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A little progress with the WIP this week. Two more Jewellery rolls finished and ready to wrap up. And I’ve caught up the Colour My World Challenge, hosted by M-R at Quilt Matters. The orange sun is an experiment in needle sculpting a face – not amazing but an interesting exercise…and the grey dresden must be […]
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(There are tutorials for these very quick and easy calico bags and hanging stars at the end of this post) Welcome to Rainbow Hare Quilts for my day on the Thursday Think Tank Holiday Hop! In case you’ve missed any of the hop posts so far, here is the schedule: 1. November 1 – Making […]
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This year has been particularly economically challenging for us so all my WIP this week relates to making Christmas on a shoestring! Luckily, we sewists are blessed with a stash of beautiful scraps but it’s not always easy to think what to make for our non-sewing friends and relations, who probably won’t love love a […]
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I have been having camera issues! Every time I’ve connected my camera and lap top lately my photos have been disappearing :( I’ve been madly sewing late into the nights trying to make everyone Christmas presents and then no pictures but I think I’ve solved this now so these photos were a quick test. This was the […]
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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 […]
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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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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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How is your WIP this week? I’ve had some small gifts on my to do list for a long time and I’ve finally decided to make these… Then I looked at my WIP list and I just felt like making something completely different so I started this doll. Hopefully by the next time you see […]
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