Category Archives: Quilt-a-long

Scrappy Blooms

Posted on July 25, 2020 by craftycreeky

I’ve been talking about making a scrappy quilt for ages,years in fact, my scrap stash is getting a bit ridiculous! I currently have six of those IKEA cubes pretty full of scraps! I’m reorganising my sewing room at the moment … Continue reading →

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Vintage Quilt HQAL

Posted on July 19, 2020 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my vintage quilt, this is the one from around 1880 found in my children’s grandmother’s house. It has a large piece stitched together and several strips waiting to be added. I’ve had … Continue reading →

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Antique Quilt HQAL

Posted on June 28, 2020 by craftycreeky

I haven’t got very far with my antique quilt, but I have made a start. This is an unfinished quilt which my daughter found when clearing her grandmother’s house. It’s a tumbling blocks pattern and from what we can deduce … Continue reading →

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Vintage Quilt SAL

Posted on June 7, 2020 by craftycreeky

A couple of years ago my daughter was helping clear her other grandmothers house when she came across an unfinished old patchwork quilt stuffed inside a trunk. She brought it home for me to look at and asked me to … Continue reading →

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Patriotic Blocks

Posted on June 5, 2020 by craftycreeky

I’m taking part in Foot Square Freestyle this year which Kate Chiconi organises. We make three 12″ blocks a month, each person in the group is allocated a month and we make the blocks in their choice of colours. Usually … Continue reading →

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Staying Home Quilt

Posted on May 23, 2020 by craftycreeky

I’m feeling well chuffed, I’ve just finished the top of my Staying Home quilt and it’s turned out better than I ever hoped for! This is the quilt which started with the free quilt block designs organised by Natalie of … Continue reading →

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Coming Home Quilt

Posted on May 17, 2020 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Coming Home quilt, I was on the home stretch having just finished the applique of eighty leaves in the four corners, plus birds, dots, vines… I had already made the pieced … Continue reading →

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Staying Home Quilt

Posted on May 16, 2020 by craftycreeky

Last week I managed to finish the last of the embroidered blocks for my Staying Home quilt. This is my adaptation of the SAL organised by Natalie of the BirdHouse, she organised various quilt designers in Australia to give a … Continue reading →

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Peacocks and Peahens

Posted on May 7, 2020 by craftycreeky

Last month for the Foot Square Freestyle group we were making blocks for Lynn, she chose a gorgeous palette of peacock colours for her blocks, with no light neutrals, so all rich blues, greens and purples, with a bit of … Continue reading →

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Coming Home Quilt

Posted on April 26, 2020 by craftycreeky

I’m getting there! There’s light at the end of the tunnel!! I’ve cracked on with this quilt, hand-stitching all those leaves to the corners. I discovered that on a Friday night Andrew Lloyd Webber is doing a free screening on … Continue reading →

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