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My word for 2020 was GROW. It was an extension of LEARN, the word I chose a few years earlier and of 2019's word COMMUNITY. During 2020 I did GROW patchwork skills: curved piecing through making the Dear Dottie quilt; improving my understanding of colour by following...
Phew! After much procrastination and preparation I am progressing through the quilting of the bed runner I'm making for my parents. It will be a gift to mark their Diamond Wedding Anniversary. Of course I want it to be perfect and, of course, that's not possible. I...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share. Bring along your project(s) and take inspiration from our Worldwide Quilting Community as members share their projects, thoughts and tips. Please do join in by clicking on the links below and leaving a comment or two :-)...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share. Bring along your project(s) and use the links below to share in the inspiring posts and projects from other members of Worldwide Quilting Community. Don't forget to leave an encouraging comment or two when you visit blog...
My Quilter's Color Quest quilt is finished! I have so enjoyed learning about colour by reading Rachel Hauser's book, 'A Quilter's Field Guide to Color'. Working through the challenges presented in the book and via the Quilter's Color Quest has helped me gain a better...
A short blog post - a round up of the projects left hanging in my previous post :-) I did get a bit of a face mask production line going on over the weekend. I settled on the reversible 'New Design - DIY Breathable Mask with a Pocket' pattern. After making a couple I...
I'm making good progress with the Bargello quilt experiment. The story so far: I'm using a Jelly Roll for fabric and have had a couple of attempts at designing and making blocks. My first pattern proved to be a bit too fiddly - for my tastes anyway - with the...
So, designing and making a Bargello quilt, how hard can it be? :-D There are plenty of Bargello patterns to be bought, found in books or available for free on the 'interweb'... but none seemed to quite fit the fabric quantities I...
All Colors In! Rachel Hauser's latest Quilter's Color Quest challenge is all about creating fabric rainbows. Using the swatches provided with her book, The Quilter's Field Guide to Color, the challenge is in three parts. First organise colours of the rainbow into four...
Challenge 4 of the Quilter's Color Quest is an introduction to colour theory and the colour wheel. Reading the section in Rachel Hauser's book, The Quilter's Field Guide to Color, and her corresponding blog post has helped me get my head round some of the language of...
