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Monthly Archives: October 2012

By the skin of my teeth – Bloggers Quilt Festival

30 Oct

Welcome if you’re visiting for the first time via Bloggers Quilt Festival. Over the last few days I’ve been admiring the hundreds of quilts (471 as I write this) that have been linked up.  I have a few quilts that … Read More »

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Patchwork, Quilts, Scraps 15 Comments

More scrappity scrap

26 Oct

Back in September I mentioned that I had started a quilt and I showed you some of the blocks: Well a month later I’ve sewn some more and incredibly have a finished quilt top: One which I do quite like, … Read More »

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Patchwork, Quilts, Scraps 6 Comments

WIP Wednesday

24 Oct

I feel like I’m pretty much house bound with a poorly 5yr old who appears to be suffering with a virus and has done since the beginning of October. She’s not contagious so I was going to send her to … Read More »

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Patchwork, projects, Quilts, Scraps 9 Comments

Zzzzips

22 Oct

Yes it has been quiet here on the blog but that doesn’t mean I’ve not been busy elsewhere with illness, all my family visiting (some from overseas) and sewing stuff. Last week I taught my first zip purse workshop at … Read More »

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Patchwork, Quilts, Scraps, teaching, Workshops 14 Comments

Vintage Sheet FQ Swap button

9 Oct

So the swap group is up on flickr and there are already some great prints appearing, some that I’ve not seen before and definitely want to get my hands on  want to share with you. If you want to pop a lovely … Read More »

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swap, tutorial, Vintage 3 Comments

How to be a good student…

8 Oct

Last month I taught my second purse frame workshop at a local vintage shop Arrietty and even remembered to take my camera this time to capture the finished brilliance: The ladies were great students, some more confident than others, some … Read More »

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accessories, projects, teaching, Workshops 8 Comments

Vintage fabric finds – September (and a swap heads up)

5 Oct

Despite the fact that September was a wet month and there wasn’t a lot of fabric hunting going on I still managed to end up with quite a haul: This has got to be the wackiest sheet I have ever … Read More »

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charity shopping, swap, thrifting, Vintage 5 Comments

September projects

1 Oct

Another month has flown by and time to round-up/review what I’ve been doing: a secret project an infinity scarf for my husband (he was wearing it this morning as he went off to work = success) the beginnings of a … Read More »

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Patchwork, Scraps, Upcycled, Vintage, Zakka 8 Comments

Old fabric, new life

1 Oct

I’ve spent what feels like a lot of time cutting vintage sheet charm squares recently for my Etsy shop and have been wondering what to do with the off cuts. I already carefully cut each piece of fabric carefully before … Read More »

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accessories, creative, fabric, giveaway, Scraps, Upcycled, Vintage 29 Comments

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