I made this for a magazine but it didn’t get published so I thought you guys might want it instead… mine’s another addition to the mini quilt wall that hasn’t happened yet! This uses a special ruler from Creative Grids. A great video on how to use the ruler can be found on YouTube HERE. You [...]
February 22, 2013 – 10:33 am
Applique and I are not best friends at the moment. I’m pretty happy with gluestick applique but I thought I’d give needleturn ago and I ended up with a blooming mess. Then I gave up and decided to machine stitch, but as the pieces were only tacked down, I ended up with weird lump bits and [...]
February 6, 2013 – 11:21 am
OK so I have scheduled in a sneaky post so my blog isn’t quiet for too long! I made these the night before I went away, as you do. The pouch is for the Triple Zip along which I learned about from Hadley, so I got that in and entered for the prizes. I found [...]
February 3, 2013 – 7:56 pm
A last quick post before I go on holiday! I’ve sorted the packing, the dog has somewhere to go tomorrow and I will be back blogging and sewing again around 15th February as I’m working away straight after we get back. Of course I have prepared some hand sewing to take to Riga with me- [...]
November 11, 2012 – 5:12 pm
It’s finished and out of the wash! Front: Back (a vintage sheet with horses on that I found in a tiny shop in Brick Lane, East London- I thought the colours worked well even if it was a strange subject choice!): Close-ups: I’ve called it Waiting Waxwings, because on two occasions I had to wait [...]
October 29, 2012 – 5:34 pm
Here’s a little tutorial on how I put together my picture quilts. I decided to apply the same principle to my birds and berries quilt but just a couple of small motifs. This technique can be used for large or small scale stuff! I can’t show you this in full yet though- I’m 18″ of [...]
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September 17, 2012 – 9:10 am
In another avoidance tactic from sewing the other curtain (I really will have to finish that next) I finished “Really Big George”- based on a photo of Giant George. If you don’t know who Giant George, he was- until extremely recently- the biggest dog in the world ever! This quilt is about a square metre [...]
August 22, 2012 – 11:25 am
Since it’s Wednesday, I decided to show you one of my new WIPs, based on Giant George… It’s now all glued together and I need to sew it next and then quilt it! It’s only taken a couple of days to turn the edges under and glue. The background is Modern Meadow by Joel Dewberry [...]
Sorry, I couldn’t resist- the actual main applique is fully stuck together now for my FOQ entry Dogs
February 26, 2012 – 2:22 pm
I’ve had a play about with a couple of sewing techniques over this weekend and there’s a bit of a duck theme going on… Firstly I made this embroidery and I think we will be keeping it because OH really likes it. It’s in one of my decoupaged hoops from yonks ago which I will [...]
