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Lucy mentioned, the other day, that she had chosen ‘challenge’ as her word of the year. I didn’t choose ‘challenge’ but it seems to have chosen me! all together two usable elephants without balloons Today I’ve been trying to do some-thing with the Pernilla’s Journey. Before I bought it, I had it in mind to […]
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I expect you think I’m thinking about Christmas. Not quite yet – but soon! This week my FQ bundle of Pernilla’s Journey, by Tina Givens from Sew Fresh Fabrics, arrived. I was a little disappointed to find that out of two fqs I only got four whole elephants and two of those have the rider’s balloons chopped off. Overall, though, I […]
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I can’t believe another week has gone by and here we are at Thursday Think Tank again! I’m starting with this star which I’ve just made following an excellent ‘Texas Star Quilt Block Tutorial’ at Blue Elephant Stitches I made it from scraps as a trial run but I think I could add a border […]
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Yesterday I thought to myself ‘It’s about time I wrote a TTT post’ so I popped over to Making Rebecca Lynne and I couldn’t find this week’s TTT anywhere. So I thought I’d get on with my table runner. Then, this afternoon, what did I see in my blog roll but yesterday’s TTT. I have […]
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Today I’m linking up with Making Rebecca Lynne for Thursday Think Tank Although I haven’t had a lot of time for sewing lately, my new favourite hobby is thinking about what I’m going to sew when I do have time. Lots of this thinking involves designing quilts with amazingly complex piecing and fabulous fmq which […]
Read More…Once upon a time, I used to be up way after midnight every Christmas Eve finishing rag dolls, sewing sequins on fairy dresses, stuffing soft toys…generally putting all those last little finishing touches to sewing projects destined to be presents for Christmas morning. In recent years, after a last minute scrabble around I whip […]
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I’m thinking I’d better post something because, although I always intend to be a good, regular blogger, somehow things keep getting in the way and now I’ve joined the Goodie Swap, organised by Cindy at Fluffy Sheep, I don’t want my fellow swappers to visit and get the impression I’ve abandoned my blog. Because I like […]
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Hello and welcome to my brand new blog. Recently, I stumbled upon the world of quilting blogs. I’ve been so inspired by all the fabric talk and sewing tips and tutorials and quilt-a-longs that I’ve decided a place on the web where I can quilt and learn and blog as I go is just what […]
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