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I'm so happy to be back in finishing mode! Earlier this week I put the final stitches into my version of the Little House quilt designed by Melva of Melva Loves Scraps. Her design was inspired by the Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I read...
Over the past few months I've been following the Little House Sew Along and making the blocks ready to create a quilt. The Sew Along was inspired by events recalled in the wonderful Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Melva Nolan of Melva Loves...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring and Share. Do bring along your projects and join in the sharing going on in quilty blogs from around the world. Just click on the links to discover what is inspiring other patchwork-quilters. To keep the sense of community going do...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I think I've just about got away with sending you that greeting even though it is (already!) the 7th of January! I hope you had time to rest and enjoy the company of family and friends over the festive season. This week feels like normality is...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring and Share. Bring along your project(s), use the links below to take part in the sharing of tips, tutorials and inspiration that's going on in our Worldwide Quilting Community. Here in the UK or weather continues to dominate our...
This past couple of weeks I have been stitching away at several scrap fabric projects. The mess of cutting and sorting my scraps has been tided away so I can concentrate on the fun of creating scrappy quilts in a relatively ordered sewing space. I caught up with the...
Well! Dull, grey rainy days do have a silver lining! Namely: the outdoor conditions are ideal for cracking on with sewing room projects 🙂 Although not so good for photographing said projects, but I've done my best in the poor lighting circumstances... I am really...
I've made the second block of the QAL designed by Yvonne Fuchs aka Quilting Jet Girl. The pattern is very detailed and offers several options both in finished size and setting. I'm making the throw size version to make sure it's a manageable quilting project. The...
Yeah! I've made the first cuts into my four Painter's Palette solids: Espresso, Burnt Sienna, Wasabi and Golden Rod. I purchased these before Christmas, when Yvonne aka Quilting Jet Girl sent out the Diatom QAL Planning email. I took my time making the Amish Star...
I have thoroughly enjoyed making Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks through 2022. I chose an easy way to get into the Challenge this year by utilising Angela's Bullseye Court House Steps block pattern. Each month I made five light and five dark blocks following the colour...
