Lola the orphan

Her name was Lola. She was a showgirl an orphan block. I foolishly did not check my printer settings when I drew an English paper piecing block on my computer, and I printed it too small. I did not notice …

Lola

It was a friend’s birthday this week, and it sneaked up on me. In a mad rush, I made a large Lola pouch with Cotton + Steel cat fabric and Robert Kaufman Shetland flannel in ocean. She loves cats and greeny-teal …

More knitting and a few hours at the sewing machine

Not more knitting? Yes. Sorry! I am still working on my quilt-show entry, which I cannot yet share, so you have to put up with yet another knitting post. This knitted hat was made for my teenage god-daughter using Shannon Cook’s …

Giveaway

Ages ago, I was lucky enough to be sent a lovely parcel of pay-it-forward goodies from Tamara of @tamaraharrisondesigns, thanks to Jonna of @bespokeoutlaw. Tamara makes the most gorgeous fabric flowers, and I always get compliments when I wear mine …

Shabby or chic?

Winter storms have lingered into spring, and I pottered about in my sewing room while it rained. I made some more flowering snowball blocks, so I now have 64 blocks, enough for a 96-inch square quilt. I need to sew them together, …

UFOs on retreat

In August, my sewing group went on a three-day retreat, and I finished three UFOs. Hurrah! The rainbow rose baby quilt was backed with blue, quilted with random wavy lines and bound with purple. Yes, I chose purple! I have already …

Zippery-doo-dah

My, oh my, what a wonderful day. I made two more Sew Together Bags! It’s the truth, it’s actual. Everything is satisfactual. I gave the hedgehog bag of my last batch to my god-daughter. Her mum saw it and envied all …

A bit of this and that

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 …

Tiny purses and envelopes

In my determination to sew from my stash, I have been diving into my scrap bin and looking at my Pinterest boards for ideas for things I can make from scraps. The little coin purse tutorial from Rashida Coleman-Hale’s I …

Binding kits

I have been meaning to make some Goody Goody Binding Kits for a while, but I could not choose which fabrics to use. I wanted to make one to use something from my stash of heavier cotton and linen fat …