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Tag Archives: Quilting
Dancing Round my Spring Wreath
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
Posted in embroidery, Quilting
Tagged Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Spring Wreath Quilt
22 Comments
Nineteen for 19
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
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Nineteen for 19, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged embroidery, gardening, Nineteen for 19, Quilting, Walking
8 Comments
Stars
Last week I decided to catch up on some time-limited projects, I’d been concentrating on finishing my first quilt for care-leavers, but it meant I was a bit behind on other things, some of which had a date on them! … Continue reading
Quilts for Care Leavers
Last Saturday I met up with a group of ladies in Steeton to make quilts for young people who are leaving the care system.I do feel quite strongly that these young people have had a pretty poor childhood and then … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Oh My Stars quilt, Quilting, Quilts for Care-Leavers
18 Comments
Woodland Spring Wreath Quilt
A couple of days ago I embroidered another piece of the border for my Woodland Spring Wreath quilt, this is a BOM from Raggedy Ruff Designs, I’ve just got one more month to stitch and it’s finished. This month I … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Free Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Woodland Spring Wreath Quilt
9 Comments
My Splendid Sampler 2
I’m trying to reduce the number of quilts I’m working on at the moment, having finished one fairly recently I still have six at various stages of construction!! Some just need quilting (hand or machine!) others need piecing and some … Continue reading
Coming Home
Coming Home is this years quilt-a-long by Sarah Fielke, she was also the designer of my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt so I knew it would be a beautiful quilt! I’ve just finished month three and I must admit I … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Home Quilt, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #cominghomequilt, applique, Coming Home Quilt, Quilting, Sarah Fielke
15 Comments
Coming Home Quilt
I’ve just finished the second block of my Coming Home quilt. This is a block of the month by Sarah Fielke (the same designer as my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt). On the last day of each month she releases … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Home Quilt, Quilting
Tagged #cominghomequilt, applique, Coming Home Quilt, Quilting
11 Comments
Spring Wreath Quilt
I’ve just finished another block for my Spring Wreath quilt BOM, this is a gorgeous design by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs. It’s been a very steep learning curve as I’ve not tried free machine embroidery before but Andrea’s … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilting
Tagged foxes, Machine embroidery, Quilting, Spring Wreath Quilt
7 Comments
A Few of my Favourite Things
Apologies if you’re now humming the Sound of Music song! I’ve been making steady progress over the month with my Splendid Sampler quilt, I’ve made five blocks and tonight I finally got them all quilted. This BOM is organised by … Continue reading


