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Tag Archives: Quilting
A Fluffle of Love
I’ve just finished my first quilt of the year and I’ve called it A Fluffle of Love… I’m going to become a Great Aunt in the next few weeks, it makes me feel very old as I had a Great … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Nineteen for 19, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Baby Quilt, Guess How Much I Love You, quilt labels, Quilting
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Splendid Sampler 2
I’ve got a bit behind with my Splendid Sampler blocks, this is one reason why they are listed on my Nineteen for 19 challenge. I just looked and it was October when I last posted any photos! I’d made sixteen … Continue reading
Guess How Much I Love You…
…All the way to the moon and back! I think Guess How Much I Love You has to be my favourite children’s book from when my kids were little, it had only just been published then and I loved sitting … Continue reading
New Year Stitching
New Year’s Eve has never held any great excitement for me, I love Christmas, but over the years I often volunteered to work New Years Eve as I really wasn’t enthralled with the idea of going out. My OH and … Continue reading
A Christmas Tree Skirt
I’ve just realised I haven’t told you about my latest Minerva Make… This year I decided to make a Christmas Tree Skirt, I’ve been admiring them for a while so when Minerva Crafts asked me to make something Christmassy it … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, Quilting
Tagged Christmas Tree Skirt, Minerva Crafts, Quilting
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HQAL Round the Houses.
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, in that time I’ve actually met the designer, Sarah Fielkes at a talk in Slaithwaite, thousands of miles from her home in Sydney. It was pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged #downtherabbithole, #sarahfielke, Hand-quilting, Quilting
21 Comments
A Quiet Charm
It’s time for a happy dance as last night I finally finished my hummingbird quilt… Last time I showed it to you I was waiting, rather impatiently, for the border and binding fabric to arrive. As soon as the postman … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Binding, Hummingbird Quilt, Hummingbirds, Quilting
33 Comments
A Bird in the Hand…
I was a little bit behind with My Splendid Sampler 2 quilt-a-long so I decided to do a bit of catch up. This is the quilt-a-long organised by Pat Sloan and Jane Davison, there’s a new 6″ block released each … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity, Splendid Sampler Quilt
Tagged applique, embroidery, Quilting, Splendid Sampler 2
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Just Take a Deep Breath…
Just take a deep breath and stitch, she said, so I did! I’m so excited about my Spring Wreath BOM, I’ve just finished the first block and I’m well chuffed with it! This is a block of the month quilt … Continue reading
Posted in Quilt-a-long, Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged applique, Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Spring Wreath
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