A little while ago I did a friendly call out for house blocks so I could make a Bloggy Friendship quilt. You can read about it in this post.. As part of making the quilt I decided Id like to do a fea...
This weekend I went off to Quilt Camp!! Ive written about quilt camp before here at this post, so today Ill tell you about the game we play after dinner on Saturday night, maybe you can pl...
Wow! Isnt Giveaway Day fun!!! Thank you so much to everyone for your amazing comments and answers to "Why did the chicken cross the road?" you had me giggling all week at your wonderfully fun...
WooHooo - Its Sew Mama Sew GiveAway Day!!!! Im giving away a "Tutti Fruity Groovy I Spy Fabric Pack".Ive selected fabrics that are a bit different, ones that you may not have seen ...
Spells LOVE!!!I made this quilt as a wedding gift for some friends who have just gotten married. Theirs is a romantic tale... She was an international ballerina, and He travelled the world as a...
Ive been looking forward to this book for a long time...Making Quilts... The Promise Of Joyby Kathy DoughtyDont you just love the title... A quick flick of the hefty 243 pages, shows quilts of a...
Just wait till you see the next 3 exciting instalments of my year of gifts from Melody from The House on The Side Of TheHill Blog. Wrapped in apple green tissue and topped with vintage inspired cards...
As soon as I saw this fabric ...I thought it would fun to use on an iPad cover.The backing is a bit more of a mix. I made it for Gbfs birthday present so used fabrics I know he likes. Bicycles, ...
A few weekends ago Gbf and I packed our bags and hit the road for a weekend away. Can you believe it was our first holiday away together in over 2 years!! Ive been away for quilt retreats and Gbf goe...
...at the Springwood Quilt Show. I must apologise in advance that my photos are sometimes a tad blurry and are all taken on strange angles. Maybe you could just pretend you were part of the hust...
Here it is... the grand unveiling of my finished Waltzing Matilda quilt!!The front is made entirely of two of my most favourite fabrics, Nuala and Matilda, both by Jennifer Paganelli of Sis Boom but ...
The last weekend in April is the annual Springwood Community Quilt Show weekend!! Thats this weekend coming!! Ive been busy binding my quilts and wondering why do I leave things till the la...
Its about time I showed off my quilted Dancing in Your Head quilt. I finished quilting it in the early part of the year but hadnt gotten around to sharing it. What better excuse than the &n...
Some presents look too beautiful too open. Especially ones wrapped in polka dot tissue paper and a tied with a bright red ribbon!!.. but when this pretty package had arrived from across the oceans fr...
My friend Suzee of AppleHead Threads and I were chatting about dandelions recently. It made me think of the daisy chains Id make when I was a little girl. The next sunny day I was out and about looki...
Hello!! Its me!! Im back from my Blogaholiday!!No, I havent turned into a chicken! So, what have I been up to? well, besides working, Ive been cleaning cupboards, watching Downton Abbey, going for fu...
There once was a girl who liked to sew.One day she realised shed lost her mojo.She decided to have a blogging break,To concentrate on wonderful things to make.When she returns therell be lots to show!
Rain Rain Go Away!!! Its pouring with rain here and has been all week, and will for the next week according to the weather forecast. Theres flood warnings for many surrounding towns. Were pretty safe...
I had a little stroll around our garden.Weve let the pumpkin plants do their own thing, and theyve grown everywhere! Its one big pumpkin party out there!! Pumpkin vines here... pumpkin vines there......
Remember my Matilda quilt... the one that was bigger than my design wall....Well, I went to see a sneak peak of it being quilted!! Check this out...That sure is a big frame. It makes my 96 inch top l...
“How much do I love you? Count the stars in the sky. Measure the waters of the oceans with a teaspoon. Number the grains of sand on the sea shore. Impossible, you say. Yes and it is just as impossibl...
A few weeks ago I had Tonya Ricuccis Liberated Amish challenge in the back of my mind as I cleaned out my scrap baskets. I made a pile of what I considered to be Amish colours, well.. the brighter Am...
Back in September Melody from House on the Side of the Hill had a blogiversary giveaway. The grand prize would be a handmade gift every month for a year!! It didnt really occur to me that I might win...
Im really trying to get a few WIPs finished without being distracted but theres 2 quilt alongs going on at the moment that Im finding hard to resist. One is the Building Houses from Scraps where the ...
but not a lot of sewing... On Saturday I was out and about with Gbf, just strolling around our neighbourhood shops. We popped into the op shop/thrift store to have a poke around and look what we foun...
Just for a moment imagine me doing a cheer leader dance... "Give me an L!!""Give me an O!!""Give me a Veeee""" And give me an Eeeeee!!""What do we get? We get ...
Dont you just love paper clips!! Theyre such a simple design and yet so handy. I use them to hold my fabric in place when Im tacking my hexagons, otherwise I sometimes end up with crooked seams, beca...
Im very late in showing off some wonderful gifts I received from some lovely bloggy friends over Christmas and New Years. Before another minute passes here we go...First up was Suzee from AppleHead T...
Wishing everyone a wonderful,bright, colourful, rosy, spotty, dotty, fruitful, fun and very cherry berry Happy New Year!!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! We had a wonderful day of eating delicious food and simply being happy. One of my favourite treats from Santa has been some quality time in my sewing room ...
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