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Lately, I haven’t been making much progress so this is a short WIP post. WIP is being hosted today by Bethany who blogs at Make Me A Quilt. I have three small finishes in the last couple of weeks – all bee blocks. This is my Scrappy? Sew be it! block for my Bee mate Jeanne who […]
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I’m sorry if you got fed up of seeing my flag quilt last week. I’m linking up with it because It’s my only finish in ages and I have some fab news that I really wanted to share on Jenna’s blog first… Quilt stats: 74″ x 94″. Front – Klona cotton. Binding – the same […]
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This week I’ve been working on trying to perfect a simple cloth doll pattern… …and a request quilt. This quilt is a late birthday present for one of my son’s (I have three sons and two daughters) and he chose it because he wanted a big flag for rugby matches. This is 74″ x 94″. […]
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I’ve finished my mini quilt for this month’s Colour My World Challenge with M-R at Quilt Matters And I’ve started something I’m thinking I really should have declined. This week one of my son’s, Adrian, asked me make him two cushions with the logo of his company, Convivium Records, appliqued on it. I’m finding it very tricky and […]
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On Friday I met up with the lovely Nicky from Mrs Sew and Sow in Lewes. We had tea, looked around an eclectic assortment of antique shops and enjoyed some uninterrupted browsing in The Patchwork Dog and Basket – no husbands or children asking “Haven’t you finished yet?”!!! Unfortunately neither of us took a working camera but if […]
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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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We’ve had some lovely days in the last couple of weeks… This cow was very keen to have her photo taken! …but today isn’t one of them! The wind and I rarely see eye to eye when it comes to taking pictures of quilts and today we are, apparently, having gusts of 70-80mph so I’m not […]
Read More… The time has come to head over to Jenna at Sew Happy Geek and vote for your favourite PLAY pick-a-card mini quilt The voting runs from today – 29th of May – until 1st June. All the entries are wonderful but of course I would LOVE you to vote for my Ten of Diamonds Kite!!! 13″ x 19″ […]
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