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Sue Griffiths wrote a new post, New Zealand quilt shows 7 years, 7 months ago
I’ve just had a week of holiday in New Zealand visiting family and enjoying old haunts. I also got lucky enough to go to two quilt shows and a couple of shops. (I mean quilt shops of course, the rest don’t cou…
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Thank you for sharing your trip and the pictures. Brings back a lot of memories for me. There is something quite special and different too about quilting in the antipodes – I suspect it is a bit like NZ regionalist painting – the light is different, and so the way light and colour is used in quilting is quite different too.
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Corinne, you are so right. The light is so different and so is, I think, the colour perception. I think New Zealand has a very saturated palette with the blues and greens, whereas Australia often has a dustier palette, more olive, dark teal and rust. I noticed Switzerland tends to have a clear clean palette, whereas England has a very soft palette. These are generalisations of course, and I know we all pursue our own particular tastes. Did you like my pic of Ruapehu?, so lucky to get it so clear from a plane window.
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Loved reading this Sue. Rose City Quilters was the second quilt show I ever went to – after helping out at Kowhai Quilters Quilt Show in Feilding. Ruapehu looks magnificent – such a great road trip head up or down SH1. This has bought back so many memories and is all located in our patch of NZ – thanks!!
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I’m glad it brought back happy memories Abigail. It seemed like it was a weekend for quilt shows, though I missed the one in Wellington – I could have gone, but the traffic getting back out is horrendous, even leaving at 4.30 we crawled down to Kapiti, (the plus side was getting some good photos of the island). It’ll be good when the new road is finished. The Horowhenua quilt show was at Nga Tawa and the rose city one at PNGHS. I was so pleased with that photo of Ruapehu, I got Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and Mt Taranaki as well. Amazingly lucky.
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – No String Bunting, Happy Halloween 7 years, 7 months ago
Something a little different from me this month, with posts about Christmas makes becoming the norm, I thought it would be nice to show off a Halloween make.
I enjoy machine embroidery and I enjoy playing and…
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Ruth Garner recommended the post 2018 Christmas Stocking Challenge & Free Pattern 7 years, 8 months ago
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Ruth Garner recommended the post Holidays, aeroplanes and sewing supplies 7 years, 8 months ago
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Sue Griffiths wrote a new post, Holidays, aeroplanes and sewing supplies 7 years, 8 months ago
Well, firstly, yay for holidays. I’m off to visit family, which is nice, but I need to make sure I’m well prepared for waiting at airports, and have small things to do while relaxing with family. I fly bec…
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Some great ideas Sue. I love your home made EPP book – can work for other things as well I think.
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Thanks Ruth for your kind words. It’s much appreciated.
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Ruth Garner wrote a new post, The Bliss Pillow 7 years, 8 months ago
OK! So it is a book pillow but with a bit of a slant!
What do you get a very dear friend for a special birthday when you know she has everything she needs? I thought and thought and came up with a plan…. a go…
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This is a great idea! I had made book pillows for my girls when they were younger but love how you have adapted it to grown ups 🙂
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Thanks Abigail. Useful pillows for all ages and I do like anything that encourages kids to read.
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Brilliant idea Ruth
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Thanks Lyn. 🙂
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Ruth Garner recommended the post cut&alter :: A use for your selvedges 7 years, 8 months ago
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giniscanlan wrote a new post, The story of Lola’s Quilt [As seen on TV!] 7 years, 8 months ago
UKQU are doing a second mini quilt swap and I have been lucky enough to have been asked to be a Swap Mumma. This involves looking after a group of swappers, helping and guiding them and offering support and…
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That’s really lovely Gini. Such a kind gesture. Beautiful quilt. I too have made many new friends through the site, one who in particular lm sure will be a lifetime friend.
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Gorgeous xx
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That is super.
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, Clover Embroidery Stitching Tool: Product Review by Denise Inkson Aka The Cheap Procrastinator 7 years, 8 months ago
First, I would like to thank Clover and the UKQU for giving me the privilege of testing the Clover Embroidery Stitching Tool product. I must also apologise for the delay in writing this review. There are several…
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Ruth Garner recommended the post cut&alter Christmas 18 QAL :: Week 1 and we’re off! 7 years, 8 months ago
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Sue Griffiths wrote a new post, Dunedin in the Snow A row inspired by winter in the South Island, New Zealand 7 years, 9 months ago
The brief we were given for the Sew a Row was ‘ice’. Now, I live in the subtropics in Australia and it’s a long, long time since I’ve been in the ice and snow. In fact the last time I was in the snow was …. aroun…
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This was an interesting read for me this morning. My daughter’s friend who moved from Northern Ireland many years ago to live in the South Island is currently holidaying here with us in Cornwall where we now live. We were talking last night about the type of houses in her area and to see photos of what she was describing this morning before I get out of bit is a bit freaky. Love your patchwork.
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Thanks Jenny. I’m glad you like it. The universe can be a bit weird, can’t it, You never hear of something and then it crops up again and again. I never understood British row houses in children’s fiction – how you could see people on the street from inside the house, and talk to neighbours over the fence so easily. Postmen knocking and train carriages with lots of doors were also a bit of a mystery. Then, as an adult, when I visited my sister in London, a lot was explained!
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