Category Archives: Quilting

Staying Home HQAL

Posted on November 27, 2022 by craftycreeky

It’s three weeks since I last shared my progress with hand quilting my Staying Home quilt, this was made with fabric left from my Coming Home quilt and embroidered blocks from a QAL by Hugs and Kisses back in 2020 … Continue reading →

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Staying Home HQAL

Posted on November 6, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’ve made reasonable progress with my Staying Home quilt over the last three weeks. Last time I’d just started quilting some of the sashing having finally made a decision as to how to quilt that area… I was hoping I … Continue reading →

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Exploding Heart Quilt

Posted on October 28, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’m trying to use my covid house arrest productively, luckily I don’t feel too ill, I’ve had worse colds, so I decided to make a concerted effort to finish the Exploding Heart quilt. This is a wedding present for a … Continue reading →

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Exploding Hearts

Posted on October 19, 2022 by craftycreeky

Over the last two to three weeks I’ve been working on a new quilt, I should have started it ages ago, it’s a wedding present for the young couple who married in May! In my defence I only got the … Continue reading →

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Staying Home HQAL

Posted on October 16, 2022 by craftycreeky

Well I’ve finally started quilting the sashings so it does feel like I’ve made some real progress this week, even though it was only a couple of evenings… Three weeks ago I had sussed out how to quilt the house … Continue reading →

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Quilted Jacket

Posted on September 27, 2022 by craftycreeky

Over the last few months social media has been full of quilted jackets, a lot of shops are selling them and since they were featured as a challenge on The Great British Sewing Bee they pop up regularly on instagram … Continue reading →

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Staying Home HQAL

Posted on September 25, 2022 by craftycreeky

Well I’m afraid I’ve managed very little quilting over the last three weeks, it does have to compete with my hand embroidery for my time and at the moment the garden embroidery is winning! Three weeks ago I’d quilted two … Continue reading →

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Staying Home HQAL

Posted on September 4, 2022 by craftycreeky

I’ve not spent a huge amount of time on my staying home quilt but I have made some progress. Everything for quilting is set up in our lounge for when I’m watching TV but my embroidered garden is also in … Continue reading →

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Stitching Maps

Posted on August 4, 2022 by craftycreeky

I started an on line embroidery course with Zara Day a few weeks ago on cartography, I love looking at maps and I’ve a couple of ideas rumbling round my head of embroidered maps, so hopefully this will give me … Continue reading →

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Staying Home Quilt HQAL

Posted on July 24, 2022 by craftycreeky

Having to write this post today for the Hand Quilt-a-long gave me the impetus I needed yesterday to start it. I found the fabrics I had ear-marked for the back which were three remnants of varying sizes left over from … Continue reading →

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