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Category Archives: Quilt-a-long
No Further Down the Rabbit Hole
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt. I’d just about finished hand quilting half of the first border, I had great hopes of finishing the flower border… …well, it’s been a pretty busy … Continue reading
Hand Quilt-a-long
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I’m hand-quilting it so it’s going to take a while! I started in the middle on the Dresden circle, but mislaid my thread (and it wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged #downtherabbithole, Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand-quilting
17 Comments
Hand Quilting Down the Rabbit Hole
It’s three weeks since I showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I had just started quilting it, trying to stitch petals on the Dresden circle, I’d just started stitching round the flowers in the next border too… I … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand-quilting
32 Comments
Splendid Sampler II
Yesterday I managed to finish two of the Splendid Sampler II blocks, all sashed and quilted. As the next one was released yesterday afternoon I carried straight on and made it! I’ve quilted it this afternoon. The Splendid Sampler 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity, Splendid Sampler Quilt
Tagged applique, Pat Sloan, Quilting, Splendid Sampler 2
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I’m Going Down the Rabbit Hole!
It’s been three weeks since I last shared some hand quilting for our HAQL, I had just finished a little practise piece called Spring. I have finally started quilting my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt. This was a monthly quilt-a-long … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand-quilting
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Summer Sewing Plans
I’ve a few sewing dates in my diary which I’m pretty excited about… Festival of Quilts; 9th – 12th August at NEC I’ve wanted to go to the Festival of Quilts for a couple of years but it’s always clashed … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Fabric shops, Quilt-a-long, Serendipity
Tagged Fabbadashery, Festival of Quilts, Sew Up North
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The difference of a year and a BOM
So far I’ve managed to keep up to date with the new Splendid Sampler quilt-a-long, though it’s less arduous this time with only one block a week at the moment. It’s a quilt-a-long organised by Pat Sloan and Jane Davison, … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity, Splendid Sampler Quilt
Tagged Splendid Sampler 2
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A Spring HQAL
I was hoping to have a happy dance today, but I’m not quite there, life has got in the way, or probably more to the point, other projects have got in the way! I worked out a couple of days … Continue reading
Splendid Sampler 2
I tried to resist, I really did! I have succumbed again to Pat Sloan’s Splendid Sampler! I learnt so much with the first Splendid Sampler quilt and at least this time I haven’t got another two BOM’s to keep up … Continue reading
Hand Quilt a long 2
It’s three weeks since I last showed my hand quilting project. This is just a little practise one before I get my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt back from being basted. I was hoping my quilt would be back by … Continue reading


