Hey, remember this quilt? Yep, that one I started ages ago (ok, I just checked, and the quilt-along started in January 2015, so pretty close to three years ago!), which I finished the top for, and then never got round to quilting, because semester started and I was too busy, and then Tartankiwi released three…
A belated Merry Christmas (or celebration of your choice) to everyone – sorry I didn’t post sooner, but it’s been a busy (and very social) week. With the university being closed from the 22nd, which effectively made the 21st the deadline for all those PBRF-eligible projects, the last week of work was a lot more…
I spent a lovely day today with Pieta at a Christmas craft workshop run by Rekindle. Rekindle were set up after the earthquakes to try and make use of some of the huge amount of waste from demolished buildings. They’ve expanded now to find ways of making use of all sorts of what they call…
Remember those Christmassy mini-quilts I was making? That I was going to give to pretty much everyone I know? Yeah, they’re still sitting in a pile next to my sewing machine, half-quilted. And there is no way I’m going to get them finished by Christmas. As usual, I totally under-estimated how long each would take,…
A week or so ago, I had a toothache. On a Friday afternoon, of course, because things like toothaches never happen on a day when it’s easy to get a dentist’s appointment. But I somehow managed to at least get in to see my normal dentist’s assistant. Who, after a bit of poking and prodding,…
When I was down in Alexandra the other day, mum gave me an old piece of appliqué she’s had for ages, and asked it I could quilt it and turn it into a cushion cover for her. So that’s what I spent yesterday afternoon doing (in between writing that ridiculously long blog post). Stupidly, I…
The mystery quilt has been handed over to its recipient, so now I can show it off here: Given the subject matter, no prizes for guessing who it went to – Lytteltonwitch of course. When I saw the fabric (everything inside the inner purple border is a single panel of fabric) I knew I had…
umber one thing: I want to know whose decision it was to schedule the election for the same weekend that daylight savings starts? Have they no sympathy for those of us who stay up half the night to watch the results, and then get an hour less to sleep in the morning? This is nothing…
Got home last night and found a large envelope in the letterbox. Inside, a beautiful watercolour painting by the talented Yetzirah. It’s even more gorgeous in person than it looked on screen – can’t wait to find an appropriate frame and decide where to hang it! Some of the blossom is out on the cherry…
It’s a grey and drizzly day, and not at all ideal for photographing quilts, but I finished binding the Little Squares quilt last night, and I’m off to Wellington tomorrow (these are completely unrelated events, except that being in Wellington will mean I won’t get another chance to take a better photo of the quilt…