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Slowly does it!

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Today I’ve been making zillions of blue and yellow half square triangles to add to my pink, green and orange zigzags in between weeding and cleaning the house. I’ve changed my method and am now starting with 3 1/2 in. squares and cutting them down to 3 in. once they are sewn to make sure […]

Happy Mochi Zig-Zags

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Once in a blue moon I have fabric that I just know right from the bat how to use. Happy Mochi Yum Yum is one of those fabrics. So rather than dither on about how to use my French fabrics or the yummy retro ones, I’m making zig-zags with Happy Mochi. I actually had a […]

A little bit of sewing

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Today it’s rainy and cool in my part of Switzerland…and the rest of the family are busy doing all sorts of stuff where my presence is neither needed nor desired. Isn’t that lovely? So I shall knock off the ironing for starters and then I think a gentle afternoon listening to Wallender on my i-pod […]

The best therapy there is…

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

This is my first quilt – begun in San Francisco in 1990 and finished in Zürich in 1993. I hand quilted it and really truly spent three years on the endeavour. I still love it, but live in dread of having to wash it as in my ignorance I didn’t pre-wash the red fabric and […]

Pastures new!

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

No don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere! After my recent finishing things spree I’ve realized that I’m down to only 5 UFOs….a pair of half-made socks, a quilt to baste and quilt, two quilt tops to finish and a cover for my sewing machine where I’ve done a little bit, but not much. I can’t […]