Blue

My favourite colour is red, but there has been a lot of blue in my life recently. I knitted a simple blue cowl from a single ball of Lang 4-ply (fingering) baby wool that I found in the sale bin. …

The one with the bird

Last year, I did a class with David Taylor, a master of art quilts, through Handcrafters House. I love the realism of David’s work (Maynard, which I think of as ‘dog bum in the snow’, is my favourite), but there …

Flashback Friday: Learning to let go

Do you have a hard time letting go of things you have made? I have been looking critically at some of my finished and unfinished quilts and have decided that it is time to let a couple go and to …

The story of a dozen zippers

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, …

The notebooks

I have made another dent in the cupboard of shame! I have embroidered simple cross-stitch designs for the three notebooks I found there. It is silly how long it has taken me to get around to doing this. They did …

Christmas is next week?!

Yikes! Christmas is next week? Maybe I should think about putting the tree up or digging out the box of decorations. A few months ago, I had already given up on the idea of giving hand-made Christmas presents to my family …

Appliqué rainbow baby quilt

A few months ago, a member of our sewing group, Denise, who used to be a professional sewing teacher in the USA, offered to teach appliqué to anyone who was interested. I think my appliqué skills are pretty good, but …

Nametag

Hello! My name is … I made myself a nametag on the weekend, just in case the excitement of this week’s craft show causes me to forget myself. I will be volunteering at the show on two days. I used my …

An Australian quilt

A much-loved member of our sewing group, Gilda, has a special birthday this week so we all worked together to make her a quilt top. As she and her husband are moving to New Zealand at the end of the year, the …

Mug rug swap

When I saw the pattern for these mug rugs, I had to sign up for the swap. They are just so cute. The swap was organised by the Quilting Gallery. The pattern is by Amanda of The Patchsmith, and she designed …