We recently spent some time designing and writing up the full instructions for our very first quilt pattern. The Snuggle Blossom Crib Quilt pattern is now available in our Alanda Craft Store. Usually the best part about making a quilt is choosing the fabric. But in this case we designed the pattern first and then chose […]
Stuff We Do
Connor’s Caterpillar Heavy Hauler Truck Construction Quilt
For my eldest great grandson’s birthday I decided to make him a quilt featuring the Caterpillar heavy hauler truck, construction quilt. The panel features a CATerpillar heavy hauler truck and measured 36″ x 44″ I got a bit carried away with the borders and ended up with a quilt measuring 70″ x 90″, quite a large quilt […]
Toddler Quilt – Axel’s Quilt – I See Animals Baby Quilt
One day you may buy a quilt kit and when you get it home it’s not quite what you were expecting. Well that happened to me. Some time ago I bought a quilt kit which I intended to make up for one of my great grandsons. When I got around to opening it, I was a […]
Toddler Quilt – Baby Quilt – Kawaii Owls Quilt Panel by Riley Blake
To celebrate the birth of my fourth great grandson, Arlo Victor, I decided to make him a quilt using this Riley Blake Kawaii Owls quilt panel that I thought was rather cute. Unfortunately, this panel which was distributed by Riley Blake, has now been discontinued. Please Note: This isn’t a full on tutorial, it’s just to give you […]
Toddler Quilt – Heath’s Quilt – Construction Machines
This is the Construction Machines quilt that I made for my great grandson Heath for his 3rd birthday. My daughter-in-law, Stacy, gave me a panel of construction vehicles. I already had another Construction vehicles panel that I was planning to making for one of my great grandsons, and she thought I might like to make 2 […]
QUICK TIP: Sampler Quilt – How to Use Up Those Spare Quilt Blocks
Everyone talks about their scrap stash, but what about your block stash? All of us who are dedicated quilters know what it’s like to have the odd quilting block in the stash. How often have you created one or two blocks to see if you really like them and then decided not to use them, […]
Paula’s Jelly Roll Quilt Gets Quilted
Some time ago we did a tutorial on how to make a Jelly Roll Quilt. Well the finished top sat in the cupboard for some months. One day when we got together with our friend Chris, the Longarm Quilter from Sew n Sew Sisters and during the course of the conversation we started chatting about how many quilt […]
Today’s Shopping Expedition for Craft Supplies
We started out the morning full of enthusiasm to create another tutorial but it didn’t take long to change direction, especially after we decided that we were in dire need of some more distressed paint. Plus it was too nice a day to spend indoors, well our indoors, so much better to be indoors in […]
Fun Craft Workshops at Calico Patch – Gold Creek Village
Over the past few months we have attended a variety of workshops at Calico Patch, which is located at Gold Creek Village, Nicholls. The workshops are great fun and the ladies are really delightful. Nothing is too much trouble they are very willing to share their tips and knowledge. Diane generally conducts the workshop and […]