While I was working on my thesis last year, with no real free time to do anything properly crafty, I kept myself sane by channelling my creative urges into watching quilting tutorials on YouTube and keeping a notebook of all the ideas I wanted to try out one day. And, when that wasn’t enough, by…
definite theme is developing with this quilt: find ways to use up all those random experimental blocks that I made to try things out but then didn’t actually know what to do with. Oh, and break the rules a bit and don’t do things you’re supposed to do with proper quilts. Which is why I’ve…
This whole having a weekend off thing is fun! It’s meant I managed to finish off the last* bird of the Birds in Flight quilt-a-long, the thrush: *well, technically the last. I still want to re-make the wren sometime with the colours going the right direction, so I’m not completely finished, but at least now…
Binding complete, so I can tick that one off the Secret Santa list. (Sorry for the rubbish photo – it’s pouring with rain, so the light is terrible, but I wanted to get a photo before I wrapped it up). I’m so pleased with how it turned out! I’m feeling all inspired to try so…
I finally finished the quilt top for the Little Squares quilt! SO MANY seams to match! I am starting to understand why people put sashing between quilt blocks. I’m really pleased with how it looks, though: Now I’ve just got to quilt it. I’ve got a few ideas for what I want to do, but…
Because I couldn’t quite make up my mind what fabrics to use for the next bird, this afternoon I laid out all the ones I’ve done so far, hoping seeing the overall effect would help me decide. It’s the first time I’ve actually looked at them all together, and they look pretty impressive: They also…
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That is a beauty!!
Lovely!!!
So so beautiful !