A link into the world of patchwork and quilting
Hey! Ho! I spent Bank Holiday Monday in my sewing room pushing through writers/quilters block to get my latest pattern 'done'. No surprise that the pattern isn't DONE but - putting on positivity hat - progress has been made. It took a lot of concentration and what...
I am using Rachel Hauser's Dear Dottie pattern and Sharon McConnell's Classic Curves Ruler to make a quilt - mixing the pattern's emphasis on learning colour value skills with the adventure of cutting and sewing curves. (Links to websites and tutorials at the end of...
Conditions outside have steadily deteriorated through the day... It started grey now it's very windy, very wet and very, very grey! :-( I have had to admit defeat re. publishing a Saturday Quilting Bring & Share post. Reality check! This is a busy time of year for...
The Beginners Classes I'm teaching this term are nearly through. During the penultimate session last Saturday students tried out walking foot quilting techniques and learnt how to pin baste their quilt sandwich. I'm looking forward to seeing all the near complete...
Whew! It's Thursday morning and I'm struggling to get going today. I slept well until the local mob of Gulls decided to kick up a bit of ruckus well before 6am. These pesky birds have set up residence here, some 50 miles from the coast, making up for being low in...
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...
'Autumn Leaves', my patchwork wall hanging is completed - a Happy Dance has been performed! At the start of January this project was a quilt sandwich that I'd put to one side when back in November the pressure to move onto projects with Christmas deadlines became too...
You may know of Sandra Walker's 'Dreami's'? She defines Dreamis as the projects that catch us unawares, demanding we 'Drop Everything and Make It'! When Sandra first described this phenomenon and began the monthly Dreami link up I was right with her! My sewing room is...
Continuing my attempt to catch up with quilty goings on and other stuff in no particular order: I'm keeping the quilty momentum going through a nicely balanced week. Yesterday evening I made the final blocks needed for the 2019 Beginners Class sample quilt. It has...
Homemade ruler rack – my Dad is the best!
