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Hopscotch auditions and a natty bit of knitting

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Yesterday the extra Terrain fabric I ordered arrived, along with some Kona solids. I had a crazy and delusional idea that once the fabric arrived I would just know what to do with my Hopscotch quilt – er, hmmm, yes…. well I think the grey has to go….and I’m quite tempted by the deep purple, […]

Odds and Ends

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Today I’m tying up loose ends…so bear with me…lots of bits and pieces to report, questions to answer, that sort of thing… The Rug The rug is coming along very nicely – and seems to have struck a cord out there in blogland. I did a few inches at the top and have now started […]

Hopscotch on Hold!

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Thanks for all your comments yesterday. Quite a few of you agree with me that the dark grey I was using is too strong…..and actually the more I’ve pondered, the more I actually think that maybe the white isn’t right either. I’ve been scouring the internet to see what other people have been doing. The […]

Hopscotch with Kate Spain’s Terrain

Monday, March 12th, 2012

I didn’t get very far with my clear up yesterday. I was seduced (there is no other word for it!) by a project that I’ve been dreaming about for ages. This is it: Hopscotch by Camille Roskelley made with Kate Spain’s Terrain and Kona white and coal fabrics…. I’d really been pondering this for ages […]

Stars in my eyes….

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

This morning I finished up my wonky star table runner. It took me much longer than I expected because I faffed around for ages handquilting and then unpicking it on the stars. I just couldn’t get an effect that I liked – it didn’t seem to matter which thread or stitch I used, I just […]