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Vintage Vibe

18 Mar

If you’ve been around a while you may well be aware of my love of vintage sheets and the fact that I held an extensive collection; over the years I have been selling off pieces through my Etsy shop and...
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#mayisformakers week 3

21 May

Since last week I’ve made a few more foxes: And I also bought a pattern for the 3rd week of May is for Makers (click on the pattern info below to take you to the pattern): I whipped up a...
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Using up vintage sheet scraps

28 Nov

I thought my goal for November would be a fairly simple one to get done. I needed to finish quilting a pillow top and then turn it into a pillow cover. The quilting seemed to take forever, I opted to try...
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WIP Wednesday

4 Nov

While having a sort out in the drawers in my sewing space I found a bag of scraps which were left over from making this quilt 3 years ago! It really is scrap, they are trimmings from the block assembly and...
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Slow stitching

2 Nov

I’m not going to talk about how this year appears to have flown by because to be honest it feels like certain parts of it have dragged so slowly. I think November might be the same just because I am...
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SALE…

10 Oct

Click on the photo and you can go straight there!...
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Retro Flowers – a finished quilt

27 Mar

While this month really feels like it has whizzed by, the beginning of the month seems a long time ago. Anyway back then I set my goal for the month to finish my Retro Flowers quilt. So I cracked on...
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WIP Wednesday

11 Mar

I feel like real progress has been made this week. If you follow me on IG you may have seen this yesterday: Yes! I finished quilting my retro flowers quilt and then I made binding and got that stitched on...
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WIP Wednesday

4 Mar

I gained some extra sewing time this morning as I had a medical appointment cancelled (again) so I’ve managed to get the borders on my retro flowers quilt (yes I had enough yardage left – phew): At some point I...
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A short month

27 Feb

At the beginning of February I shared with you my failure to read a pattern properly or was it just an inability to count. I needed 16 flowers for my retro flower quilt and had only made 9: So my...
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