RAINBOW HARE

Really Random Thursday + WIP

Yesterday I suddenly went down with a mystery illness which apparently is going around. It was like flu without the sneezing/sore throat. I kept randomly alternating between high temperatures and being freezing cold, although it was quite a warm day, and all my muscles ached so much I could hardly move about. Luckily it seems […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

not what I meant at all…

Week 2 of the 5″ x 7″ Challenge in which I have agreed to make a year’s worth of 5″ x 7″ art pieces with a focus on making a piece a week, rather than on quality, although of course both would be nice. What to say about this piece! Only, in my mind, echoes the refrain […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

WIP

This week I began and finished three things – a fused fabric valentine (blogged here) fused fabric valentines wall hanging butterfly detail and two bee blocks. And now I am back to working on this. Here are the left overs – good for a cushion perhaps? And here are strips of […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Do you ever get quilter’s block?

Do you ever get quilter’s block? Two pieces of musical notes fabric fused together with two heats cut out… Much as I love joining bees and swaps and challenges, it is an extraordinarily rare thing for me ever to make something for someone else or to link up with a challenge without being beset, sometimes immobilised, by doubt […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

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 […]