I started this blog for me - it expanded to show BFF Jackie what I was doing - and a few others have invited themselves too - everybody welcome! Mostly about patchwork, with random comments about embroidery, family and life in general, come on in, put your feet up, and I'll put the [virtual] kettle on.
Wednesday 30 April 2014
Distracted by Daughter
Sunday 27 April 2014
Chatty Crafty Church
Saturday 26 April 2014
Friday's Final Fun With Fabric
Friday 25 April 2014
Friday's First Fun With Fabric
Thursday 24 April 2014
Guessing Game
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Basted, then Bed
Monday 21 April 2014
Lots Left Over
With this in mind, I looked at Tara's left overs, and at the minkie she sent but I couldn't use, and thought about her two littlies, and got stitching.
Not a particularly specific design, but as a use-it-up project I'm delighted to be able to send two snuggle quilts that match mummy's quilt
Sunday 20 April 2014
Panic Production Line
Saturday 19 April 2014
Blooming Big Bag (and Basting and a Quilt Top)
When I arrived in Dublin we went to Ikea, partly for supper (mmmmm meatballs), and Jackie's daughter, Sabrina fell in love with a large scale flower print we saw in the fabric department - so while Jackie knocked up meals for six for two days, I knocked up a BIG bag for Sabrina (big enough for all the kit required when you have a baby, or for the baby itself?)
We also pieced, basted, quilted and machined the binding to the front of this woodland animals quilt
And basted this gorgeous rainbow spiral hexi (Jackie says you'll be sick of seeing it, but I don't think you can ever be sick of this!)
And sizzix cut 90+ big grey hexies for a new project,
and a couple of hundred smaller hexies for a friend of ours (hello Janet)
A day well spent!
Friday 18 April 2014
Blissful Blocks in Bulk
Oh the bliss of working on blocks with a friend! This afternoon we had a production line going - Me cutting, Jackie sewing, me pressing, Jackie sewing!
From blocks
To half square triangles
to *lots* of HSTs (half square triangles)
Each HST opens to a square
These can be pivoted to make the pinwheel
(thanks Katy for your suggestions: we sorted the directional fabric so they "flow", and put the flowery fabrics in groups of similar colours)
And THANK YOU JACKIE! Team work is such fun :-)
Two crafts in one day, so two posts in one day!!!!!
Plenty of Pottery
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Goodies Galore
However Kathy has been organised, and OH so generous!
Even the packaging is exciting
Hang on, what's that on the customs label?
Bunting? Candy? neither were mentioned in the swap discussion ...
There most certainly was Bunting AND Candy!
And the selvedges were there too - *loads* of them
The pouch has been moved into - a great travel bag for hexies (the candies had to be removed, to eliminate the risk of dribbles on the fabric - I put them somewhere very safe!)
and the back of the pouch ...
And it arrived with this lovely card, and some lovely fussy cut scraps!
Thank you Kathy, its all amazing - and mine will find its way to you eventually!!!!