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At last, I’ve finished the trip-a-long top. I know there’a a big difference between a finished top and a finished quilt but, still, it’s a finish of sorts. It’s quite a step towards low volume for me but not so pastel coloured as it looks in the photo above. this shows the colours a […]
Read More…Week 2 of the 5″ x 7″ Challenge in which I have agreed to make a year’s worth of 5″ x 7″ art pieces with a focus on making a piece a week, rather than on quality, although of course both would be nice. What to say about this piece! Only, in my mind, echoes the refrain […]
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I hope you’re all having a lovely Valentines day! This week I did something very random – not so much random per se but random for me. Back in the days when I had little children and hadn’t discovered quilting, I used to think cross stitch was the ultimate portable sewing project and I used […]
Read More…This week I began and finished three things – a fused fabric valentine (blogged here) fused fabric valentines wall hanging butterfly detail and two bee blocks. And now I am back to working on this. Here are the left overs – good for a cushion perhaps? And here are strips of […]
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Do you ever get quilter’s block? Two pieces of musical notes fabric fused together with two heats cut out… Much as I love joining bees and swaps and challenges, it is an extraordinarily rare thing for me ever to make something for someone else or to link up with a challenge without being beset, sometimes immobilised, by doubt […]
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cat’s for Brittany Given that my life is about 90% random and 10% sewing, I don’t know why I’ve only managed to link up with Really Random Thursday once. I think it’s one of the most interesting linking parties but I’m usually frantically sewing for a Friday Finish! This week I’m posting my Friday Finish […]
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I’ve reached a stage with my trip-a-long of having sixteen blocks finished and sewn together. I didn’t actually have enough scraps to attempt this so I used some fat quarters and cut into some half yards and I cut the strips at 3 1/2′ so my top now measures 60′ x 60′. half the top draped over […]
Read More…1. Trade Winds Finished Rolled, 2. Trade Winds Finished Binding, 3. Trade Winds Finished, 4. Red and White Quilt, 5. Red and White Quilt, 6. bee block, 7. Kerry’s block 2, 8. Kerry’s block 1, 9. Deborah’s block, 10. cath kidston sewing roll 4, 11. cath kidston sewing roll 3, 12. cath kidston sewing roll […]
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On Tuesday evening I went out to shut up our chicken and duck houses. The ground was frozen and we had several inches of snow lying. It was dark and snowing quite heavily and I could hear a bubbling, water-rushing sound like a mountain stream or waterfall. Although we have a large pond we have […]
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