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Wheek!

6 Oct

This project (pattern by Mollie Johanson and available here) was started over a year ago and then got tidied away in a drawer: It was supposed to be for my son’s birthday but it didn’t get finished -we did however welcome … Read More »

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Jersey ‘scraps’

2 Oct

On my list for quarter 3 FAL was a Blank Slate tank for L.  I had some jersey scraps and ribbing left from another project and despite the fact that L is 11 I checked the measurements on the pattern … Read More »

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A mini Welsh blanket quilt

30 Sep

At the beginning of the quarter when writing my FAL list all I had to show for this project was this: A number of years ago I wrote a pattern for the Caernarfon Welsh blanket design to make it a … Read More »

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Teacher gifts

29 Sep

I started the quarter with a pile of open wide zip pouches that were waiting to be finished: I used up as many scraps as possible to make these pouches: I used old denim jeans for the bases of these; … Read More »

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Catalina Dress

28 Sep

I had a few items of clothing on my list for this FAL, most of which I wanted to finish before our holiday. I had planned to make a Catalina Dress for B with cotton voile from Seasalt purchased in the … Read More »

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A knit quilt

25 Sep

I put this on my FAL list for this quarter as a lovely friend from guild had just had a baby girl and I wanted to use some of the Cloud 9 knit fabrics that I picked up in a … Read More »

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Baby quilt in a week

23 Sep

While we were on holiday we received the news that our next door neighbours baby had arrived. I had in mind that I would make a quilt for the new arrival but was waiting to find out whether they had … Read More »

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Chasing rainbows

16 Sep

I belong to the South West Modern Quilt Guild; we’re having an exhibition next month and as well as displaying any quilts we choose the committee set us a challenge.  We were given 7 Kona cotton fat 16ths in red, … Read More »

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Quarter 3 FAL/wish list

15 Jul

I have a stack of ‘new’ projects to add to my list (and sadly a whole load that are still not complete!): Open wide zip pouches for end of year teacher gifts, they’ve been sitting around for too long waiting … Read More »

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Not drunk

8 Jul

Back in October 2010 I received a parcel of ‘scraps’ from Jo who was relocating to the States for a while and wanted someone to do something with the scraps left over from work she had been doing for Dashwood … Read More »

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