Do I need one of these?  Probably not.  Do I really want one of these to play with?  Most certainly!

Apart from this bundle of batik fabrics which I have mentioned before, I have now got my eye on this line called "City Weekend"


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Here are a few images of projects I have been working on - some have been lying around waiting to be bound/photographed for a while now whereas some are quite recent.

First up, two baby quilts I made a few months back.  I only got around to finishing the handsewing on the owl quilt last night. The other one I just forgot to take piccies of (hence ( Read more... )

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The penultimate VQB block - this time for girliejones 

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The last couple of evenings I have turned my attention to working on my quilting bee blocks as I was getting a bit beehind. :)
Poor girliejones still has to wait for her VQB block as it is in the planning stage but as it employs a new and as yet, untried technique I need to be a bit more focused in order to execute it.
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I haven't been posting much about my quilting lately because I have been a bit preoccupied with more "practical" sewing and the quilting I have been doing are still generally works in progress.  I did however complete the first block for my second quilting bee group StitchWitches.  The fabric and brief came from girliejones who is also a member of the group ( Read more... )

Long, long before I took up quilting I was an avid tapestry sewer.  I haven't done one for a while although I do have a few canvases sitting around waiting to be loved.   However I always find they take me ages as I have had a penchant for the very shaded designs, which leads to mistakes of wool choice, cursing, unpicking and eventually (usually a ( Read more... )

This box of goodies is my idea of quilting heaven.  Masses of perfectly organised tones...It's just like a paintbox. :)  The Kona solid boxes aren't half bad either.

This month we were briefed to create a traditional feeling star on a white background for a girl's quilt.  We were all sent slightly different fabrics (apart from the white) which was nice.  I received the pink circles which formed the centre of the star and the pink check.  I added the hot pink tonal for accent.  The pattern is by Jinny Beyer, an ( Read more... )