It’s that time of year again where Amy does a BIG link up with bloggers and the quilts they want to show as part of an online quilt show. Regular readers, I do apologise as you’re probably sick to the back teeth of this one, however it is my most recent “proper” finish and it [...]
I’m getting in just in the nick of time to participate in this… The last day to link up with Geta is today! Click the button above to read the other posts with tips from other quilters. Here are mine, hopefully something here will be useful to somebody! The idea is we discuss successes and [...]
I’m doing the Design It Quilt It course on Craftsy by Cindy Needham and it’s an eye opener! I have learned loads about basting and tension and threads and putting quilting designs together and light and shadow, it’s been very inspiring.I recommend this one. So much so that my new techniques are going to be [...]
So, how many flying geese did I make? I had around 500 entries and NONE of the guesses were right- can you believe that? Maybe the photo could have been taken from a better angle because they were all there! I made 72. 18 for each border in this quilt top which was started by [...]
Have you been using Pinterest? I’ve been using it for a couple of years now to bookmark my favourite tutorials on the internet or designs that inspire me, or just pictures of puppies I like to go back and look at to cheer me up Though you’ve always been able to sign up in the [...]
I’m off work today but after having fallen asleep whilst watching Craftsy class videos yesterday (not for the first time, I am like an old lady) I was up bright and early as usual for a weekday. By 8am I have spent over an hour sorting out my fabric scraps into colour. It’s been long [...]
Wow over 450 giveaway entries? Wow. Thanks to all of you, and special thanks if you’re one of the people who are still here but I’ve not emailed to say thanks because I kind of lost track. Right then. This weekend I made the flying geese border on Nan’s quilt top for the borders bee. [...]
Welcome new people (and regulars too), thanks for hopping over for my fabric giveaway. It’s a great day for it as here in the UK it’s May Day Bank Holiday and I’m off work! Woo hoo! A little bit about me… well I’m teaching myself Illustrator and fabric design which is my current “thing” and [...]
If I have admiration for a textile designer, I rarely keep it secret, so it seemed fitting to talk a little bit about Weeks Ringle and her husband Bill Kerr since their quilts have entered my consciousness several times this week. I took Weeks’ Craftsy class, “Designing Modern Quilts” and although I didn’t feel I [...]
For the Lovely Year of Finishes target this month, I’m going for the big one. As well as my usual bee commitments (I have two border bee quilts to do- I need to do at least one this month, plus a couple for Popular Patchwork forum swaps and the final part of the Around the [...]
