HAPPY 2016! A new year is always so fresh and sparkly – a clean fresh slate to start over, carry on with the good and move away from the bad. A new chance to get things right. There is a great anticipation of how our lives/lifestyles will change in 2016 if we just put the … [Read more…]
Now just imagine how many posts there must have been on WordPress.com blogs in 2014. Actually, you don’t have to, because they gave that number too. 555,782,547. That’s over 1.5 million per day with 47 million published from mobile devices. There isn’t data available for 2015 yet and of course, there are many other blogging … [Read more…]
There is something super cool happening in the quilting community on Instagram. You really should check out the #getyouraussiequiltywish (if you are in Australia) or #getyourquiltywishesgranted (if you are in the US). It is so easy to participate. IG quilters are posting a wish for a pattern, a fabric, scraps or a colourway. Other others … [Read more…]
A new month means new planning, but December is always so busy. Image of this month’s quilt planner Since I last checked in I have only added to my WIP list of to-dos. I have only completed rosettes 10a and 10b. I have been sewing together all those rosettes. So they are nearly completed. That … [Read more…]
If you are a regular reader you would have realised that last year I was picking up interest in patchwork. So I was reading a lot of magazines and blogs etc. I saw a competition in Quilters companion and decided to enter. I had obviously never ever been in a competition before and was excited. … [Read more…]
MIL – Mother in Law At the very early stages of learning how to quilt when I had only been working on EPP patchworks, my MIL started to pack up her fabric collection to move house. She gave me a few books and a large pile of fabrics. It was so generous and lovely. I … [Read more…]
I had never been to Quilters Patch before. Today (11/11/2015 at 1300) I went having been to another quilt shop beforehand. I was hoping that this experience would be better, but I was feeling a little disheartened. As I mentioned in the leading post on why I am doing these reviews the way a shop … [Read more…]
Do you know what selvage markings are? They may look decorative but there is fabric information contained in the markings. These markings can make planning you patchwork projects much easier. The marks along the edge are not just branding, but can help you to pair up fabrics with that fabric that you are working with. … [Read more…]
I had been to Amitié textiles before. Perhaps today (11/11/2015 at 1200) was not the best day to go. As I mentioned in the leading post on why I am doing these reviews the way a shop makes you feel is super important and unfortunately I left the store today feeling that if I had … [Read more…]
As a newbie quilter I have started venturing into different quilting shops. This can be quite confronting. I always feel like a bit of a fraud. Someone might find out that I am new and I don’t know what I am doing. I always hope to find someone who is really helpful and nice in … [Read more…]
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