Dream in colour, create in fabric, thread, yarn, words, whatever you have to hand
Some people are good with elephants. Rudyard Kipling tells the tale of Toomai of the Elephants in The Jungle Book – your children will love this story (in fact they’ll probably love the whole book, which you can read here). Or for a very moving real life example check out this link – Wild Elephants gather inexplicably, mourn […]
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It seems like a long time since I’ve written a WIP post but I’m glad to say I’m WIP-ing again! I’ve got two finishes – some blocks for Rosa, my bee friend in Scrappy? Sew Bee it! which is based on this quilt at Red Pepper. And two very simple cushions made from half […]
Read More…1. Biased Butterflies, 2. Dresden Cushion, 3. vintage pin cushion, 4. vintage embroidered pin cushion, 5. pin wheel pin cushion, 6. Benta’s Star, 7. Starter block for Free Form Bee, 8. Cow for Jen, 9. Feather for Lucy, 10. Sheep, 11. Little Witch, 12. Siggy Block for Lucy October has felt like a no sew […]
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It’s taken a couple of weeks since I pieced this (blogged here) but I finally have a Friday Finish! These ‘Really Biased Butterfly’ blocks were inspired by Amy at Badskirt and Lori at Bee in My Bonnet who have both made some fab butterflies lately. I was thinking of making them into a large floor cushion but one of […]
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just needs the binding sewn down… During the past week, I’ve had a lot of time with no sewing machine and no internet but although some of the time I’ve been very busy I’ve also had times each day (at work and travelling) with nothing to do. I spent a while thinking about all the […]
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A while ago (so long I can’t remember when exactly) I signed up with Kristen at Meadowbrook for a nine patch QAL. I put her button in my side bar and started dreaming in nine patches… In my head I trialled virtually all my fabric in endless combinations but I never actually got round to sewing until […]
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Lately, I haven’t been making much progress so this is a short WIP post. WIP is being hosted today by Bethany who blogs at Make Me A Quilt. I have three small finishes in the last couple of weeks – all bee blocks. This is my Scrappy? Sew be it! block for my Bee mate Jeanne who […]
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On Friday I met up with the lovely Nicky from Mrs Sew and Sow in Lewes. We had tea, looked around an eclectic assortment of antique shops and enjoyed some uninterrupted browsing in The Patchwork Dog and Basket – no husbands or children asking “Haven’t you finished yet?”!!! Unfortunately neither of us took a working camera but if […]
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This is a post about small projects A little pin cushion made from a small piece of blackwork stitched in variegated blue/purple thread and a kona charm square. And my other finish this week was these three sewing cases, blogged in my last post. They are embellished with buttons but no hand stitching, except the binding.
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