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For my second entry in the Bloggers Quilt Festival, I really wanted to enter my Tradewinds Quilt, which I made around Christmas as a gift for my eldest daughter. But, unfortunately, I only had inside, Winter photos, which really didn’t do justice to the beautiful fabrics. 1. Trade Winds Finished Rolled, 2. Trade Winds Finished, 3. […]
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As you can see from the photo below, it’s so dull and dark here even the birds don’t know what to make of it. About a thousand arrived yesterday, settled in the trees for a few minutes and flew away again. So I felt we were much in need of some brightening up and, on […]
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 […]
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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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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This week I’ve been working on trying to perfect a simple cloth doll pattern… …and a request quilt. This quilt is a late birthday present for one of my son’s (I have three sons and two daughters) and he chose it because he wanted a big flag for rugby matches. This is 74″ x 94″. […]
Read More…As I’m sure you know it’s the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival over at Amy’s Creative Side. It’s wonderful to see the huge variety of quilts that have been entered and the talent in quilt-blogland is sooooo inspiring! This is my offering. I made it last Autumn. It was my was my first ‘real’ quilt and, although […]
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ruby butterfly front ruby butterfly back Finished!
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This week’s finishes… First a little finish – or a still to be finished, depending how you look at it because I expect I’ll make these into something else sooner or later. five felt hearts Then the blue quilt – still no daylight :( but this was my big finish of the week. blue […]
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