It seems like all I hear about on the blogs these days are Bees! No not furry, little, buzzy things but Quilting Bees (I am constantly explaining this to non-quilty friends!). I have recently got involved in my first Bee, the ‘Quick Christmas Bee’, organised by Maria of Me and Ma blog. There are only …
Yay! All finished and ready to go! I have loved making this doll quilt and taking part in DQS9, even though our house move (right in the middle of it!) did mean I couldn’t be as active in the group pool/discussions as I would have liked. I would love to be involved with the next …
It has all been a bit traumatic, but a week after our house move I am feeling relatively settled in and I think I’m going to be ok! I even have my Sewing Room sorted! Above is a before photo… And here is after! It’s still a bit of a work in progress, (and those …
This is how far I had got on Friday with my DQS9 quilt. It looks kind of finished, doesn’t it? But I still have a way to go with embellishments. I really enjoyed making the trees. They are all machine pieced and then hand quilted. I even made a ‘fancy’ back (for the first time!). …
We’re back from our short holiday to the West Highlands (more on that later) and now I am starting my week off at home with, hopefully, lot’s of time for sewing. But first of all I was off to Glasgow yesterday to spend my birthday money, and also to meet up with the 3 lovely …
Just a short break – 3 days in Ardnamurchan in the West Highlands. I have never been so far north on that side of Scotland before. We are taking a whole day boat trip round the Isle of Mull to see where puffins nest and maybe even see whales!! Jonathan is very into wildlife photography …
Look at this adorable mini quilt I just received from my swap partner! Thanks so much Mary! I love the fan shape. If you remember, this mini quilt swap had special rules attached – it couldn’t be rectangle or square and had to be only black and white and 1 colour. I have been so …
I have just heard from Mary, my mini quilt swap partner, that she has finally received my little offering. You may remember I gave you a sneak preview a few weeks back. But here is the whole thing! It is called ‘Tudor Vine’ as the inspiration was of a black and white photo of a …
It’s finally finished! Well almost… Regular readers will have seen a sneaky peek a few weeks back but, many hours of hand quilting later, I have got it finished enough to include it in the wonderful Blogger’s Quilt Festival. It is a special surprise quilt for my sister’s 60th birthday (which was on Tuesday). …
I have finally found some time to make a start on my mini quilt for the 6-12″ mini quilt swap on Flickr. Above is a sneak preview. It is quite challenging as it can’t be square or rectangular (I have found a clever way round this without resorting to a circle!), and must only use …