The beginning of a quilt…

My Favorite Patterns 163 March is my month in the Fat Stash Bee. For some reason, it took me a bit by surprise and I couldn’t think what to ask for or what type of quilt I’d really like – probably because I’m a bit of a one project person and I’m in the middle […]

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Four-in-Art – Colour + Microscopic

This year I have joined Four-in-Art. Four-in-Art, is a small group with the stated common desire to: ‘break out of the usual gridded experience and try a new concept, free of structure or preconception, moving the boundaries of our own skills forward in both concept and technique’.The overall theme for this year is colour and […]

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WIP

In Progress: One quilt. Not much to show yet but this really must be my project of the month… Finished: One handkerchief, requested at short notice for the wedding of my daughter’s friend. I was given a picture, which was clearly machine embroidered, and the handkerchief…I did attempt to hand embroider straight onto the hanky […]

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HO, HO, NO!

Ho, Ho, No! A month to go And nothing to show…  Three of my children have November birthdays – one of them is today – and I used to have a strict rule of not even thinking about Christmas until December. This was partly to protect the specialness of the birthdays (my eldest son has […]

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Waiting for the light…

Waiting and waiting… I have finished a doll for my lovely friend Benta, who blogs over at Slik Stitches. Really, I should post her but I have been hoping, these last few days, to take some photos for my blog, which is to say, I have been waiting for the sun to peep out. Still waiting… […]

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