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Friday July 16, 2010

A Recent Failure

I started this quilt before moving and finished it just after we bought our new house. It was a fitting ‘house warming’ present for our new home. One small problem… as good as I like to think my maths is, something went awry in converting this pattern from a small lap quilt to one that [...]

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Sunday February 21, 2010

Dear Lynette, The Romance is Over

Our challenge this week is to write about falling out of love with a technique, fabric or pattern. For me the answer is easy… Thimbleberries. I used to adore the country stylings of Lynette Jensen’s fabric and now I’m really not a fan at all. My first real foray into quilting was in Atlanta [...]

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Thursday January 7, 2010

Quilting: A fine example of chaos theory

I have long held the theory that quilting is actually chaos theory in action. A small error in measuring or in my case in calculating yardage can result in a completely unexpected outcome. Maybe not of the magnitude of a cyclone caused by butterfly wings but try telling that to the quilter. Here is what [...]

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Thursday November 20, 2008

Quilt Project #2 – Take 1

Look what arrived today! I am in fabric heaven. This is the stash that will be used to create my next quilt. I was going to publish a picture of the pattern I plan to follow but then I thought it would be nice to see it evolve here. I went with fabrics by Sandi [...]

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Tuesday October 7, 2008

Quilt Project – Take Nine – It’s Finished!

I have finally finished! It’s only taken me… what… 8 months. I simply cannot understand how some people churn out 20 quilts a year. Anyway, it looks fabulous on our bed and is incredibly warm to sleep under, thanks to the bamboo batting. A big thanks to Joy and A Joyful Soul Fabrics for assuring [...]

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Thursday September 11, 2008

Quilt Project – Take Eight – Just Missing a Cat

I thought I’d include this picture that shows I’ve finally got around to putting the binding on my quilt. When I looked at it it reminded me of many other pictures of quilts in sewing machines that always seem to have a cat lurking nearby. Now it’s time to do a little hand sewing… sigh!

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Monday August 11, 2008

Quilt Project – Take Six and Seven

A little belated I know. Here’s the tale end of my quilt project. It is now on it’s way to be professionally quilted. This is the backing fabric drying on our line. There was 9.5 yards of it so it was quite unruly to handle. My last step was to lay it all out on [...]

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Wednesday July 9, 2008

Quilt Project – Take Five

A little belated, but so is everything when you’re getting ready to move house. I received the second last lot of fabric from the wonderful Joy at a A Joyful Soul Fabrics. A small piece for the binding and this piece intended for the borders. My youngest opened the package with great excitement and proceeded [...]

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Tuesday June 24, 2008

Correction

I chose the wrong picture. This is going to be my border. Thank you to Joy for picking that one up. I agree that the green is a good choice, it may soften the pinks a little which will make my darling husband happy. He’s already commented that the quilt is a little girly… here’s [...]

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Sunday June 22, 2008

Quilt Project – Take Four

So I have finally put the strips together for my quilt. Despite being a relatively simple pattern, actually squaring off the quilt has been a challenge. I believe that quilting is chaos theory in action. One slight error can culminate in one large discrepancy in measurements. I am now trying to work out what to [...]

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