No stash note today as there have been very few stash additions over the past weeks but instead I thought I share with you what I am knitting at the moment.This wool is lace weight from scrumptious l...
I do love a good bag as you probably know if you are a regular here at needlesandlemons. I frequently get the urge to make a bag but lately it has been zipper pouches. I had a few layer cake piece le...
A quick update on the Log cabin Quilt Project for Siblings Together.By mid last week I had received the remainder of the blocks and this first lovely set here is from Harry who is 12 years old. Well ...
Todays stash note is a lovely bunch of solids in the Quilt Con colours from Michael Miller who recently have also started to produce solids like Free Spirit, Moda and Robert Kaufmann. Their collectio...
So I did say the other day that I wanted to make a quilt in mainly creams and as a little preparatory study I produced the Red Diamond mini for the John Lewis exhibition of the LMQG. And I will make ...
...that is my Girls at Play quilt which I finished over the weekend. I so enjoyed making this quilt that I felt a little sadness when it was done. Normally I am always happy when a quilt is finished ...
Yes it is the weekend and time to report on the blocks I have received for the Siblings Together log cabin project. I received 6 sets of fantastic blocks from all over the world, this really has turn...
I was recently asked by somebody who lives abroad and is planning a visit to London if I could recommend any brick and mortar fabric stores. Then we have the Fat Quarterly retreat upon us in a few we...
.... cushions that is. Do you agree ? You may remember that I made a series of pillows in the Aurifill challenge for Fat Quarterly . They were in shades of yellow like the sunshine, in red like...
Its been already a couple of weeks since I started this new quilt Girls at Play . I have had all the blocks finished for a while now and went on to piece them over the weekend.Each block has brought...
It is the weekend and I am again reporting on the blocks I have received for the Siblings Together log cabing project. This will be the second last post on received blocks as I am starting to piece t...
I have been contemplating a new minimalist quilt for weeks now, in fact I started thinking about it right when I finished Tuscan Hills. I had in mind to make a quilt that uses only whites and creams ...
Regular readers of my blog will know that I am a member of the LMQG (London Modern Quilt Guilt) that was founded in January this year. We meet once a months and show and tell, talk, eat, learn and pl...
Happy Sunday everybody. It rained all day yesterday here (literally) and it looks like it is not going to be any different today. Normally that would make me rather furious but I will be spending mos...
Its Friday Saturday and until the deadline of 15th May I will report every week on the progress of Log cabin quilt project for the Siblings Together Project. If you havent heard anything about ...
Just a quick note on this rainy (again) Friday morning. I started a new quilt using my newly acquired stash of Children at Play fabric. A few weeks ago I spotted this quilt on crazy mum quilts using ...
...or formerly known as Greek Cross. I decided to rename the quilt to Botanica after a comment from my fellow Brit Bee and name companion Judith who said said that it was a fabulous botanic quilt top...
I somehow wasnt sold by the Children at Play collection when the collection hit the shops at first but realized the other day that I do actually like it a lot and when I saw that fat quarter shop sti...
It was such a pleasure working with Summersville that I couldnt stop myself sewing. So I not only had the quilt finished by last Saturday but also a couple of matching cushions (..... one can never h...
Lately I am on a Yuwa Suzuko Koseki fabric binge and for the life of me I cant understand why it took me so long to really appreciate these fantastic and utterly contemporary designs.I bought all of ...
Its Friday and until the deadline of 15th May I will report every week on a Friday on the progress of Log cabin quilt project for the Siblings Together Project. If you havent heard anything about it ...
I hope everybody had a lovely Easter. I went to see my sister in Germany and spend a few wonderful days with her, my brother-in-law and of course my lovely nephew Hauke.Now I am back home and lucky e...
Happy Easter everybody first of all. Well these arent obviously very Easterly fabrics (although you could toy with the Easter bunny theme if you were so inclined) but you may remember my ...
Many of you will probably have heard by now of our sewing endeavors for the charity Siblings Together which brings siblings together that have been separated through the UK care system in a summer c...
Now that the weather is all wintery again (big sad smile) the sewing machine called and I got to work on my version of the Greek Cross quilt.These blocks are so quickly assembled and are really fun t...
I couldnt resist these cuties called Puti de Pome from Kokka bought at Fabricworm.
...did i finish my Ruby Star Spring blanket I started back in January. This blanket or throw or bag quilt (whichever description you fancy) was meant to be a quick fix for me and was inspired in the ...
The lovely Lynn from Lillys quilts became aware of a fantastic charity that tries to bring together siblings that have been separated by the UK care system. I can only imagine with a lot of difficult...
I thought I make todays stash note about spring and show you fabric added to my stash over the past weeks that are all about daisies (or similar flowers).First of some utterly gorgeous and precious Y...
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