Phew! I’ve finally finished something else for this first quarter of Finish-A-Long 2013! That’s 2 out of 4 (Felix’s Xmas jumper was the other), so 50% percent is not too shabby I guess. If anyone has visited Leanne’s blog for the FAL tutorial’s this week, this quilt will be familiar to you from the Hand …
Just wanted to let you know that you can find my Hand Quilting Tutorial as part of Finish-A-Long 2013 over on Leanne’s She Can Quilt Blog TODAY! As one of the FAL sponsors Leanne asked me if I’d like to do a tutorial and hand quilting is something I have had on my to-do list …
I didn’t take part in this last year. Somehow I thought I didn’t have that much to get finished. Well this year I have! But I am going to try to be realistic as the FAL is divided into quarters which gives me only 3 months to tackle these. So in this first post I …
Years ago when I started writing this blog I would share the gestation of every quilt, with sneak peeks and progress reports until the day I could say ‘it’s finished!’ But here’s a quilt I have been working on, intermittently, since the summer and I realise I haven’t mentioned it here once! I think this …
I have been entering a quilt in to every Blogger’s Quilt Festival for the last 3 years. This wonderful event is hosted by Amy Ellis at Amy’s Creative Side and is a highlight of my quilting calendar. This year I have a new finish to show you! I just finished quilting ‘The Neighbourhood’ on Monday …
Earlier this year I made a version of my Red Riding Hood Quilt as a commission. I was photographing it in the shop when one of my customers came in, saw the quilt and got very excited. Catriona completely fell in love with the wolf and the trees and the next day she was …
My Frida Kahlo quilt top has arrived home! And just look at it! Who would have thought that centre panel would inspire such a stunning quilt!! It is actually SO big that I can’t get a very good photo of it (90 x 81″). But taking it outside yesterday in the sun should give you …
At last I’ve finished my Cherish Circle Quilt! The Cherish Circle is part of Do Good Stitches, a charity bee on Flickr. Every month we make 2 blocks each and every month a new quilt is born to give away to somebody deserving. Our group has made some really gorgeous quilts (take a look at …
I have been desperate to do something with my Porthole Blocks that I made with Lucie Summers at the FQ Retreat ( I can’t believe that was over a month ago now!). So here is my Peekaboo Quilt. Lucie leaves a 1/4 inch seam around her ‘holes’ (block on the left) but I preferred the …
Welcome to the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! I have taken part in all but the first of these fabulous on-line events. And the fact that I haven’t finished any new quilts recently wasn’t going to stop me taking part this time! So I searched back through my old quilts to see if there was one that …