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I am REALLY enjoying cutting and sticking…
I decided at the end of last week to enter this year’s Festival of Quilts in the Pictorial category. I’ve never entered a quilt competition before (you could say I’ve never made a quilt without flaws...
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OK so a bit more on my quilt…
Sorry, I couldn’t resist- the actual main applique is fully stuck together now for my FOQ entry Dogs
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Top dog…
The competition entry top is nearly finished…. all the dog sections are stitched together now. There’s a few bits left to sew that I added on afterwards when I found I left ridiculous gaps. That’s...
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Oooh look, new fabric….
I am blogging a lot this week. I’m sorry for clogging up your blog readers Anyway I just wanted to show you some new samples that came from Spoonflower, which means I now have more fabrics up for sale...
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Your thoughts please?
I have finished quilting Penny and Fletcher for the Festival of Quilts and I am going to bind it today- in white as that’s the only thing I can see working. I thought about black but I think that will...
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Penny and Fletcher – all finished at last!
It’s finally done, the binding is on, the sleeve has been sewn onto the back, the paint has been set, my label is attached and it’s in the post… I’ve pretty much dedicated my weekend to this quilt....
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Festival of Quilts 2012 piccys!
This is a very image heavy post- just so you know You might want to get a cup of tea before you continue… I hope you enjoy it, it’s taken well over an hour to put together! Today I was up stupid early...
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A plan
I designed this sampler quilt on EQ7 for Festival of Quilts next year… It’s 73 blocks in total. I thought I’d better make a start and casually do a block every so often- I’ve tacked down some pieces...
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Bloggers’ Quilt Festival
If you’ve not heard of the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival, it’s a bi-annual showcase of quilting bloggers’ best work. I’m going to bore you all to death by entering my very first show quilt that you’ve seen...
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Crafting, but because I want to, not because I have to
Over the last few years I’ve tried a few crafts, enjoyed them and then they inevitably end up as an Etsy shop which then means making more than one of anything and getting stressy busy at holiday times...
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A finish, but not without a fight
Wallander is done done done! I’ve just scraped it in during the Finish A Long bonus week too. At the start of April this is how much I had (about 10 blocks)… So that’s pretty good right? It wasn’t...
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Highlights from Festival of Quilts
I took some photos at the show of some of my favourites. It turns out I have a bit of a preference for applique quilts and natural colours mostly- yes that means there’s some brown quilts in there…!...
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The verdict is in
I got Wallander back from the Festival of Quilts on Monday, here are my marks… Just in case you can’t see the writing, the first one reads, “A very interesting design idea- good colour use. Accuracy in...
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Quick post to remind anyone that may be thinking of entering the Festival of Quilts this year, you have to make your decision NOW! I found out that today is the last day for applying to submit a quilt,...
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Ziggy / Bowie – another sneaky finish
I’m not sure I like this quilt still but it has been improved since the top finish. I think the face looks wonky? I took off some excess in the end and pieced a back with a rainbow effect. Cindy...
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TV sewing
I’m not at the retreat so there will be a bit of TV and hand stitching going down this weekend- I need to finish sewing on the sleeve and label on the back of the Bowie quilt so I can post it for...
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I don’t get it!
Picture by @quirkyhannah on IG The lovely Reene has tagged me on photos coming up on Instagram of my David Bowie quilt, there are four (1, 2, 3, 4) so far not from people I know which means that people...
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Festival of Quilts round up
I have such sore feet! My camera ran out of juice halfway round, but these are some of the quilts that caught my eye. My judge’s comments were good cop bad cop again- one gave me two ‘excellents’, one...
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Q2 Finish Along Goals
Well I didn’t do that great last quarter – I finished two of four projects and made a ton of new stuff instead. Naturally then, two of these projects roll over into quarter two’s finish along. Firstly...
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Another Finish: Hank, Frankly
So I actually just finished this, the big reveal is just in time for The Bloggers’ Quilt Festival! I was hoping to finish this for the day it started which was Friday, but you know how it is with...
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