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September in the Hexagon! 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
Welcome to my stop on the Hexie Blog Hop Be a Hexie Queen! I am a hexie lover and always have an emergency supply of hexies in my bag for when I am on-the-go (which is actually very often) and when I...
Winning times, UFO and swap 22 Aug 2013 | 01:10 am
First thing first, I am involved in a fabric swap (about layer cake size pieces I believe) with some European ladies and we are looking for a few more players. We did a swap before the summer for text...
Festival of Quilts 16 Aug 2013 | 02:22 am
The Festival of Quilts is over and although I wasn't sure whether to go a few months back, I am so happy I went. I had such a great time. I went with my Mum and miss C who at 4 attended her first 2 ch...
blocks, blocks, blocks 14 Aug 2013 | 02:20 am
So it has been over a week since I last posted anything, but such a busy week. We came back from a great week of holidays in Vendee where the sun was shining and we had a lot of fun with the kids, chi...
Granny Bee Blocks - a tutorial 4 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
I know there are a number of tutorials online to make these blocks and I have so far used 2. One by Katy which uses 2.5' strips of fabric, which is perfect to make several of the same block. And anoth...
July in review 2 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Another month has flown by. At long last it was a month of sunshine, after a very long and cold winter. I took refuge in my sewing room a couple of time over the month when the temperature was getting...
Bee Blocks 1 Aug 2013 | 05:08 pm
While I was finishing my teacher's presents in the last couple of weeks, I also found inspiration to make my two blocks for Elisabeth for Sew Euro Bee an. Elisabeth had sent us some solid blue fabric ...
Teacher's presents - part 2 31 Jul 2013 | 06:22 pm
So Mr Cars' teacher got a pillow but I also made another 4 presents for the teacher's assistant and Miss Strawberry Shortcake's teachers. I found inspiration in the same lovely book Pretty in Patchwor...
Owls got framed! 30 Jul 2013 | 06:10 pm
I have more OPAM this month, how incredible! A little while ago, I received an email from Terry's Fabrics asking if I would like to take part in their "Unleash your Creativity Cushion Challenge". The...
Teacher's present - part one! 29 Jul 2013 | 06:15 pm
So I haven't post for a long time because I have been really busy behind my sewing machine! The school holidays finally started last Wednesday so of course it was a last minute rush to finish the teac...
