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Aurifil Designer Block 2014 – March
This months Aurifil Designer is Emily Carrick from Crazy Old Ladies. I love crazy, especially when Emily spins her magic in designing fabrics, quilts and blocks. Visit Aurifil’s blog page for Pat Sloans interview with Emily. This block is…
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Spell it with Fabric – Moda
This looks fun! Visit the Cutting table today to see the list of the participants for the ‘Spell it with fabric’ blog hop. Share your progress and finished quilts using #spellitwithmoda.
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APQ Quilt-a-long ‘Tone it Down’ Finish
Ta Da! Finally bound and photographed (in 36C weather with no chance of rain), my Tone it Down Burgoyne Surrounded quilt by Lissa Alexander as part of the American Patchwork and Quilting QAL. This has been a wonderful QAL and…
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Designer Profile January 2014 – Brigitte Heitland
The Aurifil Designer challenge for 2014 has started. Brigitte Heitland from Zen Chic has started off the new year with this beautiful spool block. Check out Brigitte’s interview by our host Pat Sloan for Aurifil here. Diving into my Moda vault ( collection of precious moda…
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Teacher Quilts 2013
The 2013 school year is at an end and once again I have made a quilt for my little one’s teachers. Something I have done since 2003 while my boys are in primary school. This year S2 enjoyed the tutorage…
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Tone it Down QAL with American Patchwork and Quilting
Look out for the new APQ magazine available from 19th November for subscribers and e-zine or hardcopy in newsagents by 3rd December. APQ are having their first quilt along (QAL) starring Moda Lissa’s (aka Lissa Alexander) Low volume scrappy Burgoyne Surrounded…
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Book Lovers Day
What quilting book started you on your quilting journey to be a quilter? Today at the The Cutting Table, we will be sharing stories about the books that inspired and taught us to pick up fabric and thread and make…
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E-Gadget Bed Runner at the Moda Bake Shop
Over at the Bake Shop today is my latest project – an e-Gadget Bed Runner for a Queen size bed. It has built in pockets for your Smart Phones, e-Readers, iPads and slimline notebooks. Made using the Japanese themed fabrics…
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My top 10 Favourite Backgrounds
Background fabric plays a major part in the staging of your quilt. It can blend in with the block and make it float or provide a stunning contrast to lift the pattern out of the block. Currently, my Top 10…
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Modern Mini Challenge – Architexture of TangledZen
It’s the Modern Mini Challenge month and Jennifer is hosting once again this great event. Lots of wonderful prizes to be won by entering your mini quilt, pillow, mug rug, table topper ……. This year I am entering my Pillow…
