At the end of June I travelled to Muswellbrook to present a 2 day mixed workshop to a group of fabulous ladies, they had chosen 2 different quilts and 3 different bag. Over the 2 days each lady progressed beautifully with there projects, there was lots of conversation and giggles…
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June 2019
June was a big month for me. It started with a workshop called “Strippy Scrappy” making the blocks and joining them together using a “Quilt as you go” technique, there were some gorgeous results. Later in June came the Sydney Quilt and Craft Show. I entered a quilt I made…
More of 2019
Continuing my recap of 2019 takes us to May. English Paper Piecing – Hexies. These were samples I used in the workshop. The ladies worked on either the pin cushion or a table mat with some fabulous results. Tomorrow I will take us back to June, a big month!!
2019 Done and Dusted!
Well here we are at the end of 2019, it feels like it went by in a blink. I haven’t been on here since February, so I have decided to do a small recap of some what you may have missed. The Regular General Sewing Classes have gone along as…
Finally finished!
Some years ago I designed a quilt called “Chloe’s Quilt”, the quilt top was made for a Mystery Quilt Weekend. The weekend came and went, we then went on and sold many patterns and kits for it – but still the quilt remained unfinished. Guilt got the better of me…
Patterns in 2019
Happy New Year! Hope your 2019 is getting off to a wonderful start! Now, as you know, we were selling our digital patterns through the website Craftsy. However, over Christmas, Craftsy became Bluprint, and the pattern marketplace has been placed on an hiatus. We were included as one of the…
October Offer: A Year in the Land of Aus pattern set
The award-winning block of the month quilt, A Year in the Land of Aus, is now available as a full set of patterns, or as individual pattern blocks. Each block depicts a month in Australia, and can be made as individual mini- wallhangings or put together to make the quilt,…
Free Shipping Offer
It’s the first day of a long weekend here in New South Wales, and boy do we love long weekends! It’s a chance to relax, spend time with family, and of course sew, sew, sew! Gumnut Gear’s half price pattern clearance is still going, with $9.00 fat quarter bundles and finished…
Christmas Patterns
Coming out of the Gumnut Gear vault are two of our classic Christmas patterns, Puff Patches Christmas Tree and Santa Sack. Both are newly available through Craftsy, along with a new for download table runner pattern, It’s Time. Santa Sack is perfect for holding presents and other goodies ready for…
New Pattern: Chloe
This beautiful quilt was originally designed as a mystery marathon quilt. It uses a main feature fabric, which could be a novelty print, a big floral pattern or something similar. This makes it a perfect project for a fabric that might be a little different to what you would usually…