BossyOz

After more than ten years I've decided to cancel the bossyoz.com domain, so from 1 APRIL 2022 you'll find me at the free website address  https://bossyoz.blogspot.com/ . In fact, EVERYTHING on my website is ALREADY on blogspot/blogger, but I've got the bossyoz.com domain showing as the address so there is no exporting / importing to be done. I'll check internal links after the shift, but fingers crossed all should work smoothly.  To confirm, my patterns, external blogs and quilting & sewing t-shirts remain in their usual places as below.  ACTION: Please update your bookmark to  https://bossyoz.blogspot.com/ BossyOz: Useful links BOOKS, PLANNERS & T-SHIRTS FOR SALE: Quilt Block Designer Journal - 24 blocks (4 pages per block):  https://amzn.to/3vWUjY1 Quilt Block Planner - 40 blocks (2 pages per block):  https://amzn.to/2Qi7T7E Quilting and sewing t-shirts:  https://amzn.to/3lRv0Sx UK Quilters United by a common thread, edited by Julie Passey,  https://amzn.to/3w

I have designed a few different quilting and sewing related t-shirts which are available for sale on Amazon UK (a select few are on Amazon US too). Below are some of them.  Quilting and sewing related Sew far sew good.  Woman, man and youth fits. Available in ten different colours. White text, lighter / colourful t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/2XrjoNU Patch by patch quilters create loving hugs . Available in 24 different colour combinations. Woman, man and youth fits. (£2 per sale goes to Quilts for Care Leavers, Q4CL ) White text, darker t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/3eASvO1 Blue text, lighter t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/3lgPdk6 White text, long sleeved t-shirts,  https://amzn.to/3tk0R0t Sewing Granny, Quilting Granny and Granny's Little Helper . 10 different colours for each of the Granny designs and nine for the little helper. Woman / youth fits. Sewing Granny,  https://amzn.to/2Xwc1Vz Quilting Granny,  https://amzn.to/3xJFpE8 Granny's Little Helper,  https://amzn.to/37HESb8 Oh, sew

I've had some fun when I created two quilt block patterns with people on them. These are the two base blocks which you can get from my shops. Both blocks have a dress (short or long) and a trouser outfit (jumper or suit / dinner jacket).  By mixing the two quilt block patterns and adjusting the hair styles, a wide selection of blocks can be created. You can keep with traditional woman and man, or mix it up as you like. Below are some of mine; I'd love to see what you make, so please tag your makes with the hashtag #alltogethernowquilt and #bossyozpatterns so I can find them.  https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/alltogethernowquilt/ Get the two base patterns:  LINK to my Payhip shop   LINK to my UKQU shop - currently £1 off!

The Quilt Block Planner is now live on Amazon globally and it has space for a whopping 40 quilt block designs  Similar to the Quilt Block Designer (link below), the Quilt Block Planner is for 12" x 12" (or 6" x 6" blocks if you like 1/2" grid lines!!).  The main difference is that the Quilt Block Planner has two pages per block (a 12x12 grid page and a notes page) which means that this version includes space for creating and documenting 40 blocks in each notebook.  Direct links to my notebooks / journals:  Quilt Block Designer Journal - 24 blocks (4 pages per block):  https://amzn.to/3vWUjY1 Quilt Block Planner Notebook - 40 blocks (2 pages per block):  https://amzn.to/2Qi7T7E Other quilting related things I sell on Amazon: Quilting and sewing t-shirts:  https://amzn.to/3lRv0Sx UK Quilters United by a common thread, edited by Julie Passey,  https://amzn.to/3w0PSeu UK Quilters United by a second thread, edited by Nina Danielsson,  https://amzn.to/2PzqBqY ht

I prefer working on paper when coming up with new designs for quilt blocks; it just feels more tangible seeing it all on a page! Also, it means I get time away from the screen. Working up over a dozen of designs recently I realised it would be much nicer to have them all in one book, rather than using random sheets of paper and sticking them in binders (or, more likely, misplacing them somewhere along the way). I am already an Amazon author (after publishing the two books for UK Quilters United*), so I decided to look into the option of creating my own quilt designer notebook. After a bit of playing around and trying different designs, I settled on layout and content to capture my design ideas whilst at the same time allowing space for notes and cutting instructions.  As many quilters seem to love purple, I decided on the colour of the cover and when searching for images I stumbled on the image to use.  Quilt Block Designer journal is now live I am pleased to say that the journal is no

I am eagerly awaiting the Garden Flower Blog Hop quilt top to come back from the longarmer. So far I haven't got any timings, only that it'll be added to the queue when it arrives (which it as according to the Royal Mail tracking).  Free patterns If you'd like to make your own garden flower inspired quilt, please have a look at the following links for free patterns, all compiled by me for UK Quilters United; Improv flowers: https://ukqu.co.uk/ninas-improv-flower-block-gfbh2020/ Foundation paper pieced flowers: https://ukqu.co.uk/ninas-fpp-flower-block-gfbh2020/ Various other blocks: https://ukqu.co.uk/ideas-for-additional-blocks-gfbh2020/ For all patterns in the UKQU Garden Flower Blog Hop series, please visit https://ukqu.co.uk/blocks-of-the-month/the-garden-flowers-blog-hop-2020/

Free, easy PDF pattern to download Having created the pattern for this easy quilt, I hesitated before naming it as I wanted to ensure I gave it a correct name. I was planning to call it something with 'Rail Fence', but some searching online made me realise that not all quilt patterns with strips arranged into squares are called Rail Fence! More than one Rail Fence The one consisting of just  two  rectangular pieces in each sub-block is usually referred to as Streak of Lightning (or Endless Stair) block. Using three rectangular pieces in each sub-block and you need to refer to the block as a Roman Square. Finally, the block with four strips, is the one which is actually called Rail Fence.  The free pattern So, with that out of the way, it's time to show you the quilt top I made using my Roman Rail Fence pattern (see what i did there?). The sub-blocks consist of three rectangular pieces sewn together to create a flow of red and orange 'stairs' throughout the quilt,