A place to record my crafting adventures
From the category archives:
I was looking through my flickr favourites the other day, wondering what is it about some photos that makes me hit the ‘favourite’ button. Is it the colour, the project, do I find it inspiring or do I simply just like what I see…for no paticular reason. My mosaic this week is about all these [...]
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Look what arrived at my doorstepm, how lucky am I! Made for me by the lovely Carina as part of the Flowerpress Brooch Swap. Carina is the very talented lady behind Polka & Bloom, she creates beautiful stitching patterns that are full of colour. Perfect. Thank you, thank you!
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Round 2 of the Down Under Doll Quilt Swap has finished and here are a selection of some of the quilts that were created. 1. who’s a lucky duck then ?, 2. Untitled, 3. mini on the line, 4. Received! – Down Under Doll Quilt Swap 2, 5. sent away, 6. Downunder Doll Quilt Swap [...]
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Some things that have caught my eye: 1. Brooch for swap – felt with shisha embroidery, 2. O…, 3. Our Latest Addition in salmon, 4. Untitled, 5. Romanesco Broccoli, 6. obsessed. Have a great weekend!
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You may recall my recent rant on my inability to knit. I’m still mustering up the courage to have another crack at the sticks but in the meantime I have been alerted to (what I think is the most brilliant scheme ever) the ‘Australian Will Work For Yarn‘ group on Ravelry. It’s simple, you put [...]
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A few months ago, I released the Geometric Quilt* pattern and I thought you may like to see some of the beautiful quilts that people have been creating. 1. Not available, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. Untitled, 5. lovely new quilt top!, 6. Untitled, 7. Untitled, 8. Untitled, 9. Geometric Quilt – Pattern Aren’t they [...]
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A new addition to my ‘white’ collection. As soon as I spotted this on etsy, I knew I had to have one. It reminds me of the many screaming moments we had back in the baby days and how well I didn’t cope. The lovely Susie had me at her place yesterday, doing some other [...]
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Confession: I can knit but I’m not a knitter. I truly wish it were different as there are so many beautiful knitting patterns out there but I just don’t find it as relaxing as the hook and it all comes down to making a mistake. With the hook, it’s a simple undo and re-work…with the [...]
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The lovely Sarah Fielke has done it again. If you thought that Material Obsession & Material Obsession 2 were fantastic quilting books then wait until you see her new offering – Quilting from little things. Quilting from little things is nothing short of a triumph and I am thrilled to be taking part in her [...]
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Bound, washed and perfectly crinkled. The two things that make this quilt so beautiful are the quilting (quilted by Karen) and the vintage barkcloth (gifted by Kirst) I just love it and so does Maddie. Make a gif If you are interested in seeing how I made this quilt, the four part series starts here.
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