Overlapping designs
What can you do with two motifs and some circles? Today you’ll see how to make a simple overlapping design and change out the motifs to…
Creating character in designs with reference guides
Good morning, everyone! Today’s tutorial shows how using reference guides can add character to any design. Reference guides are a series of dots or lines…
Free quilting pattern giveaway!
To celebrate the release of the second editions of my three books, I’ve got some free patterns for you! If you’re looking for great quilting…
Second editions of all three books nearly ready!
Update: I did a lot of work on the books and then my computer drive decided it needed to retire so I’ve just got the…
Border basics
The simplest way to create a border is to take several base units, or parts of a block and join them together with some curved…
Merging blocks
Excerpt from The design master plan Here is another great way to merge two different blocks: lay one block on top of the other. These…
Going from frustrated to “Woo hoo, I can design!”
I thought you may like to read an excerpt from the design master plan about how my book and design journey began and things I learnt along…
The complete process of making quilting designs
Today I thought I’d give you an overview of the design master plan, the process I use to create hundreds of quilting designs. Some of…
Why are feathers so popular?
Have you ever asked yourself why feathers are the go-to quilting design? It’s probably because they can flow in any direction, fill any space, can…
Innovative quilt layout options
Do you always go for the standard setting of blocks when making a quilt? Now that the lines between traditional and contemporary styles are well and truly…
