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Category Archives: Quilt-a-long
Coming Home is Going Away!
During last week I was concentrating on my Coming Home quilt, it’s a BOM by Sarah Fielke and I was already a month behind, if I waited until after my holiday I would be nearly two months behind! I’d made … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Home Quilt, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #cominghomequilt, applique, Coming Home Quilt, Foundation Paper Piecing
17 Comments
Inching Down the Rabbit Hole
Slowly but surely I’m am making progress on hand quilting my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt. As I keep telling other, progress is progress! It’s three weeks since I last showed you my quilt, I had just started the rope … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand-quilting
19 Comments
Going Round the Rabbit Hole HQAL
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I’d just finished the sunflower border and I was on a bit of a roll… Unfortunately I came to an abrupt halt and failed miserably with … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #downtherabbithole, Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand quilting
25 Comments
Woodland Spring Wreath Quilt
A couple of days ago I embroidered another piece of the border for my Woodland Spring Wreath quilt, this is a BOM from Raggedy Ruff Designs, I’ve just got one more month to stitch and it’s finished. This month I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Free Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Woodland Spring Wreath Quilt
9 Comments
Going Nicely Down the Rabbit Hole
It’s three weeks ago since I last shared my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I was feeling a bit down-hearted about how long it was taking and my slow progress generally with the project. This is where I was up … Continue reading
A Woodland Spring Wreath
I’ve just started the border of my Woodland Spring Wreath quilt, this is a BOM by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs, it’s quite exciting as it’s all starting to come together. There’s several short lengths of patchwork and two … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged applique, Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Spring Wreath Quilt
13 Comments
My Splendid Sampler 2
I’m trying to reduce the number of quilts I’m working on at the moment, having finished one fairly recently I still have six at various stages of construction!! Some just need quilting (hand or machine!) others need piecing and some … Continue reading
Coming Home
Coming Home is this years quilt-a-long by Sarah Fielke, she was also the designer of my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt so I knew it would be a beautiful quilt! I’ve just finished month three and I must admit I … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Home Quilt, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #cominghomequilt, applique, Coming Home Quilt, Quilting, Sarah Fielke
15 Comments
Slowly Does It Down the Rabbit Hole HQAL
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I was hoping to be onto the next border by now but as usual life and other sewing projects got in the way. I’ve decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged #downtherabbithole, Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand-quilting
16 Comments
Spring Wreath Quilt
Over the weekend I decided to catch up with my Spring Wreath quilt, I had two blocks waiting to be stitched and I knew the next pack was on it’s way. This is a Block of the Month I started … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged applique, Machine embroidery, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Spring Wreath Quilt
13 Comments


