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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Apologies for being a day late with this post, I had unexpected Grandma duties! Well I’m no further with my quilt, partly because I’m still not 100% decided whether or not to add a border. This is it without the … Continue reading

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Heart to Heart Quilt

Last year I decided to make my granddaughters a quilt each, it was going to be for Christmas but I ran out of time so I decided to aim for birthdays instead, this also nicely spread out the delivery dates … Continue reading

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Strawberry Sampler Book

I’ve been working on my strawberry sampler book for about an hour most evenings and I’ve now finished the last two pages. I think this one just needed the edge stitching after I last shared it with you. This is … Continue reading

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Teal Waters Run Deep

I still feel I have rather a lot of projects on at the moment but I’m slowly ticking things off my list. Some things take more priority than others, as they are time critical. One of these was some quilt … Continue reading

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Well I’m still undecided about sashing for my quilt so I haven’t started stitching it together yet. I did spend quite some time however trimming all the blocks to 8 1/2″ as per instructions. I think if I hadn’t had … Continue reading

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Northern Quilt Show

Yesterday I went with a friend to the Northern Quilt Show, for years this was held at the Great Yorkshire Showground, near Harrogate. I like this show as it’s not too big, there’s some stallholders there who don’t go to … Continue reading

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

I’m so nearly there, but not quite! I’ve a few sewing projects on at the moment which are vying for my attention, some of which have deadlines, like Easter sewing for the grandkids, so they have to take priority. Added … Continue reading

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Stitching my Garden SAL

I’ve been quite productive over the last three weeks with my embroidered garden book, I think now I’m nearing the end I just want to wrap it up. I’ve been stitching what I call filler pages, not a huge amount … Continue reading

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Bits and Bobbins Box

Whenever I go on holiday, I always pack a little stitching to do, as we were away for nearly four weeks this time I took several projects, a cross-stitch kit and also two pre-printed embroidery panels. The panels proved great … Continue reading

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