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My Kids Clothes Week nightmare!

27 Jul

The fact that this last week was Kids Clothes Week almost passed me by, preschool finished for my son on Tuesday but the girls were still at school and there were a number of events going on that we needed...
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Gifts for boys

13 Jul

My 9 yr old has had a number of boys birthday party’s to attend recently and I’ve taken it upon myself to make gifts. With plenty of fabric in the cupboard it seems wrong not to! I mentioned back here about...
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Personalised Paper Pieced Pillow

24 Jun

(How fast can you say that? Actually it’s a cushion but for the purposes of the title…) It appears as if it’s birthday party season again, invites keep arriving; mostly for the children! At the end of last week I...
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A finished quilt

21 Mar

I’m guest posting over at Lily’s Quilts today, head on over to find out more about this beauty:...
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Digger cushion

11 Dec

Have you entered my Sew Mama Sew giveaway? It’s still open here. Back in August I did some paper piece testing for Kristy at Quiet Play, I even wrote about it here: Some time later I turned it into a...
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More new pyjamas

9 Sep

I made myself some pyjama bottoms and my middle child asked if I would make some pyjamas for her as she said she didn’t have any with long sleeves – not true but never mind, any excuse to sew. Earlier...
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Made in August

1 Sep

School holidays and sunshine did not make it the most productive month, but still I found some time to sew: Most of the quilt top was made before August started but it’s definitely an August finish (on the top not...
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Books for Baby quilt top

28 Jul

On Wednesday after a couple of days of paper piecing (which I’ll show you soon) I had a look at the Patchwork Please sew along project for the week and discovered that it was the Books for Baby quilt. A...
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Modern Plus Quilt for Siblings Together

17 Jul

I’m off to FQ Retreat at lunchtime tomorrow (yippee), starting with a road trip with Emily, Jo and Susy – I can’t wait. I have 2 quilts to squeeze in to Emily’s car, this one and this one: I’ve mentioned...
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How long will these stay clean?

6 Jul

For as long as I can remember (which is at least 3 years ago) I’ve wanted to make placemats for my children and would you believe it this weeks project in Patchwork, Please! was placemats. I didn’t really plan to...
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