RAINBOW HARE

Wonderings

I expect you think I’m thinking about Christmas. Not quite yet – but soon! This week my FQ bundle of Pernilla’s Journey, by Tina Givens from Sew Fresh Fabrics, arrived. I was a little disappointed to find that out of two fqs I only got four whole elephants and two of those have the rider’s balloons chopped off. Overall, though, I […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

December Fresh Sewing Day

1. brown hare in tree 2, 2. Christmas table runner finished!, 3. 3 cushions pile, 4. 3 hanging birds, 5. toile pot holder back, 6. bird mobile, 7.SAM_1668, 8. practice pieces cushion cover, 9. oven glove 2, 10. scrap star cushion cover Hi and Welcome to Rainbow Hare Quilts on this December Fresh Sewing Day! If you’re a new visitor popping over from Lily’s leave […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Small Brown Hare

Yesterday, I paid a visit to my nearest quilting shop. At first, I was disappointed not to find more modern fabric, although I was very pleased to find a bendy quarter inch wide ruler which I think will be perfect for cutting curved shapes for piecing. Then I bought what was probably the most traditional […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A Record Number of Finishes!

I’m linking today with Rebecca Lynne For Thursday Think Tank. and TGIFF at Sparrow In Flight I’ll begin with TGIFF because I’ve finished so many things this week – I think it must be my record! 1. The red and white cushion. 2. These little birds, using a tutorial from Spool Sewing 3. Two pot holders (click here tutorial). 4. A large pot […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Pot Holder Tutorial

2 Pot Holders – Fronts and Backs Today, I thought I d attempt a little pot holder tutorial. This is a great way to use up odds and ends of scraps or any blocks you have lying around unused. The block in the blue/grey version (above) is from the time when I fondly imagined myself being […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Two Cushion Covers

Today I made two cushion covers and used up some scraps to the bitter end! This one was my Texas Star block. It measures 17 inches. And this one was my practice at making waves before I had an fmq foot. It measures 13 inches. This border was meant to be for the star […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

TTT 10/11/11

I can’t believe another week has gone by and here we are at Thursday Think Tank again! I’m starting with this star which I’ve just made following an excellent ‘Texas Star Quilt Block Tutorial’ at Blue Elephant Stitches I made it from scraps as a trial run but I think I could add a border […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Winter Table Runner

Yesterday I thought to myself ‘It’s about time I wrote a TTT post’ so I popped over to Making Rebecca Lynne and I couldn’t find this week’s TTT anywhere. So I thought I’d get on with my table runner. Then, this afternoon, what did I see in my blog roll but yesterday’s TTT. I have […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

This and That

Today I’m linking up with Making Rebecca Lynne for Thursday Think Tank Although I haven’t had a lot of time for sewing lately, my new favourite hobby is thinking about what I’m going to sew when I do have time. Lots of this thinking involves designing quilts with amazingly complex piecing and fabulous fmq which […]