Dream in colour, create in fabric, thread, yarn, words, whatever you have to hand
A while ago (so long I can’t remember when exactly) I signed up with Kristen at Meadowbrook for a nine patch QAL. I put her button in my side bar and started dreaming in nine patches… In my head I trialled virtually all my fabric in endless combinations but I never actually got round to sewing until […]
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This has been a week of glorious colour! First I found out I had the won a fat quarter stack of eight Kona solids (Kona Basil, Teal, Turquoise, Peacock, Azure, Bahama blue, Lime and Jade) from the very lovely and talented Annabella at Life’s Rich Pattern. Annabella has the most wonderful taste in fabrics – so […]
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FRONT I’ve become a virtual blogging hermit lately. This is partly because I’ve had so little time to sew that I’ve had nothing to blog about and partly because I was starting to get worried about my Mini Quilt Wall Hanging for the Brit Quilt Swap 3 so I decided not to sew anything else until […]
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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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