stripped & bound

So yesterday I stuck to the plan and cracked on with the starry quilt. Apologies if this makes for a rather samey blog post. I did try to liven it up a tad with the title. But I haven’t really been up to … Continue reading

resurrection

Once upon a time, many months ago, I started a quilt. This quilt. A starry one. I got as far as pinning it all together ready to quilt. But then I lost heart in it and put it away. Why? … Continue reading

looms & blooms

Although I find wool a comforting substance, I am not usually one to craft with it. I don’t knit, although my mum was a great knitter. It just never really appealed to me, beyond my first clumsy stocking stitch attempts … Continue reading

back to bunting

I haven’t made bunting for what seems like ages. But along with the quilt commission I wrote about yesterday, there was an order for matching bunting. Bunting is actually pretty easy to make. You cut lots of triangles, of whatever … Continue reading

done

You are probably sick of seeing this quilt by now. But I just had to mention that finally, at long last, well overdue… it is finished. I eventually went for simple squared quilting along the centre of the white sashing, … Continue reading

between the sheets

You may remember that last month I sent off my contributions to Mary Emmens’s vintage sheet swap. Or you may not… I had almost forgotten myself actually, as I have been busy with other things recently. I was reminded of … Continue reading