Category Archives: Quilting

Dog Roses Quilt

I’ve just had a couple of days off work trying to get on top of a cough and cold virus, rather than just sitting around doing nothing I decided to do a bit of sewing. Earlier this year I finished … 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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Love Makes the World Go Round

Yesterday I finished my blue quilt, I think that’s the quickest I’ve ever made a quilt, helped of course by the 12″ blocks being already made, even so a few days round working is pretty quick for me! I wanted … Continue reading →

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Blues Quilt

Someone dear to me is about to go into a care home, I was planning to send some flowers until I had a lightbulb moment, I could quickly finish a quilt for her! You may remember back in 2020 I … 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

We’ve just had a lovely holiday in Cornwall, just over a week, the week before was a mad rush trying to get things finished, I had a few deadlines, some I managed, some I didn’t! Since we returned it’s been … 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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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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