How much do I love my “cover” or heading image! A friend directed me to a Facebook page where the 52 week illustration challenge is being displayed. Week 32 happens to be fabric. Surprise, surprise I love fabric. I saw this image by Nicky Johnson and I fell in love with it. It so suits … [Read more…]
This quilt along commenced in January 2015 and will wind up in January 2016. Each month a rosette is released with a little poem written by Katja Marek. The rosettes are based on the book by Katja Marek – The New Hexagon: 52 Blocks to English Paper Piece. Some of the blocks are identical to … [Read more…]
Here’s the list… Making : my rosette quilt Cooking : ocean trout with wild rice for dinner Drinking : diet coke (I have a headache) Reading: my blog notes and I love patchwork and quilting magazine (my favourite subscription) Wanting: a funky laptop bag – but I haven’t found one big enough for my laptop yet … [Read more…]
The next project that I embarked upon was Ahhhh’s – Artistic Hexotic Hillbilly Hexagons, these were started by Tonya Owens in Missouri. She started the idea in October 2011 when she first saw that EPP was starting to gain momentum and she wanted to “play outside the hexagon”. She joined with paperpieces and in October … [Read more…]
I don’t know about you but as a creative type I love how I use my planner. I currently have a kikki-k planner in cherry in large. I chose it because of the hexagons on the side. I use my planner to organise all of my creativeness. Since I started to use my planner I … [Read more…]
Okay so I love to be organised – I love my lists. So at the start of the week I spend time planning the rest of the week. If I am being very organised – I try before we go to the supermarket to have done a meal plan. We even have a meal planner. It … [Read more…]
This afternoon I took my mum and we headed off to the headquarters of the embroiderers guild on in Malvern. At the moment they have an exhibition called Through Doors and Windows. How pretty is the building and the cottage garden out the front. It is a showcase of their members works with a whole … [Read more…]
So this is my first post, my first blog. It is a little bit exciting! I am still learning how to setup my page. I am actually doing a blog with me course with Pip Lincolne. So as I progress through the weeks of the course my pages will improve. I hope you have had … [Read more…]
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