” What’s this?” you say, 2 posts from Bearpaw in 2 days!! Unprecedented! I know, I don’t think it has ever happened before, in fact this is the third post this week (I think I need to go for a lie down!). But I just had to share with you my excitement at being today’s …
There has been a lot of exciting activity in the world of British Quilters this week! The amazing human dynamo that is Lynne of Lily’s Quilts has started a Brit Quilt Group on Flickr for all us British Quilters to get together and share stuff. And if that’s not enough we are now busy organising …
On Saturday I had the great pleasure of a visit from not one, but two blogging friends! Here is Lynz from Domestic Light and Magic and Julie from Forest Poppy (with me in the middle). Don’t we look happy? That is mainly down to the yummy chocolate cake we are devouring! Julie made the most …
Here is the top for Felix’s 21st birthday quilt finished (well almost, see below). I posted about the initial idea here. It is based on a computer colour tool. This has got to be one of the easiest quilts I have ever made. Once I had tracked down the wonderful Kona Solid Charm Packs (from …
I actually finished my doll quilt a couple of weeks back, but what with starting so many new projects I haven’t had time to post about it. My partner received the quilt last week and seems to be genuinely delighted with it, so phew! I was making this quilt as part of the Doll Quilt …
Before I tell you about my new project, I wanted to introduce you to a new monthly feature on the wonderful Lily’s Quilts Blog. Lynn is approaching her blogiversary and to celebrate she has launched Fresh Sewing Day. This will be a monthly event where bloggers are encouraged to share a project they are working …
Remember how happy I was a few weeks back when I received all those lovely FQ’s of Elizabeth Scott’s ‘Red Rose Farm’ fabric directly from Elizabeth herself? Well I was desperate to get them cut up and sewed back together again as soon as possible! And like everybody else recently, I have been so …
A few weeks back I made a tickertape cot quilt as part of the latest ORBC quiltalong. Deeroo was hosting the quiltalong on her blog and I posted about the quilt I made here. Well that quilt sold in my shop really quickly and since then I have had it on the top of my …
Don’t you think that our lovely community of crafty bloggers are the nicest, most generous people in the world?! I do! A few months ago I got a very nice email from a lady called Elizabeth Scott, from San Francisco, who had found my Little House Pincushion Tutorial while searching the internet for Greengate …
I’m sure you all saw the awful images on the news a couple of weeks ago, showing the terrible destruction and heartbreak following the devastating earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. This follows on from another big earthquake that happened just a few months ago. Cat from Catalina’s Cottage has been organising ‘Quilts to comfort Christchurch …