RAINBOW HARE

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Fresh Finished Friday!

1. Trade Winds Finished Rolled, 2. Trade Winds Finished Binding, 3. Trade Winds Finished, 4. Red and White Quilt, 5. Red and White Quilt, 6. bee block, 7. Kerry’s block 2, 8. Kerry’s block 1, 9. Deborah’s block, 10. cath kidston sewing roll 4, 11. cath kidston sewing roll 3, 12. cath kidston sewing roll […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

the raining tree and a little ta-da

On Tuesday evening I went out to shut up our chicken and duck houses. The ground was frozen and we had several inches of snow lying. It was dark and snowing quite heavily and I could hear a bubbling, water-rushing sound like a mountain stream or waterfall. Although we have a large pond we have […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Fusible Wadding Review, Friday Finish and Quilters Show and Tell

Snow at last! Fusible Batting Review I recently bought a Queensize pack of Hobbs Heirloom® 80/20 Fusible Cotton Blend Batting but after reading about various bad experiences other bloggers had had with fusible wadding, I asked Sarah about it and she sent me a very helpful email describing her experience of it coming unstuck […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Vintage Edition!

Since my last WIP, my sewing has taken a more vintage turn. I’ve finished two blocks for Kerry – a pinwheel and an appliquéd retro flower type block. And a 36 square, using Cath Kidston fabric for Deborah. And with the strip left over I decided to make a little sewing roll. outside inside all rolled up I […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A Green Elf (+ 2012 Colour My World Challenge Finale)

The elf is finished! The colour for December in the Colour My World Challenge, inspired and hosted by M-R at Quilt Matters was green. The basic pattern I used was the same as the midwinter faery, based on Miranda in book called Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls by Jan Horrox. I think his hands turned out better and […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Mid-Winter Faery Song

Here is a Mid-Winter Faery. She is a song because she is made of words and music. Naturally, she is magical because ‘charm’ derives from the same source as carol and (archaically) means a song. The song is the song of the evergreens – the holly, the ivy and the fir, singing the sun back […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

More Jewellery Rolls

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Hanging Hearts with Stars

This is what you need + a dab of glue (not shown). Cut a length of string to hang the heart up and tie the ends together and cut out two heart shapes. I made mine about 5″, which seemed a manageable size to sew and fit a small gift inside. I found it […]