Well here we are. Meadowsweet is finished, bound and everything. It’s single bed sized and several people seem to already have their beady eyes on it…. It’s amazing how throwing a whole lot of completely crazy fabrics together ultimately results in something so, well…subdued. I loved having my very own sewing retreat. (It would however […]

I’ve now adjourned to the living room to watch this…. and finish sewing down the binding by hand. (Yes I’m most definitely finish off by hand – one of my favourite parts of making a quilt!). Blame the move to watch Wimbledon on a combination of a rather unsatisfactory Afternoon Play on Radio 4 and […]

Just finished making the binding – using leftovers of Meadowsweet. I cut strips about 12 inches long by 2.5 inches and joined them at a 45 degree angle and ironed the seams open (so I don’t have thick bumps where the joins are when I sew the binding on). Most of the pieces I had left […]

Tadaaaa… Meadowsweet is quilted! And in a single morning. Wow! Thanks to my stitch regulator I can honestly say that it was a pleasure. Who knew what a difference it would make? I confess to being very sceptical, but it really did make a world of difference. And no, Bernina didn’t pay me to say […]

Two and a half hours in and I’m whizzing along. I decided not to run before I can walk and am stippling the quilt. I know that isn’t very brave – but I’m still in the acquainting stage with my new Bernina and I kind of feel like I need to get a solid basis […]