Monday, January 23rd, 2012
I’m not a kit person….nor am I a kitsch person… but here I am today indulging in a little bit of both. I’m making myself a knitting bag using a kit from Nähzentrum Heidelberg that I bought in Ste. Marie aux Mines in the summer. It’s actually rather pretty, but I’m miserable at […]
Something new
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Friday, December 30th, 2011
So here we are at the end of the year. I think I can say on the second last day of the year, that I’m not going to buy anymore yarn or fabric during the rest of 2012, nor am I going to finish any super-ginormous stash using projects. That bit at least is a […]
The painful truth
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Today has turned out to be a special day. In honour of the occasion I’m having a giveaway and you can see from the prize just what I’ve been getting up to instead of preparing for Christmas (sometimes a girl just has to have a little fun 🙂 ) There is no jumping through hoops […]
Can you guess? Giveaway!!!
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
It’s done!! And I love it…..may I present Ilsa’s quilt!! Made using the Moda Amelia fabric line. The batting is Warm & Natural cotton batting and the quilt is machine quilted using YLI machine quilting thread – I did freehand loops and swirls. And now I need to run off with it to the post […]
Ilsa’s Quilt
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Aaaah….Can you hear my big sigh…. I’ve finally made it to the machine quilting. Phew. Maybe this quilt will actually make it to England on time. I love machine quilting and after having had a fairly stressful week, a gentle hour at the machine is really doing me the world of good. Sock knitting and […]
Delight
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