Tag: quilting

  • April Makes

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    Card from Dee Crafts, papers printed using Craftville backing paper builder.  Union jack paper is paper strips from Yellow Moon, water made using Sizzix grass die and sun using Sizzix sun sizzlet.  Greeting created with powerpoint. Made using my own photo of sun rise through Emily’s bedroom window with dreamcatcher in front.  Dotty card blank from Dee craft. May…

  • Splendid Shreds of Silk & Satin: A Celebration of Charlotte Brontë in Quilts

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    Living in West Yorkshire we are not that far from Bronte country and we have visited Bronte Parsonage a couple if times, (not fully wheelchair accessible). My daughter Emily calls it Emily’s house. The Bronte sisters were born in a house in Thornton Bradford, the house later became my Great Uncle’s butchers shop, it is…

  • Day Out!

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    For a while I have wanted to go to the Quilt Museum in York.  After several aborted trips we finally made it last week.  Emily was at an after school event so we were able to take our time. It wasn’t the easiest of places to find and our Sat Nav wasn’t working!!  But we found it.…

  • A few creations…….

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    I feel like I haven’t been doing much with it being school holidays and having Emily off sick, being ill myself and helping my Mum who has broken her ankle, but here is a round up of the latest things I have managed to make. I was hoping to update the gallery page but can’t work…

  • Quilt class and Positives Friday and Saturday

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    Yesterday was my quilting class, with Rob tagging along to carry things and drive me there I arrived ready to get on with my quilt.  Unfortunately my sewing machine seems to dislike the sparkly fabric and would not sew properly through the fabric and wadding.  After many attempts and many alterations to machine setting and…

  • My latest card and some quilts, updated

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    I made another stitched card. The pattern is from Ann’s papercraft, pattern a427 stitched with metallic threads, seed beads and a ribbon flower. I am amazed at the quilts I have seen from the Quilting show, especially ones made by children.  See young quilters blog.  I love this rabbit, very Alice in Wonderland. Here are some…

  • Meet Sarah

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    Sarah is my very patient quilting teacher. What is your craft? The traditional craft of patchwork and quilting. How did you get started and when? I come from a crafting family – and I have crafted for as long as I can remember. My mother, aunt and grandmother would encourage embroidery, sewing, knitting, papercraft –…

  • Meet Me!

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    I can’t settle to rest today, lots of ideas and issues in my head so thought I would do a meet me page to go with the others I have posted. What is your craft? I like doing all sorts of craft and don’t focus on one in particular, I’m sure it would be easier…

  • Some fabric possibilties

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     black cat black cat 2 black cat 3 Tabby Cat Fabrics, appropriate name have many mottled effect fabrics in, blues, blacks and greys which would work well. This subtle paw could work, but its in the US So I am no nearer finding a solution so I will end with these I founds that are cool Found on an old…

  • Fabric Dilemma

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    I think I need some help here.  I am trying to decide the fabric to go in between my blocks on the quilt.  I thought I had what I wanted, but now I am not sure it works! Had quilt laid out on floor and taken lots of pictures and still not sure what I…