A place to record my crafting adventures
From the category archives:
The fabric for this geometric was cut for this top way back in January, how shameful but the gods aligned yesterday and I finally hauled out the juki. I have used a mix of vintage checks, liberty, linen, cookies and some kei – the result is bold but I think it works for both boys [...]
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My brother and his wife, Tara are expecting their first child in July. The kids are out at Mum and Dad’s this weekend so I thought it wise to get cracking on the handmade gift front. We know they are cooking up a little girl so I went with some lovely aqua and peachy pink [...]
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All hands on deck at Chez One Flew Over. Apart from quilting the capsule quilts…husbando came off his bike and broke both his collar bone and shoulder blade. Needless to say, we have had better weeks.
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Perfect for the baby capsule Perfect for the pram Perfect for the car seat And just right for a snuggle The Finders Keepers market is on in Sydney on the 2nd and 3rd of December, just in time for you to pick up some lovely Christmas Gifts. Aunty Cookie is coming up from Melbourne and [...]
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The lovely Victoria of Bumblebeans Inc has committed to delivering 700 quilts for her South Bronx charity project. The project takes homeless families out of the shelters and gets them back into transitional housing, it is a fantastic initiative which you can read more about here. To date, Victoria (with the help of lots of [...]
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Planning a new quilt, writing up a new pattern and playing with different layouts. Hope you have a great weekend x
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This was the perfect project to get my quilting mojo back – pretty fabrics, small size and quick to finish. I randomly pieced the blocks using fabrics from my scrap bin and for me, there really is nothing more statisfying than sewing with scraps. Given I don’t have a fabric stash, I ducked up to [...]
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Are there any quilters still reading? You would be forgiven if you have nicked off as there hasn’t been much sewing here of late… I did dust off the machine yesterday as a good mate is expecting a little girl, given they live in Singapore I knew a knitted or hooked gift was out of [...]
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A recipient of the Down Under Doll Quilt Swap is still waiting for her mini quilt which is pretty bloody disappointing when you consider the cut off was the end of May. *sigh* Normally, I would totally understand – life can get in the way but given I have had no response from the maker…well, [...]
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A few weeks ago I was having an internal battle about my lack of patchworking and in an effort to inspire myself pulled out a bunch of fabrics and sat down at the machine. After about an hour or so I realised I wasn’t having much fun so packed up the blocks* and machine and [...]
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