Series

You know you can do workshops in working in a series?

I think it comes naturally.....

You start with one and think next time I'll......

and then text time I'll.....

and there. A series.

And then I think, I ought to keep a record.

Should I give them signs?

Maybe I should make some new ones.....

 

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Exhibition over

My little exhibition has been over for more than a week

and I am trying to get back to my routine.

I have unpacked. Sort of.

I also found time to continue this series.

Skipping.

Girl on a bike.

Girl with a suitcase.

Girl with a pram.

Girls walking the dog.

They are about the size of a postcard and you can find them on my Etsy.

Distracted

Are you easily distracted.

I have been happily going along

dealing with the mission at hand

when I thought :

"Maybe I'll try this in white?"

Oh yes, what fun. Why stop there?

 

I feel a series coming on....

 

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Latest tea cosy

This would have to be my favourite so far.

 

 

I am really enjoying making my tea cosies again. Why?

They allow me to work in a series (people give materclasses on that).

I work freehand making decisions as I go.

I love needle turn appliqué.

I am testing out various threads for quilting.

They are portable.

While not that quick they don't take that long and who doesn't like a finished project?

And it allows me to venture into Etsy in a small way.

 

 

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100 blocks!

It's done....

 

 

Can you see my layout?

Dark centre, light border, dark border, light and then dark again.

It's hard to show the true colours.

This progress shot is the best representation.

I am now digging into the cupboard for backing.

 

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Churn Dash

 I am well on the way with my Churn Dash blocks.

It's hard to believe I have been quilting all these years and never got round to this pattern.

 I am really enjoying all the combinations I am getting out of my scraps:

I have a big plastic container with the scraps sorted into colours or styles or sizes....

But I am getting to the point of delving into the shelves of my stash...

And before I go too far I had to decide on a layout so I could keep count.

I am thinking like this? Can you see the difference?

So much for blogging more often

I suppose to keep blogging I have to keep making.....

 

 

I have made 3 of these now and have a couple more on the way.

 

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One tree or two?

I have spent weeks hand quilting and I'm almost up to the binding

but today I had the urge do go back to something little.

Not sure whether to add another tree or

Is less more?

And while we're here

what are your thoughts on matts?

And I want to talk about something else....

The other day someone was telling me how all her favourite bloggers have deserted her for Instagram.

This, she said, is only giving her a brief encounter rather than the spending time with friends.

I think I agree. I miss that lots of my favourites blog less often and the way Instagram 'orders' the posts it is easy to miss things, not to mention nuisance 'followers'.

So, revive the Blog I say.

Home at last

So glad to have my quilts back from overseas

 

But don't you just love Judge's comments

in lead pencil no less.

 

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Holiday hand stitching

 

 

How has your Christmas been?

I have been having a nice time embellishing my tea cosies.

In the past I have done all the hand sewing and then made up the tea cosy

But this time I made them up and then added the rest.

This way I can keep adding as much as I like........

Not sure if I'm finished yet.

 

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Which way up?

All finished.

Funny how much more I like a quilt once it is finished

but up am not sure which way should be up?

 

And I like the back.....

Just look at that quilting.

Maybe it doesn't matter

beacause I like it slung over a chair as well.

 

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