Easter Bunny Cushion!

If you feel like making something quick and cheerful and seasonal, how about finding a Springtime image at the Graphics Fairy. You can find the brown rabbit print I used here or browse through hundreds of free vintage images. Just print your image onto a piece of transfer paper (I used a TAP Transfer Sheet), remembering to […]

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Really Random Friday.

This week I had big sewing plans. And, as it turned out, the world had other plans but I’ve been trying to have at least one Friday Finish every week this year so I made this little pin cushion. I always think you can’t have enough pin cushions and a little finish is still a […]

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Really Random Thursday – March Hare Edition!

Really Random Thursday again already! Where does the week go? Just after Christmas I was persuaded by a youtube video to exchange my trusty wooden knitting needles that have served me many years for some hemostats and this week I tried them out for the first time. And, lest you think I’m ‘as mad as a March Hare’ […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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a finish of sorts

  At last, I’ve finished the trip-a-long top. I know there’a a big difference between a finished top and a finished quilt but, still, it’s a finish of sorts. It’s quite a step towards low volume for me but not so pastel coloured as it looks in the photo above. this shows the colours a […]

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Do You Heart Samplers?

I hope you’re all having a lovely Valentines day! This week I did something very random – not so much random per se but random for me. Back in the days when I had little children and hadn’t discovered quilting, I used to think cross stitch was the ultimate portable sewing project and I used […]

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my sewing and other animals

cat’s for Brittany Given that my life is about 90% random and 10% sewing, I don’t know why I’ve only managed to link up with Really Random Thursday once. I think it’s one of the most interesting linking parties but I’m usually frantically sewing for a Friday Finish! This week I’m posting my Friday Finish […]

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I’ve reached a stage…

I’ve reached a stage with my trip-a-long of having sixteen blocks finished and sewn together. I didn’t actually have enough scraps to attempt this so I used some fat quarters and cut into some half yards and I cut the strips at 3 1/2′ so my top now measures 60′ x 60′. half the top draped over […]

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