I’ve been visiting this book — Traditional British Quilts by Dorothy Osler — at my public library about once a month for the past two years. It’s in the reference section, so I couldn’t check it out and take it home with me. It was also published in 1987, and it’s been out of print [...]
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A Trip Around the World
Posted in Quilting, tagged Bonnie K. Hunter, bright fabrics, child's quilt, Quilting, Sewing, snake quilt, Trip Around the World pattern on April 22, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Next up, Scrappy Trips Around the World, using Bonnie K. Hunter’s free pattern on her website. Sometimes I see a quilt pattern first and then visualise it in my own fabrics. This time, we found a wonderful fabric first. I bought this cute snake fabric because my little girl liked it so much. And when I [...]
Blue and Yellow Progress
Posted in Nigel the quilting dog, Quilting, UFO Progress, tagged blue and yellow quilt, Crossed Canoes pattern, Janome 6500P, Nigel the quilting dog, quarter blocks, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 99K on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve made good progress on the blue and yellow Crossed Canoes project this month. All the quarter blocks are finished (168 of them!), which will yield 42 – 12-inch blocks. They are going to be set 6 x 7, and the finished quilt will measure approximately 72 inches by 84 inches. It’s not going to [...]
Ruby and the UFO
Posted in Nigel the quilting dog, Quilting, Sewing machines, UFO Progress, tagged blue and yellow quilt, Crossed Canoes pattern, finishing UFO quilts, Janome 6500P, paper pieced pattern, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 201K, Singer 99K hand crank, World Wide Quilting Page on March 11, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Lately I’ve been sewing only in my sewing room on my two favourite electric machines — Marie, the Janome 6500P, and Peggy, the Singer 201K from 1951. Today however, my 10-year-old asked me if I would sew in the living room so I could watch Dr. Who DVDs with her. How could I resist a [...]
“Too Good to Cut” challenge: And the winner is…
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, Quilting, Sewing on January 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Amy, of Amy’s Passions blogsite! You can see her beautiful finished quilt here, along with a step-by-step account of how she did the challenge, and a lovely story about the quilt’s ultimate destination as a retirement gift for her friend. Well done, Amy! You will receive the top prize of a £15 gift certificate. [...]
“Too Good to Cut” Challenge Wrap-up
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, Quilting, Sewing on December 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s time to wrap-up our “Too Good to Cut” Challenge. Has everyone finished their quilts? Please don’t feel guilty if you haven’t because I haven’t finished my quilt, either. If you followed the original guidelines posted last January and would like to be entered in the prize draw on January 1, 2011, please leave a [...]
My Sunflower Quiltathon Project
Posted in Quilting, tagged 4 inch squares, 4-patch blocks, Judy Laquidara, Quiltathon, Quilting, Sewing, sunflower fabric on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For Judy’s Quiltathon this week, I’m working on a UFO project of 4-inch squares in cheerful sunflower prints. I can’t remember what these squares were for, but they’re cute. Today I have sewn them into 4-patch blocks and arranged them in sewing order on my design wall. This is going to be a small quilt, [...]
Respecting the Scraps
Posted in Quilting, tagged Bonnie Hunter, crumb blocks, Crumb chaos, Mary Johnson, Mile a Minute blocks, Quilting, Quiltville, Scrap quilting, Sewing on August 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Bonnie Hunter wrote in her “Scrap User’s System” article that our scraps are worth just as much as new yardage from the quilt shop. For me in England, that’s £9.60 per metre, or approximately $14.25 per yard in US dollars. That’s way too much value to toss into the waste basket, and it really gave [...]
Summer Holiday Quilt (Design Wall Monday)
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Nigel the quilting dog, Quilting, tagged Design Wall Monday, pink and green quilt, Quilting, quilting dog, Sewing, string blocks on June 21, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Good progress this week on my pink and green Summer Holiday Quilt! I’ve made all 48 quarter blocks and have started assembling the large blocks. Five big blocks are now finished. My design wall is only tiny, so I have to lay out larger projects on my “design floor.” And of course, Nigel the quilting [...]
Holiday Design Wall
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Quilting, Sewing machines, tagged Design Wall Monday, Featherweight, Northumberland holiday, pink and green quilt, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 221K, string quilt on June 14, 2010 | 9 Comments »
We had a fantastic holiday in Northumberland. We went to the beach, explored castles and took long walks every day. I took my Featherweight (Singer 221K) with me for a little relaxation sewing in the evenings, along with a box of pink and green strings that I’ve been saving for a travel project. I like [...]
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