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Week in Review

March 13, 2013, 6:32 am

This past week I free motion quilted a quilt for a friend.It is beautiful, and so well made. It is a queen size quilt. The batting is Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton/polyester, which is really nice to...

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March is National Craft Month - maybe it is only in the US, but I am going with it! I thought I would share some of my addictions crafting history.I was lucky enough to grow up in a house where people...

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First Attempts at Spinning

March 15, 2013, 9:08 am

Here are my first few attempts at spinning.The samples get better every time. It took awhile to get coordinated to treadle, draft the fibres and feed the yarn on to the bobbin! Now that I have the hang...

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Celebrating International Quilting Day

March 16, 2013, 5:10 pm

Today is International Quilting Day, and I celebrating by making my March blocks for a block of the month that I am doing with my online quilt group.Here are all the blocks so far (we started this BOM...

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Finally Finished

March 18, 2013, 6:55 pm

This piece of Hardanger embroidery was on the go for about 7 years, and I am so pleased to say that it is finished!It was put away for long periods of time, but this time I was determined to get it...

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End of March Roundup

March 31, 2013, 5:59 pm

Last week I quilted this tumbler lap quilt -It started as a fat quarter pack and was cut using the GO!. I quilted an all over meander (it seems to be a much maligned quilting pattern, but sometimes it...

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The Evolution of My Quilting Samples

April 3, 2013, 7:45 pm

I wrote a tutorial on developing your own style for free motion quilted feathers for the SewCalGal 2013 Free Motion Quilting Challenge, and thought I would share the evolution of my quilting samples...

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Brioche Knitting

April 10, 2013, 7:22 am

This weekend all the Craftsy classes were on sale for spring, and of course I bought a few.I had never heard of brioche knitting, but the class 'Explorations in Brioche Knitting' looked intriguing....

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More Feathers

April 11, 2013, 7:03 am

I am still quilting feathers! Can't seem to get enough!I wanted to see how this style of feathers and background fill would look on a bigger scale (for the bed sized whole cloth quilt I am...

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Wrap Around Cowl

April 12, 2013, 11:43 am

I made a wrap around cowl, it is the first wearable piece I have made with my hand spun yarn!I had 32g/1 oz of BFL from Sweet Georgia Yarns (it is from their Spinning Colour Six-Pack), the colour is...

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Week In Review

April 19, 2013, 9:47 am

The week flew by!I made a wall hanging from a fat quarter of fabric that I hand dyed (I hated to cut it up, and so used the whole piece). The fabric reminded me of being in the woods on a summer day,...

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Log Cabin Quilt and Spinning

April 26, 2013, 12:50 pm

I finished the log cabin quilt!I have always wanted to make a log cabin quilt and was so pleased to finally have a large enough variety of coordinating fabrics to make one.The blocks are 7" square,...

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Blocks of the Month

April 27, 2013, 2:43 pm

I finished all my blocks of the month today (nothing like waiting until the end of the month!).These ones are for my online quilt group - we are working on a quilt called Pieces of Time by Lori...

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Quilting For Others

May 2, 2013, 6:56 am

I did some machine quilt for others this week.This is a wallhanging that my Mother made - the pattern is from an older Quilt Mania magazine, but she used her GO! for the smaller appliqué pieces (the...

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Some Things

May 21, 2013, 9:28 am

Last week we went to see Fleetwood Mac in concert! It was fabulous, and a dream come true for me. sorry - not the clearest pictureThis month's art quilt has a line from my favourite song -...

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Still Here

May 29, 2013, 7:38 am

At the beginning of May I went to a quilt show in Morden (Sorry I no longer show quilt show pictures on my blog because of Pinterest - even though I ask people not to pin them, they still do. I feel it...

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Blocks of the Month for May

May 31, 2013, 7:04 pm

Once again I waited until the last minute to complete my blocks of the month for this month.This is the block for the Ostrich BOM - this month it was "Circles", so I made a few different Drunkard's...

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Another Stash Buster

June 4, 2013, 8:31 am

I cut out another stash busting quilt -This time with Asian fabric (I did buy 3 metres of beige to tie it all together, and to be able to make something a useable size - so not a true stash buster). I...

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Knitting and Dyeing

June 25, 2013, 11:42 am

I haven't been spending much time on the computer, but I have been doing lots of other things.Summer is finally here and I have enjoyed working outside!!Things are growing and blooming, which is so...

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BOM's, AQOTM, and a KAL

June 28, 2013, 2:43 pm

The end of the month is always a flurry of sewing to catch up on for me!Here are my Ostrich Block of the Month (BOM) blocks - This month was "Stars", I made two 9" Ohio Stars.Here are all of my blocks...

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