FABRIC ILLUSTRATION – Page 8

New To Me In February 2013

Today is the 25th of the month so it’s time to link up with Fiona for New to me in 2013. Last month I thought I hadn’t tried anything new (although afterwards I remembered the fusible wadding!) so I’ve been keeping a mental note, this month, of things that are new to me. I began […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

WIP

I’m late WIP-ing today because I really wanted to get this cushion finished. It’s the result of my experiment yesterday (blogged here). I like the shapes but if I do this again I’ll definitely use solids or fabrics with very small pattern repeats. Since it was all a bit experimental anyway I thought I’d also […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

not what I meant at all…

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Do you ever get quilter’s block?

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Fusible Wadding Review, Friday Finish and Quilters Show and Tell

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

I Saw A Fish!

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. […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

BSQ3 Finish

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

So Thank You Jenna Monday!

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

WIP

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 […]