Welcome to the Cait Lisle Designs blog, where I’ll be sharing my favourite quilty tips, insights into my design process, and other random thoughts. There will even be the occasional free pattern! I should probably start by telling you a little about me and how I started quilting, so here goes.

It all started when a friend asked if I wanted to join her at a couple of half-day classes at our local quilt shop in an effort to help get her going on a long-time WIP. After shrugging and saying “why not?”, I found myself stepping into a world of colourful fabrics and modern designs that totally changed my perception of what quilting could be.

Wind forward a few months and I was hooked. Armed with a shiny new sewing machine and a bucket load of that “why not?” spirit, I’d quilted a giant disappearing nine patch quilt for my bed, designed and made Ashley’s Star Quilt and was just bursting with ideas for more. A year later my Mountain Reflections quilt was hanging in the Festival of Quilts, I’d had a pattern accepted for publication in Make Modern Magazine, and Cait Lisle Designs was born.

I find inspiration everywhere I look, from other quilts to paintings and even shadows on floor tiles! I love playing with traditional piecing techniques to give them a fresh modern twist and creating patterns that everyone from beginners to life-long quilters can enjoy making.

Oh, and my friend still hasn’t finished her WIP!

Until next time!