Dream in colour, create in fabric, thread, yarn, words, whatever you have to hand
Speak of the spring, and foison of the year, The one doth shadow of your beauty show, The other as your bounty doth appear; (Shakespeare Sonnet 53) September. Autumn. The evenings draw in and the Mornings are cool and misty. But in the garden it’s a time of abundance. And there’s an exuberance of rich colours – […]
Read More…A Friday Finish! This should be the big Taaa Daaa day for the unicorn quilt but, unfortunately, I can’t show you a finished picture. DH and I have come to Portsmouth for a few days to help our eldest daughter move house and to have a mini holiday because tomorrow will be our 28th Wedding […]
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Since Friday, I’ve only managed to put together four centres for my Scrappy? Sew Be It! bee blocks, which I mentioned in last week’s WIP post. I’m hoping to end up with 36 blocks like this – And I’m thinking I’ll get a selection of the stars onto the foundation paper and then do all […]
Read More…I’ve finally succumbed and bought the book and made a start – so the Zakka Along Tea cosy is my newest work in progress. And I finished my Scrappy-Trip-Along! But I haven’t become a total convert to low volume. I’ve also finished (and posted) the oak tree jewellery roll. I do love colour! Happy Wednesday […]
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67″ x 67″ This has been a long trip! I started it at the end of January and had it pieced and half quilted by about the end of February and since then it’s always been in the back of my mind that I really should get it finished up. I really don’t like having […]
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This week I’ve finished a Bee Block – Winged Square for Jess using a tutorial by Amy at During Quiet Time and Jess’ colour choices. I adore this block! And I added the sea bed, bottom layer to this for Jan. I also finished a small wall hanging – Eat, Sleep, Sew! And this is what […]
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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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I’ve been very tempted to join in with Spring Fever… But I’d thought I’d better give it a miss because for one thing I don’t have many stringy, or potentially stringy, scraps and for another thing I resolved to sew nothing but bee blocks until I get myself up-to-date (not to mention my that trip-a-long […]
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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 […]
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