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Category Archives: Quilting
Blackbird Lampshade
Last Sunday I shared my latest Raggedy Ruff design, I’m particularly pleased with this one as I only had the pattern, not the kit with all the fabrics in. I’ve done several of these kits now and I save every … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilting
Tagged applique, blackbirds, Free Machine Embroidery, Raggedy Ruff Designs
6 Comments
Blackbirds Lampshade
I’m trying to work my way through my stash of quilting patterns at the moment, in particular my kits from Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs. I’m posting my progress on them every three weeks, so I keep at it! … Continue reading
A Handsome Pheasant.
On Sunday I posted about my pheasant block, this is a kit from Raggedy Ruff Designs, I’ve quite a few waiting to be stitched. I only started it on Saturday evening, so by Sunday I’d made the background block, cut … Continue reading
Posted in cross-stitch, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Pheasant, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs
6 Comments
Three Heads for a Pheasant
I’ve got a bit behind in my posting this week, I seem to have a few projects on which are not necessarily that interesting in the half way stage, like the white blouse I’ve been making. Hopefully this coming week … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Pheasant, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs
4 Comments
The Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL
Well it’s happy dance time and I’ve got my best dancing shoes on as I love this quilt so much! It’s the Cottage Garden quilt from the book of the same name by Kathryn Whittingham. Three weeks ago when I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged embroidery, Hand quilting, Kathryn Whittingham, patchwork, The Cottage Garden Quilt
28 Comments
A Bunny for Easter
Happy Easter everyone! This week I finished my rabbit, it’s a kit from Raggedy Ruff Designs. Three weeks ago when I last shared it I had just started the free motion embroidery, it was starting to take shape… As usual … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilting
Tagged free-motion machine embroidery, rabbit, Raggedy Ruff Designs
13 Comments
Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL
Well I’m still hand quilting this beautiful quilt, but I’m still enjoying the hand quilting too! This is the gorgeous quilt from The Cottage Garden Quilt book by Kathryn Whittingham, so far it’s hand embroidered with raw edge applique, machine … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged embroidery, Hand-quilting, The Cottage Garden Quilt
16 Comments
Raggdy Ruff-a-long
I’m trying to make some inroads into my stash of kits, particularly the ones by Raggedy Ruff, they’re gorgeous but they do still intimidate me a bit! So to motivate myself a bit I’m posting about one every three weeks, … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilting
Tagged Free Motion Machine Embroidery, hare embroidery, Raggedy Ruff Designs
11 Comments
The Cottage Garden Quilt HQAL
Three weeks ago I was doing a very happy dance having just finished the top of my Cottage Garden quilt. This is the one from a book of the same name by Kathryn Whittingham I thoroughly enjoyed making this quilt, … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Hand-quilting, The Cottage Garden Quilt
19 Comments
Raggedy-Ruff-a-long!
I have two stitch-a-longs on a three weekly cycle, an embroidery one and a hand quilting one. I’ve decided on the Sunday in between I’m going to do a post on a quilt kit. To begin with these are going … Continue reading
Posted in kits, Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing
Tagged applique, Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Susie the Cat
8 Comments


