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2025 Craft Recap: A Year of Making, Learning an...
In 2025, Ruth set herself some rather big crafting goals, then undertook the process of sharing her achievements each month. Whether it was ticking off knitting or crochet items from...
2025 Craft Recap: A Year of Making, Learning an...
In 2025, Ruth set herself some rather big crafting goals, then undertook the process of sharing her achievements each month. Whether it was ticking off knitting or crochet items from...
Looking Back at 2025: Quilt Patterns and BOW Ap...
Discover a recap of 2025’s quilt pattern releases, including monthly BOW appliqué blocks, the Sweet Pea remake, the Foundation Pieced Christmas Tree, and inspiring ebooks for quilters.
Looking Back at 2025: Quilt Patterns and BOW Ap...
Discover a recap of 2025’s quilt pattern releases, including monthly BOW appliqué blocks, the Sweet Pea remake, the Foundation Pieced Christmas Tree, and inspiring ebooks for quilters.
Crafting Goals for December
The very last month of 2025 was extremely busy for Ruth, yet somehow she still managed to complete her 2025 crafty goals. Here's how the last month ended...
Crafting Goals for December
The very last month of 2025 was extremely busy for Ruth, yet somehow she still managed to complete her 2025 crafty goals. Here's how the last month ended...
Alternative Borders
Have you ever run short of fabric for a border? Or do not have enough fabric to cut lengthwise and do not want joins in the border strips? Here's an...
Alternative Borders
Have you ever run short of fabric for a border? Or do not have enough fabric to cut lengthwise and do not want joins in the border strips? Here's an...
Foundation Pieced Christmas Tree pattern
This little tree is simple, stylish, and perfect for festive sewing. Whether you make it as a mini wall hanging, a mug rug, or include it in a holiday sampler,...
Foundation Pieced Christmas Tree pattern
This little tree is simple, stylish, and perfect for festive sewing. Whether you make it as a mini wall hanging, a mug rug, or include it in a holiday sampler,...
Pohutukawa (NZ Christmas tree) Block
The Pōhutukawa, often called New Zealand’s Christmas tree, bursts into brilliant crimson blooms just as summer arrives. This beauty makes up the 75th flower block in the BOW flower series.
Pohutukawa (NZ Christmas tree) Block
The Pōhutukawa, often called New Zealand’s Christmas tree, bursts into brilliant crimson blooms just as summer arrives. This beauty makes up the 75th flower block in the BOW flower series.
Crafting Goals for November
What a good feeling it is as many of my goals have been or will be completed... here's how November's goals turned out!
Crafting Goals for November
What a good feeling it is as many of my goals have been or will be completed... here's how November's goals turned out!
Sweet Pea Flower Remake
Ever have a project that just doesn’t feel right? For Ruth, that’s been her Sweet Pea flower block! The layout and colors weren’t working well, so today she gave it...
Sweet Pea Flower Remake
Ever have a project that just doesn’t feel right? For Ruth, that’s been her Sweet Pea flower block! The layout and colors weren’t working well, so today she gave it...
Stitch and Flip: making your own quilted fabric
Here is a quick way to make your own quilted fabric, which you can use for almost anything quilted, from placemats to quilts or purses to jackets.
Stitch and Flip: making your own quilted fabric
Here is a quick way to make your own quilted fabric, which you can use for almost anything quilted, from placemats to quilts or purses to jackets.
Daphne Flower
Its clusters of tiny, star-shaped blooms often appear in soft pinks or lavenders, or creamy whites... This describes the 74th flower block in the BOW flower series. A daphne flower!
Daphne Flower
Its clusters of tiny, star-shaped blooms often appear in soft pinks or lavenders, or creamy whites... This describes the 74th flower block in the BOW flower series. A daphne flower!
Crafting Goals for October
10 months completed and Ruth is making great progress on her crafting goals, but she isn't finished yet and the end of the year is looming...
Crafting Goals for October
10 months completed and Ruth is making great progress on her crafting goals, but she isn't finished yet and the end of the year is looming...
Floral Alphabet Garden without the Alphabet
It occurred to Ruth the other day that some appliquers may not want the letters in these beautiful flower blocks and prefer to create the flower on its own, so...
Floral Alphabet Garden without the Alphabet
It occurred to Ruth the other day that some appliquers may not want the letters in these beautiful flower blocks and prefer to create the flower on its own, so...