Patty Sloniger pieces Birds & the Bees
My friend and fellow Michael Miller fabric designer, Patty Sloniger has created the sweetest Geranium dress for her daughter using Birds & The Bees fabric, don’t you agree? Lovely, precisely pieced chevron work on the bodice brings another dimension to this dress, making it totally original and she just happened to use my very favourite […]
Elegance & Elephants does Birds & the Bees
Heidi of Elegance & Elephants is a favourite indie children’s clothing designer of mine. She makes the sweetest clothes and her adorable kids model them for her blog. Today she is sharing her latest creations, made with a few other designers’ patterns and BIRDS & THE BEES fabric. Swing by her blog for lots of […]
A Birds & The Bees Fabric Giveaway
To help kick off the release of Birds & The Bees to stores, today I am guest blogging over at Michael Miller Fabrics. I walk you through my thought process in the designing of Birds & The Bees, I share some sewing project inspiration including two new free quilt patterns, and announce a fabric giveaway […]
Birds & The Bees
Just in time for warm weather & warm weather apparel comes BIRDS & THE BEES, my latest fabric collection with Michael Miller Fabrics! Photo: Michael Miller Fabrics Birds & The Bees is a little exploration into my love for winged creatures (they tend to make an appearance in the grand majority of my design work). […]
{ Happy Sewing } Cotton Couture Fiesta Skirt
I was recently asked to create a project based on these beautiful colours of Cotton Couture solids by Michael Miller Fabrics. My daughter pranced by as I was contemplating my options and declared her love for the colours. That was all I needed to have a direction. I found an online tutorial for a pretty […]
Reversible Kid’s Apron Tutorial
This is one of those great little gift ideas for a child who loves helping in the kitchen as my two do. A simple apron that’s got a few somethings extra. Firstly, it’s reversible so you can play around with a few of your favourite co-ordinating fabrics. Second, it can have a bit of extra […]
The Railroad Quilt: A Beginner’s Quilt
I hear from a number of you pretty regularly that you’d love to make your first quilt, but don’t know where to start, or you’re intimidated. Well, this Railroad Quilt is the perfect first project. It is a quilt that is all about colour and fabrics. It involves easy cutting and piecing, but still has […]
{ Happy Sewing } Festive Tunic
I created this tunic for my daughter as soon as I received yardage of FESTIVE FOREST last December and feel it is a good example of how the collection lends itself not only to quilting and home decor projects, but also to clothing. It is sewn from the Audrey Dress pattern from Violette Field Threads […]
A Forest Quilt by Patty Sloniger
My fellow Michael Miller designer, Patty Sloniger designs beautiful fabric. She also designs beautiful quilts. She made a lovely tree forest quilt with Festive Forest that I love for its graphic nature. Her balance of colours throughout is just right and her free motion quilting is something for me to aspire to. Patty did a […]
A Merry Pillow Cover by Brooke Sellmann
Feast your eyes on this charming pillow: It was created by the talented Brooke Sellmann of Silly Mama Quilts with FESTIVE FOREST fabric. Don’t you just love those evergreens? They are so effective in the different green fabrics from the collection, looking like they are all decorated for the holidays. And the band of red […]
