It’s week 4 fo the mystery Christmas Quilt-A-Long! This is a free pattern by Fat Quarter Shop and will be released each week together with a video tutorial. 

Check out more details about the quilt-a-long HERE>

We can’t go without boxes of presents for the Holiday right?

And stacks presents are the cutest with a bow on top. 

I love this week’s block but I do wish I had chosen a darker Red fabric for the centre box.

O well, I don’t want to rip it out, so we’ll stick with it. 

We are almost at the end of the quilt-a-long.You still have a chance to catch up, and this is such an adorable little quilt that will cheer up your home decor for the holiday.

As for you who asked, Do we celebrate Halloween or Christmas here in Malaysia?

Well the answer is: not really. Especially Halloween. We don’t have that Holiday and we do have one day of Christmas Holiday. But we have lots of other holidays that we celebrate here and we’re blessed to have those too. 

Shopping malls do have some Christmas decoration but it is not as festive as in the UK or Australia where I’ve been before. 

I love that this season of holiday is a reminder of giving. And gifting handmade things that you’ve made throughout the year or things you’ve collected and bought during this time is such a great idea. 

Do you do an early gift preparation for Christmas/ End of Year Holiday?

By the way, are you sewing along this year’s Mystery Quilt-a-Long?

Grab the free Pattern HERE>

I made last year’s Mystery quilt in Winter Colours which you can check out HERE>

This year I am using SweetWater Snowkissed Collection.

You can check out the Sweetwater Snowkissed Christmas fabric collection HERE>

It’s week 3 fo the mystery Christmas Quilt-A-Long! This is a free pattern by Fat Quarter Shop and will be released each week together with a video tutorial. 

Check out more details about the quilt-a-long HERE>

This week we have the classic cards. I am not sure how often you get cards these days, but I can say we have less of them coming our way. 

But I do love it when we do receive physical cards! 

Do you still receive or send physical greeting cards?

I made mine with different background fabric for the card, and alternate red and green trees just like the pattern. 

How about you? Are you sewing along this year’s Mystery Quilt-a-Long?

Grab the free Pattern HERE>

I made last year’s Mystery quilt in Winter Colours which you can check out HERE>

This year I am using SweetWater Snowkissed Collection.

You can check out the Sweetwater Snowkissed Christmas fabric collection HERE>

For those who want to start English Paper Piecing, this post will have all the guide for you. It will be linked to all the tutorials and the fun English Paper Piecing patterns.

What is English Paper Piecing?

English paper piecing (EPP) is another wonderful technique for making patchwork quilts. Piecing together fabrics using a paper template. The technique is mainly hand-stitched but there are some ways you can piece the pieces together with a machine too.

In general, these templates are basted with the fabric to form the shape of the fabric pieces before piecing the pieces together. This technique allows an easier and more accurate way to piece together various shapes of fabrics.

One of the popular EPP patterns is the Hexagon flower.

You can make these popular beautiful hexagon flowers and make bigger ones simply by adding more rounds.

And the shapes are not only limited to hexagons. You can see more patterns at the end of this post with more variation of EPP. 

There are affiliate links within this post where I may earn a commission from the links, please find my full disclosure here.

What is the difference between paper piecing and English paper piecing?

Paper piecing technique is another technique often used in making patchwork quilts. Though the term may seem similar. It is totally a different technique. Paper piecing technique or may also be known as foundation paper piecing (FPP) is similar in terms of using paper as a template but it is done differently.

You can see this post here to see an example of foundation paper piecing. The photo below is an example of Foundation Paper piecing. You can read more about the project HERE>

Do you remove the paper in English paper piecing?

Yes! Unless you use one of the wash-away fusible as the templates. But, since we’re talking about papers here – then the answer is YES. We do have to remove the paper at the end of the process.

Make sure the paper is only removed once all the sides that need to be stitched to another piece are completed. If you remove it too early, it will be difficult to sew the pieces together.

How do you make an English paper piecing template?

There are many ways to make or buy templates. But in simple terms, just cut the papers into shape. You can find how to cut EPP templates efficiently in this post HERE>.

You can also buy laser cut to precision EPP templates in various shapes! Check them out HERE>

English Paper Piecing tutorials:

I have listed below, EPP Tutorials available from this blog for you to get started.

• How to cut EPP Templates

• 5 ways to baste EPP Templates

• 5 ways to stitch shapes together using EPP method

Looking for English Paper Piecing Patterns?

There are many beautiful ones these days, but HERE is a post where I share some of the hot trending ones.

Or you can check out the following links:

EPP patterns on Amazon

Free EPP printable templates

• Hexagon Grandmother Flower + Free Quoted Hexagon Templates
• Free Printable Hexagon EPP Template

It’s week 2 fo the mystery Christmas Quilt-A-Long! This is a free pattern by Fat Quarter Shop and will be released each week together with a video tutorial. 

Check out more details about the quilt-a-long HERE>

This week we have another fun block to make.

Anytime is a great time for candy!

I made two candy wrappers with the fun snow cap fabric and the tiny zig zag aqua. 

You can choose to make all of them with different fabrics, but I made mine accordingly with the pattern, I make two in green and another two in the tiny zig zag aqua.

Aww it’s sewwww cute!

You can easily make a long middle part to make Christmas Crackers! A row of crackers would be a fun table runner.

Can’t wait for week 3!

How about you? Are you sewing along this year’s Mystery Quilt-a-Long?

Grab the free Pattern HERE>

I made last year’s Mystery quilt in Winter Colours which you can check out HERE>

This year I am using SweetWater Snowkissed Collection.

You can check out the Sweetwater Snowkissed Christmas fabric collection HERE>

I have been working with scraps lately and while working with some tiny bits and bobs of scraps, my head was thinking about making a crumb quilt. 

So while I’m dreaming about this crumb quilts of mine, I thought I’ll share some ideas on how you can make crumb quilts using up your teeny little itty bitty scraps! 

If you’ve never come across a jelly roll rug before, well you’re in for a treat. I am sharing a newly finished jelly roll rug that I just made. 

Another fun quilt-a-long has just started! This time it is the mystery Christmas Quilt-A-Long which usually runs in July. This is a free pattern by Fat Quarter Shop and will be released each week together with a video tutorial. 

Check out more details about the quilt-a-long HERE>

This year, the mystery quilt is called the Christmas Time Quilt-a-Long!

Now, I don’t celebrate Christmas but I do love the season. With all the glitters and decorations, it is always magical. And I love the joyful colours of Christmassy fabrics. 

I have been working hard trying to keep my scraps in control. The more projects we work on and finish, the more scraps we’ll end up with. Today I’m updating a little start to my scrappy ocean wave quilt.

Here’s an update on some of my slow stitching projects including my Home Sweet Home Cross Stitch, Chalk Talk Quilting and Grandmother Flower Garden EPP project. 

Now that I have come back to cross-stitching, I am making more time to sit and enjoy a little bit of hand-stitching or cross-stitching with Audible on or a movie. 

Usually, I also have my little one in my arm watching tv with me too, so my choice of tv would be all the kids move or Blippi. That’s why Audible books are on my ear while we enjoy the cozy times together. Lately, I have been enjoying the more available selections from Audible Plus Catalogue. Some great fiction  selection there too, which makes the subscription much more worth it as we can get more books a month.