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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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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 […]
Read More…Snow at last! Fusible Batting Review I recently bought a Queensize pack of Hobbs Heirloom® 80/20 Fusible Cotton Blend Batting but after reading about various bad experiences other bloggers had had with fusible wadding, I asked Sarah about it and she sent me a very helpful email describing her experience of it coming unstuck […]
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The other day I visited the lovely Karen from Laughter in Quilts and she had made this stunning drunkards path mini quilt – do have a look! I was admiring her amazing fmq and suddenly I saw a fish! Who knew you could arrange dps into a perfect fish shape! Probably everyone but it was a revelation to me. […]
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FRONT I’ve become a virtual blogging hermit lately. This is partly because I’ve had so little time to sew that I’ve had nothing to blog about and partly because I was starting to get worried about my Mini Quilt Wall Hanging for the Brit Quilt Swap 3 so I decided not to sew anything else until […]
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I’m sorry if you got fed up of seeing my flag quilt last week. I’m linking up with it because It’s my only finish in ages and I have some fab news that I really wanted to share on Jenna’s blog first… Quilt stats: 74″ x 94″. Front – Klona cotton. Binding – the same […]
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I’ve finished my mini quilt for this month’s Colour My World Challenge with M-R at Quilt Matters And I’ve started something I’m thinking I really should have declined. This week one of my son’s, Adrian, asked me make him two cushions with the logo of his company, Convivium Records, appliqued on it. I’m finding it very tricky and […]
Read More… The time has come to head over to Jenna at Sew Happy Geek and vote for your favourite PLAY pick-a-card mini quilt The voting runs from today – 29th of May – until 1st June. All the entries are wonderful but of course I would LOVE you to vote for my Ten of Diamonds Kite!!! 13″ x 19″ […]
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This blackbird, who has a nest in one of our hedges, has been happily singing in the rain a lot lately! But bad gardening weather is good sewing weather and I have an unexpected finish this week! It’s going to be my May entry for the Color Palette Challenge – and it’s finished two weeks early […]
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