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Peony

30 Apr

This is the first (and hopefully not only) tick off my 2nd quarter FAL list. My aim was to get the third of my Welsh Blanket quilt patterns – Peony, made into a quilt top. At the start of the...
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2nd quarter FAL list

15 Apr

It’s the beginning of the second quarter of the year and so time to make a list for the Finish-Along; I’m just looking back at my list for the first quarter and I completed 4 things off it, they were...
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Sunday Stash #56

10 Apr

So you may have seen that I kicked myself into gear on my ‘Sewing with Knits’ adventure; while on a quick trip to visit a friend and pick up a ‘new’ bike for my boy we popped into the local...
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Welsh Blanket Quilt – St Davids Cross {pdf pattern}

7 Apr

Phew this quilt seems like it has been a long time coming! I started pattern writing back in January, it’s been out to testers and I made my own version with Blueberry Park fabric kindly supplied by Karen Lewis. I...
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Weighing it up

7 Apr

I’m just quickly sneaking in one last finish from my list for the first quarter. I’m a slightly appalled that this has been a WIP since March 2013! I pattern tested this block for Kristy – Quiet Play and it has...
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WIP Wednesday (& more pattern testers please)

13 Jan

I’ve found a bit of time this week to sew: I’m making a Preppy the Whale quilt for my son, I managed to do a stack of cutting during the holidays so stitching these up has not taken too long:...
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WIP Wednesday and a call for pattern testers

2 Dec

I showed a sneak peek last week of what I’d been working on and now I’m pleased to say I have a finished quilt top: I’ve been thinking about this for a while, I’m a fan of Welsh Blankets (if...
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Day Off Backpack and a giveaway

24 Jul

A couple of weeks ago my friend Virginia posted a photo of a new bag that she had made on IG and mentioned that she was looking for pattern testers. I loved the look of the bag and I was...
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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...
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Summer is here and so are the butterflies (or at least one is)

7 Jun

Last weekend Kristy asked for pattern testers and because I don’t have enough to do I stuck my hand in the air ‘yes, me please’. I spent a few therapeutic hours on Wednesday evening stitching this gorgeous creature together: As...
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