Category Archives: Quilting

Nineteen for 19

Posted on August 14, 2019 by craftycreeky

We’re nearly half way through August already so I thought I’d better see how I was doing with my nineteen challenges for the year, so this is the end of July report… July was a busy month as I worked … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Workshops

Posted on July 31, 2019 by craftycreeky

In June I traveled over to Halifax to Fabbadashery for a workshop, it takes about 1.5 hours to get there on buses or trains, but they have some pretty good embroidery courses, so having worked out how to get there … Continue reading →

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A Copse or Two

Posted on July 27, 2019 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished this month’s applique for my Coming Home quilt, a BOM by Sarah Fielke. Last month took a while as there was a lot of fiddly stitching to do, with suns, stars birds and such like, never mind … Continue reading →

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A Happy Spring Dance

Posted on July 24, 2019 by craftycreeky

I’ve just finished my Spring Wreath quilt, I’m so pleased with it. It’s a BOM by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs, I first saw the finished quilt on facebook and fell for it a few months ago! It’s been … Continue reading →

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Practice Makes Perfect…or not!

Posted on July 17, 2019 by craftycreeky

I’ve been trying to decide how to quilt my Spring Wreath quilt, Andrea (the designer) hand quilted hers with simple diagonal lines but recently she has densely machine quilted other quilts. I didn’t want to hand quilt it and as … Continue reading →

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Coming Home Quilt

Posted on July 14, 2019 by craftycreeky

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 craftycreeky

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 craftycreeky

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 craftycreeky

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 craftycreeky

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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