Friday, September 16th, 2011
For the past 17 years I’ve been trying to make it to Ste. Marie aux Mines in the Alsace region of France in September. I’d heard about the quilt show that takes over the little rural village for 4 days and thought it would make a nice trip out. Something always stopped me in the […]
Quilt Show Heaven…otherwise known as a little trip to France (Ste Marie aux Mines)
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
As so many of you asked…. The next project is a quilt for one of my god-daughters. Rachel is going to turn 8 in December. She lives in very, very, very rural France (fairly near Poitiers), but is English. I asked for the colour scheme of her soon to be decorated bedroom – cream, green, […]
The next project
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Here it is…Bliss…for the last time. I feel like I’ve been showing you this again and again for months. Finally finished, bound in turquoise and backed in pink. The pattern is Thimble Blossoms Picnic Roll-up, but I added my own touch of squares between the main blocks. The free motion quilting – curlicues and flowers […]
The last view
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Saturday, September 10th, 2011
otherwise known as bliss with Bliss…. Enjoy your weekend, Helen
Saturday stitching
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The joy of a little gentle sewing. It soothes the soul and does a girl good. I put two borders on the Bliss Thimble Blossoms Picnic Roll-up quilt top. Even mitred corners went on like a dream today and now it’s all lying on the floor reading to be basted. Along with the rest of […]
Back to Bliss
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