My Sewing Sanctuary
22
Sep
I can’t quite believe that this is the last month of the And Sew On BOM but it is and Kristy kindly left what I think was the fiddliest block until last! It took a while for me to find the … Read More »
Category Archives: Paper piecing
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 … Read More »
I like big stash…
27
Aug
Yes I did mention last week in this post that I needed to sort my stash out, well this is not a photo of my well organised, tidy stash but the And Sew On BOM for August: We returned early … Read More »
I dig paper piecing
17
Aug
The unstoppable Kristy at Quiet Play put a call out again last week for pattern testers. She attached images of the blocks that she wanted testing and one of them was a digger. There is a small boy in our … Read More »
Blooming Flowers
10
Aug
Week number something or other in the Patchwork, Please! sew along and the turn of the Swedish Bloom Time Quilt. I will admit to starting this a while ago. I can’t remember when but it was before we moved out … Read More »
An old fashioned laptop
3
Aug
One of the classes that I took at Fat Quarterly Retreat was the Read Between the Lines class with Joanna from Shape Moth and Julianna from Sewing Under Rainbow. It was a 3 hour paper piecing class with this block as … Read More »
Cut It Out
29
Jul
Yes that is the title of July’s block in the And Sew On BOM. I usually crack on with BOM early in the month, often as soon as it’s out, but this month I’ve had a lot on and this … Read More »
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 … Read More »
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 … Read More »
At least I have a kettle
22
Jun
This weeks project from Patchwork, Please! is the Tea Cosy and Teabag pouch. I decided to continue to use Essex Linen and the Sew Cherry scraps that I used last week on the tea towels: In hindsight I wish I’d … Read More »