Hi! Today I am going to show you how to make a Hexie Keychain like this one that I made for my friend, Sue. What you need: 1 Key ring A feature fabric for the front A co-ordinating fabric for the back and border A scrap of firm, iron on wadding the size of the small hexagon - I used Vilene H640 because I had small … Read more
Tutorials
Make a Greek Cross Quilt Block from Charm Squares
Today we are going to make a Greek Cross Quilt Block from charm squares. You will notice how similar it is to a Churn Dash. It is an example of how we can, by varying the fabrics and the direction of each square within the 9 patch, achieve a … Read more
Spin the Pins – Make a Hexie Pouch
In my swap group (Australia only) we decided to try swapping some hexagons, so with a quick spin of my pins, I found this cute little pouch made using 1" hexagons and decided that I would make a Hexie Pouch! This is how I did … Read more
How to Rule Up 1/2 Triangles – Easily
I've been looking at a UFO and it has 1/2 triangles in it. Don't you hate it when you are trying to mark in the diagonals and the fabric is all squishy? Let me show you how I solved this problem!What you need:An old cork placematA sheet … Read more
Recipes
Fruit Nut Balls
Just to show that not everything in the Nanny household is made with condensed … Read more
Caramel Tart Recipe
Back in May, I posted about making my son some Caramel Tarts. I promised a … Read more
Nanny & Poppy Projects
Spin the Pins – Make a Hexie Bag
As you would now be aware, I co-ordinate fabric … Read more
Make Book Ends
As it is now November (eek), I thought I would share some ideas for Christmas … Read more