Today I’ve been having a real effort to get the hourglass blocks finished for the pieced outer border of the Whirligig quilt (from Carrie Nelson‘s Miss Rosie’s Spice of Life Quilts book – which I can’t recommend too highly as it’s wonderful!!). I can’t say I was jumping for joy at the prospect of a […]

There’s been a lot of serious heavy-duty stitching going on around here over the last couple of days, which did result in more house and garden neglect…, but I did at least remember to feed the children!! The Whirligig top is done apart from the outer borders. They are going to take a while as […]

My Whirligig blocks are all finished! Whew! I’ve been having a real push to get them done over the last couple of days. I’m really pleased with them and I’m looking forward to seeing how they are going to look with darker sashing in jewel colours between them. I still have to make a zillion […]

Phew…I think I’m under control again. I got the papers I was working on sent off to Sweden this morning and have worked like a trojan to lick the house into some semblance of shape . I made a management decision to just close the children’s bedroom doors and pretend that they aren’t my responsibility […]

I’m still plodding along making Whirligig blocks – lots of Flying Geese and Hourglass blocks. I seem to be using such a lot of fabric – all from my stash – and it’s incredibly satisfying. I think I actually feel virtuous. That doesn’t happen very often 🙂 However, I have noticed something very strange. Maybe […]