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 … Continue reading
Quilt-as-you-go blocks are addictive. Anything to avoid Christmas shopping, right? Yesterday, I finished my second batch of blocks for Alison’s Soy Amado project. Wendy and I are making a set of green and blue blocks that Alison can combine into a … Continue reading
I should have been making Christmas presents or writing Christmas cards on the weekend. Instead, I decided to follow Wendy’s lead and sew some blocks to send to Alison in Guernsey for her Soy Amado project. Christmas is all about giving, … Continue reading
I rarely write blog posts about my Bee, Myself and I goals, but sewing has been happening quietly in the background. At the start of the year, I set myself the goal of making three flowering snowball blocks a month. I have … Continue reading
Anyone who has ever been in a quilting bee knows that they are fun but that things do not always go to plan, and my Stash Bee last year was no exception. Do not get me wrong – I had … Continue reading
Last weekend, I was on a four-day workshop at Handcrafters House with David Taylor, which was loads of fun, and I will tell you all about it later when I have done some more of my homework. This week, however, I … Continue reading
In December, I was flicking through Creative Stash and Scrap Quilts, published by Universal Magazines, and I realised that I could make one of the pretty patterns from stash, so I did. When I started, I had no other goal than … Continue reading
Bye-bye, baby quilts. The last binding on the last humidicrib quilt has been sewn on, and they have all gone to the coordinator of my quilting association’s community quilts program to be taken to the hospitals’ neonatal units. I promised … Continue reading
At our sewing group’s end-of-year Christmas party, I was lucky enough to receive two rulers in the Kris Kringle gift swap. (That is the short version of events. The long version is that I saw a plant on the gift … Continue reading
If you have followed me for a while, you will know that I enjoy making baby quilts and that I have had a great time making a dozen or so humidicrib covers to donate to the local hospital. I like … Continue reading
