RAINBOW HARE

MAKING CHRISTMAS – including whole season much muddled

Once upon a time, I used to be up way after midnight every Christmas Eve finishing rag dolls, sewing sequins on fairy dresses, stuffing soft toys…generally putting all those last little finishing touches to sewing projects destined to be presents for Christmas morning. In recent years, after a last minute scrabble around I whip […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Swap Goodies – finished!

Mug rugs and goodies for the Fluffy Sheep Swap finished – yay! For Partner 1 Reversible mug rug – I really hope she likes it! And the goodies… I love this pin cushion – I think I might make an identical one for myself. And this is a bonus rug mug. I won’t […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Bad Sewing Week :o(

Well this has been a bad sewing sewing week – in both senses of the word. It started off all well and fine with lots of very enjoyable browsing of everyone else’s blogs and lots of looking at the wonderful pictures everyone has been posting on Cindy’s Mug Rug/ Goodie Swap Flickr Group. Then Autumn […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Chequer Board Quilt

1. Checkerboard quilt – finished. This is the only thing I’ve actually sewn in the last couple of weeks although, for me, that’s been a lot of sewing! (I can’t get a picture of the whole thing without it dragging in mud). I’ve quilted it all over in straight(ish) lines (approximately) 1 inch apart. Of […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

This Week’s (not) Sewing

I’m thinking I’d better post something because, although I always intend to be a good, regular blogger, somehow things keep getting in the way and now I’ve joined the Goodie Swap, organised by Cindy at Fluffy Sheep, I don’t want my fellow swappers to visit and get the impression I’ve abandoned my blog. Because I like […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

LITTLE HOUSE PIN CUSHION

I just came across ‘Finish it Friday’ at Stitching by Starlight and I thought I’d link up with my Tiny Cottage pin cushion. Actually, I feel a bit silly posting a pin cushion but I think it’s a great idea to have somewhere we can all see each others completed projects and so far (apart from the […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog. Recently, I stumbled upon the world of quilting blogs. I’ve been so inspired by all the fabric talk and sewing tips and tutorials and quilt-a-longs that I’ve decided a place on the web where I can quilt and learn and blog as I go is just what […]