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A Lovely Year Of Finishes – August

29 Aug

My goal for this month was to make myself some pyjama bottoms.  I bought a flannel sheet from the car boot earlier this year and thought it would be ideal fabric for pyjamas: I drafted my own pattern using a … Read More »

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A goal for August

5 Aug

I’ve been wondering for a few days now what to set as my goal for the month, there are a number of projects that could do with being finished but I’m not inspired to commit to them this month.  The … Read More »

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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 … Read More »

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A Lovely Year of Finishes – goal for July

2 Jul

So last month saw me piecing a quilt top for Siblings Together, I now need to piece the back, baste, quilt and bind it. It has to be done by 17th July as on the 18th I’m travelling need to … Read More »

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June’s goal – done

27 Jun

So my goal for June was to get a quilt top pieced for a Siblings Together quilt, and I did it; The cutting of 300 plus squares was simple, the laying them out and deciding on a design was not! … Read More »

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A Lovely Year of Finishes – June goal

3 Jun

Right time to set a goal for June. Not too tricky, I have lots to do but I need to get this pile of fabric sewn into a quilt top: I’m going to make a Modern Plus Quilt using this … Read More »

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Clothes for me!

26 May

At the beginning of the month I declared my goal for the month to be to make a piece of clothing for me… As I mentioned I’m not very good at making decisions around clothing, so to get myself on … Read More »

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In May I will…

3 May

A new month and time to set myself another goal for the Lovely Year of Finishes. I feel like I had a successful shot at sewing clothes for my children last month and think it’s about time I made some … Read More »

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Aeroplane Bag – finished!!

24 Apr

My challenge to myself for this month was to get the pieces cut for the Aeroplane Bag.  Life in this house was going to be chaotic and I really had no idea if sewing was going to be an option. … Read More »

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Do I need another bag?

3 Apr

You may have seen recently that the talented Sara has brought out 9 new bag patterns, all available in her pattern shop . I just happen to be a reader of Katy’s blog and last week she had a giveaway of readers … Read More »

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