japan consisted of slightly more than twenty metres of fabric. Um, Houston… in my weak defence, I...
No Girls Allowed Quilt Bee 2 – Round Three
Oh David Barnhouse! What a quilt you started. A quilt I found so dreadfully boring. That’s right, I said it, the big, bad B-word. All that grey Essex linen surrounding little blips of improvised colour...
Modern Butterflies
Just a quick word today, as I’ve had a few questions about the Modern Butterflies blocks I’ve been making. When they’re alone they look more like quarter square triangles, but together they look like–get this–a...
Wallpaper to Pattern
Last week I showed you this fabulously delicious wallpaper I discovered in a Sydney cafe. I promised that I was going to get on to making it into a quilt design, and I did it!...
Sunday Stash #152 – Three Wise Men
Ouch. Let it be known that I’m a bit hungover today, and it’s not from all this fabric that is causing my cup to runneth over. It’s more than likely from the three bottles of...
Working My Way There
As I was having my annual review with my manager recently, I established some personal goals for 2016. The first involved stocking a better selection of alcoholic beverages in my desk drawer. When you’re in...
