I’ve been using a couple of random bits of fabric and batting as a practice quilt sandwich, for checking tension and trying out new quilting patterns before I actually start quilting something. I’d completely filled up the piece with stitching, so I was about to throw it out and replace it with some new scraps,…
Ages ago I asked Deb Robertson how she manages to produce so many quilts while juggling work and children, and she told me she makes a lot of use of those spare half hours at the beginning and end of the day, when you can sew a few seams, or cut a few pieces, even…
ight, I’ve decided my impulse to just give away all those old cross-stitch projects that have been languishing in the bottom of my trunk since I finished them is a good one, so this is the first in an occasional series of giveaway posts. I’m not sure exactly how this is going to work, and…
You may have noticed a slowing down in the production of birds lately. That’s because these last few are so much more complicated than the earlier ones. With the first few birds, I could easily churn one out over a couple of evenings, but these later ones need a lot more concentration to make sure…
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…
It seems the earth wants to remind us that just because it’s a new year, that doesn’t mean the end of the aftershocks. We were rudely awakened twice during the night by big ones, a 5.1 at about half past one, and then a 5.5 at quarter to six. Followed, of course, by a string…
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That is a beauty!!
Lovely!!!
So so beautiful !