My lovely neighbours have another grandson (their fifth!), and I again offered to make a quilt. As before, I invited the baby’s grandmother into my sewing room to choose some starter fabrics and pattern ideas. We agreed to use a lot … Continue reading
Before Christmas, I whipped up a handful of Lola zipper pouches to give away as Christmas and birthday presents. I started with the intention of making two pouches with some sort of bird or cat print for a colleague, but … Continue reading
When you do a tidy-up, you discover things you have forgotten. In the holiday lull, I have been tidying my sewing space and my photographs, and I discovered images of things I made in January 2017 that I had not … Continue reading
Life got in the way of sewing and blogging all through May. I was busy working and moving my grandmother into residential care and out of her unit at short notice, a move that has been exhausting and stressful but … Continue reading
I was going to stay focused on sewing my projects this year and avoid joining bees or swaps, but I could not resist joining the Instagram cushion swap organised by Alison (Little Island Quilting) and Sami. I secretly stalked my partner, … Continue reading
Yes, my local round robin quilt is quilted and bound! I have no idea what to call it, but it is done, and I love it. Ten pairs of hands worked to make this as part of my local sewing group’s … Continue reading
Serena of Sew Giving decided she wanted to make a Sew Together Bag, and she did not have to put much pressure on me to get me to join in. I had been toying with the idea for a while, … Continue reading
Earlier this week, at one of our regular sewing mornings, my sewing group revealed the finished projects made as part of our round robin swap. The rules of our swap were simple: each person taking part put together a bag … Continue reading
As the Possum Magic quilts get bigger, I can see it will become trickier to add to them! In the third round, I had to add to Sharon’s quilt. Each time a new project arrives, I think it is my favourite, and I really … Continue reading
Last year my sewing group organised a cushion swap with the idea that if we liked it, we would try something bigger. We liked it, and this year nine of us are trying a quilting round robin. Not everyone is … Continue reading
Granny Mauds Girl 