Category Archives: Quilt-a-long

Coming Home Quilt

It’s happy dance time as I have finally finished my Coming Home quilt! I started this quilt back in January 2019, a looong time ago! It was a block of the month quilt by Sarah Fielke, it’s the second Sarah … Continue reading →

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Coming Home Quilt

Some of you may remember the Coming Home quilt top I made, it was my second Sarah Fielke QAL and I was really pleased with how it came out. I finished it in May 2020, mid pandemic! It’s a pretty … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

I feel I’m making reasonable progress now with my Owl and Hare Hollow quilt, it’s the embroidered blocks which are taking the time, so rather than trying to do those first, they have become my ‘handbag’ stitching, so I stitch … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

I’ve made good progress on my Owl and Hare quilt over the last few weeks, I did some prep work before I went on holiday, making sure I had everything I needed for some holiday stitching and it paid off. … Continue reading →

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Teals on Fire

Every year Kate form Tall Tales from Chiconia makes a quilt to be raffled for an ovarian cancer charity. It’s always a teal colour as that is the colour for ovarian cancer ( much like pink is for breast cancer) … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow

I’m enjoying this block-of-the-month by Natalie Bird but I am finding it a little harder to keep my motivation up due to the time delay getting the magazine to the UK. The magazine is published every two months in Australia … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow SAL

I was hoping to have completely finished one block by now but other sewing with deadlines has got in the way, I’m nearly there though. This is a SAL by Natalie Bird of The Birdhouse Patchwork Design, it’s being published … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Well I have just started my new project, I think this is going to take a while! I’m doing the Owl and Hare Hollow BOM by Natalie Bird of the Birdhouse. It’s being published in the Homespun magazine which is … Continue reading →

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Staying Home HQAL

Apologies for the late arrival of this post, it’s been one of those weeks! I was on annual leave this week and had a nice week of sewing and gardening planned, as the weather wasn’t inclement for gardening I thought … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the Secret Garden

Well I’ve got my dancing shoes on…. In February when I had a couple of weeks off I decided to concentrate on getting my Secret Garden quilt finished. This is a gorgeous design by Andrea of Raggedy Ruff Designs, I … Continue reading →

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