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Blog Hop Garden Flowers August 2020 #BHGF2020 When Sylvia Priest announced a “blog hop” in which the bloggers would all design an individual 12.5” unfinished block on the theme “garden flowers” with only a linking theme of “green “, I hesitated. I have written a few blogs but have no website. I design my own…
I love lupins. They grew in our garden when I was little and I would pick the petals off and manipulate then like they were little mouths. I don’t think I’d seen one in years until a recent chance sighting at a B&M garden centre. They’re so impressive; you can’t miss them in a garden.…
Hawaiian Inspired Flower Block. Hawaiian Inspired Flower Block Another brilliant idea from UKQU – a Flower Blog Hop. A trip from one blog to another but for us quilters with a fabulously free flower block at every stop! What could be better for us than sharing our passion for patterns… When the call went out…
Jo Hendy has a treat (or several) in store for quilters once again. I have tried hard to limit my Block of the Month (BOM) subscriptions, and I am a little ashamed to admit that I have some still waiting for me to start them (exactly how many is too many?) – and others that…
This is an introduction to me and also an introduction for me in writing blogs, so, wish me luck! This is an answer to the questions : what brought you to sewing? What was your very first quilt – do you still have it? Are you part of a sewing group – what do you…
So here I sit broken hearted, forgot my password and can’t get started!!! 😂 …….. Hi Everyone! I wasn’t at all sure what I would be wittering on about today other than the Mystery Quilt BOM’s, but I’ve just found an accidental topic! Older age and technical stuff during lockdown! Now, I thought I was…
I don’t know about you, but I feel as if I’ve missed spring. The last time I went driving anywhere, the snowdrops and crocuses were carpeting the green spaces. Then came Covid-19 and I seem to have missed the daffodils. Fortunately, for my spring challenge was Daffodils, now I can have my fill of spring…
It’s a very strange time we are living in right now. Wether you are working as one of our wonderful key workers or doing your bit by staying at home. We are lucky, in at least we can occupy ourselves with our stitching. So I have been keeping a diary of sorts, stitched and written…
Just a quick and easy pattern for you today, brilliant for appliqué and hand sewing. My friend, Veronica, showed me one she had made and said how fantastic it was. It really is, such a simple idea but you’ll find it so useful. Requirements 4″ Square of fabric. If you have smaller hands, then 3½”…
This is a tale I found in a very old book dated around 1364. I discovered the volume holding up a back leg of an old sideboard in a deceased relatives house, in the old fishing port of Whitby. It was very tatty and musty smelling, with many small nibbles, mould and fungi sprouting out…
Not one to shirk at a challenge I thought a song title quilt would be an interesting one. Esp in the lead up to one of my fav times of year. So I accepted Sylvias call out to the bloggeratti. Excitement mounted as I waited for my title. It plummeted to below ground when I…
Until this challenge, I’d never really taken the time to stop and analyse song lyrics. I just sang the songs and enjoyed the music and where Queen is involved, I just love it. Although Bohemian Rhapsody has to be one of my all time favourites, I wasn’t disappointed to get Under Pressure. My first action…
