DIARY A quiet place to share work away from the hustle of social media… I’ve been making a lot of new pantographs and Wavy Slice is one of my favourites. It’s an offshoot of Slice, which is part of the

DIARY A quiet place to share work away from the hustle of social media…</p><p style=”text-align: center;”>I’ve never shared this quilt publicly before, but on the 13, 14, and 15 Sept, it had its debut at the<b> </b>Whangarei Patchworkers and Quilters

Long overdue news… My piece called “Calm and Chaos” was exhibited at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in May 2023. IT WON A RIBBON!!! (Which means, I won a ribbon!!!) Thank you Aotearoa Quilters, New Zealand’s national quilting body,

UPDATE 2025 At the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in 2023, I taught Improv Piecing. I had great students, lovely faculty, and the worst case of nerves ever. I was humbled that people wanted to learn techniques that I was

DIARY A quiet place to share work away from the hustle of social media…</p> <img width=”800″ height=”800″ src=”https://quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/quiltingoctopus-2-1024×1024.jpeg” alt=”red, blue, lime, and aubergine improv pieced corners set in a square” srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/quiltingoctopus-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/quiltingoctopus-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/quiltingoctopus-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/quiltingoctopus-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/quiltingoctopus-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536&ssl=1 1536w,