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Catching up
I finally caught up with my BOMs. Last months Aurifil Designer mini is Grow Up by Nancy Rink Designs. Made with Hawthorne Threads in house designed fabrics Bengal and Etched and pieced with Aurifil 2024 50wt cotton. Read the interview with Nancy and…
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A finish – Escalator Quilt
I wanted to make a quilt using 2 1/2″ strips in a combination of low volume background prints and my favourite colours – turquoise, red and navy. What could be more perfect than a FQ bundle of Daysail by Bonnie…
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Little Joys Quilt A Long
Is anyone else feeling a little festive? I could not resist making this cute wall hanging from Elealutz Designs. The quilt is made up of three blocks which can be found as a free pattern here until 14th August. I…
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Shine Quilt
American Patchwork and Quilting October 2015 magazine is available now through subscription and later in newsagents. My first project with APQ, Shine, is a lap quilt made using the beautiful ‘The Sweet Life’ from Moda by Pat Sloan. The collection comes…
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2015 Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop
The 2015 quilt Minnesota shop hop is happening now. Terese and the gang at Country Loft Quilt and Design are joining in the hop with some fun activities and kits available using the 2015 featured Minnesota fabric from Clothworks. I met Terese…
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Aurifil Designer Mini – Jungle Gym
Ebony Love from Love Bug Studios is this months Aurifil mini designer. The pattern and interview with Ebony can be found on the Aurifil blog site here. This is my interpretation of the block. I let the gorgeous fabrics from Hawthorne Threads do…
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Quilted Living Summer Blog Tour
Fat Quarter Shop has published a book by Gerri Robinson of Planted Seed Designs. Quilted Living – casual style for a comfortable home has 10 fresh new quilt designs. Gerri has used her new collection, Summer Cottage for Red Rooster fabrics…
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Australia … the quilt
About a year ago, Peta from She Quilts A lot (and believe me she does), asked me to quilt her paper pieced Australia for Fat Quarterly e-Magazine. A very clever design which has starred on many totes taken to Quilt…
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Aurifil Designer Mini – June
Barb and Mary from Me and My Sister Designs are this month’s Aurifil Mini designers. They have created a fun mini called Hi De Ho Cheerio! The pattern can be found at Auribuzz and interview at Pat Sloan. I am accumulating…
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Coyote Blog Hop and Giveaway
Hawthorne threads collection Coyote is a beautiful collection of mint greens, peach, mustard, greys floating in a background of crisp white. Printed in house, this collection of intricately sketched elements from a trip to Death Valley, combines the wild splendour of…
