A link into the world of patchwork and quilting
Time has been whizzing by! I've been carried along on waves of inspiration which has been rather lovely after a long period of just 'doing' patchwork without feeling creative. Following the craft fair with no sales I decided to think through what it is I enjoy about...
Happy New Year! Welcome to the first edition of Saturday Quilting Bring & Share to be posted in 2022. Hope you have time this holiday weekend to push aside (or tidy away) the decorations, bring out your craft projects(s) and share in just a little of all the...
My bedtime reading had me puzzling over this question: So what is a Churn Dash? I know it is the name of a much used and much loved patchwork block but actually what is a churn dash? Little House in Big Woods is the first in a wonderful series of books written by...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share. I hope you have had a good week and you will have time for a some creativity over the weekend. Bring along your project(s) and share in the latest quilty conversations across the Worldwide Quilting Community. Do use the...
Whaoo! I woke in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep. I crept down to my sewing room and set about cutting out the shapes to make my first ever Dresden Plate. Crazy, I know but it was on my mind when I went to bed... I used the Darlenne Zimmerman...
Oh! Phew! Unpicking lots of seams takes lots of time ;-) In my previous blog post I shared my very silly decision not to label each of the 36 blocks before putting together my latest version of Dashing Stars. Having made one poor decision I followed it up with an even...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share. I wonder which projects you will be bringing along to this virtual sewing day and which quilty conversations have got you buzzing this week? If you'd like to share a link to your latest project or add to the...
When the real world colours the quilty bubble
Progress so far with 2016 quilt a longs.
It's 2016! Christmas is over - how did that happen? And how come all the preparation and the big day itself are already fading memories? It really does seem a lot longer than just seven days since 25th December! Despite the time whizzing by there have been happy,...
