Category Archives: Quilting

Coming Home Quilt

Posted on July 14, 2019 by

Last week I managed to finish last months section of my Coming Home quilt BOM. This is the medallion quilt BOM by Sarah Fielke and last month’s was particularly labour intensive! There was lots of houses to piece, roofs to … Continue reading →

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Dancing Round my Spring Wreath

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

This week I finally settled down and stitched the last part of my Spring Wreath quilt, this is a Block of the Month (BOM) by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs and it has been amazing to do. I fell … Continue reading →

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Nineteen for 19

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

This month is flying by, I thought if I don’t hurry up with my update, I’ll be writing Nineteen for 19 on the 19th! So we are now half way through the year, so how am I doing with my … Continue reading →

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Coming Home from Holiday

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

As well as taking my Zoe box to stitch on holiday, I also took my Coming Home quilt, well part of it! This is a BOM by Sarah Fielke and I’d got a bit behind with it as there was … Continue reading →

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Coming Home is Going Away!

Posted on June 19, 2019 by

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 →

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Inching Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted on June 16, 2019 by

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 →

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Stars

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

Last week I decided to catch up on some time-limited projects, I’d been concentrating on finishing my first quilt for care-leavers, but it meant I was a bit behind on other things, some of which had a date on them! … Continue reading →

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Quilts for Care Leavers

Posted on May 31, 2019 by

Last Saturday I met up with a group of ladies in Steeton to make quilts for young people who are leaving the care system.I do feel quite strongly that these young people have had a pretty poor childhood and then … Continue reading →

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Going Round the Rabbit Hole HQAL

Posted on May 26, 2019 by

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 →

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Jelly Roll Workshop; A Quilt in a Day

Posted on May 16, 2019 by

I’m quite excited at the moment, I fixed a date at the weekend to run my first quilting workshop. It’s on June 29th!! A little while ago one of my local fabric shops, B&M fabrics, opened a workshop in the … Continue reading →

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