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Cushion for Christmas Blog Hop – Interchangeable cushion covers.
It’s my turn to present a tutorial on a cushion/pillow that could be made in one day as a gift for Christmas. This cushion has tie on covers to suit the occasion. You just make one back piece and as…
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Christmas Runner – Fun Poinsettia
It was time to make a Christmas runner and the perfect pattern appeared on Jenny Pedigo’s blog called ‘Fun Poinsettias’. I love Jenny’s curved patterns all done with the wonderful Quick Curve ruler. The pattern is free, easy to follow and…
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The Scary Pumpkin
It’s Halloween and we are about to go trick or treating around the neighbourhood. To get in the spirit of Halloween I decided to sketch a scary pumpkin with a Pentel gel fabric pen and fill it in with thread.…
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The Story of the Stripey Dresden Quilt
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a group of royal quilters. They were a very clever bunch of quilters who delighted in making blocks for others and collectively called themselves the QCA Bee #2 (Quilt…
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Yeah Baby! Groovy
The groovy quilt is finally done and gone to it’s new home. This quilt was inspired by the fabrics of Pat Bravo – Carnaby Street – with it’s psychedelic patterns and groovy colours. I used a combination of applique…
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Windows and Appliqué
Today was set aside to make a quilt for a friend. Joanne and I spent 5 hours making a little Parisian themed whole cloth with appliqué. Having to stick to a limited time schedule, we decided to throw convention to…
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Froggies on The Pond
A few weeks ago I blogged about Sarah Fielke’s designer collection for Spotlight. After waiting patiently for it to arrive at my local Spotlight store, I purchased 1 1/2m of the black and white frog eggs and a FQ of…
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Bits and Bobs
I had a lovely visit from Lorena and her family and had the privilege to quilt Lorena’s magnificent Scrappy Trip Quilt. Lorena chose a simple all over daisy pattern quilted in Aurifil 2805 50wt thread (light Turquoise). I had to…
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Monday night 10pm and still sewing
Busy, busy, Busy …… working into the night. A project using Bella Solid 9900-174 American Blue and Lucy’s Crab Shack by Sweetwater. All will be revealed soon.
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Win Aurifil Thread
The lovely Lynne from Lilysquilts is hosting a competition where you can design the perfect Aurifil Designer pack and win a case of your chosen threads. My first entry is based on thread colours I love using for the modern…
