RAINBOW HARE

Re-usable Wrapping – Very Quick Calico Bags

This takes only 8 or 10 lines of stitching depending which casing option you choose! (Note: The fabric I used is called calico in the UK but I think some of you might know as muslin. If someone could let me know, I’ll edit. It’s a very inexpensive medium weight cotton which sometimes still has […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wrapping it up! A Tutorial

(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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Christmas on a shoestring!

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Cello Cushion

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

I Saw A Fish!

The other day I visited the lovely Karen from Laughter in Quilts and she had made this stunning drunkards path mini quilt – do have a look! I was admiring her amazing fmq and suddenly I saw a fish! Who knew you could arrange dps into a perfect fish shape! Probably everyone but it was a revelation to me. […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Elephants and Holiday Hops

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Progressing…

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Sew up to date

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

End of Summer Sewing

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 […]