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That's Sew Kerry wrote a new post, Tilda Cotton Beach 4 years, 2 months ago
I was lucky enough to be sent a F8th bundle from Groves of these gorgeous new fabrics, they have been giving me all the summer vibes with the rich and vibrant colours, they feel amazing and were a joy to work…
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, EPP – glue basting or thread tacking 4 years, 3 months ago
I am a bit of a sucker for different gadgets and gizmos – anything to make life a little easier. As an example, I used to find joining the ends of binding a bit tricky – until I bought the binding tool. That cer…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Don't chop off the points! 4 years, 3 months ago
Hello – I’m Carolyn Gibbs, and my great love is traditional style patchwork and quilting – designing and making things myself, as well as enjoying antique quilts made by others.
In my “other life” I teach Che…
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post FINISHIn praise of a word for the year 4 years, 4 months ago
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, FINISHIn praise of a word for the year 4 years, 4 months ago
Last year I had a word of the year for the first time – my word last year was ‘FOCUS’. This year I’ve chosen ‘FINISH’ as my word for the year.
It may seem strange to have such a word as my word for the year – a wo…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Birthday Bunting 4 years, 5 months ago
A special child needs a special present – here’s an idea for a personalised and unusual gift which will be useful for years.
This card hanger can string along a wall, or over a door, and because an alp…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Washing antique quilts 4 years, 5 months ago
I collect antique quilts, mostly from EBay, and some of them arrive showing plenty of evidence of a hard life. If they are in good condition structurally, but very dirty, I usually wash them. People often ask me how…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Fit for an Angel 4 years, 5 months ago
John opened his eyes slowly, noticing that he had almost five minutes before the alarm clock started ringing. After almost forty five years of getting up to do the morning milking, his body clock could have…
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What a fantastic read!!
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, A Step forward for Tilly 4 years, 5 months ago
As Tilly wiped around the scullery sink in the light of the dying fire, she thought back over the past three years. Since coming to work for Miss Charlotte following the death of her mother, she had not only learnt…
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What a heartwarming story.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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Sarah Wickett wrote a new post, Field of Dreams Part 1 4 years, 6 months ago
Who doesn’t love a Kevin Costner Film. Field of Dreams is one of my favourites, Little did I know that one day I would have a ‘Field of Dreams’ of my very own.
In the Kevin Costner version, he ploughs up a Field…
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Lovely to hear how it all started, Sarah. A dream come true!
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Very well written Sarah, your field of dreams keep most of us going through both lockdowns, by you sending a select few many lovely updates. It was a big pleasure to be part of it with you. Love working in the lovely workspace as often as I can. Onwards and upwards lovely Sarah. X
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, Focus revisited 4 years, 7 months ago
It is a chilly early October day – well, it feels chilly to me as I’m sat here on my chaise longue in my sewing room, surrounded by fabric. That sounds very exotic and posh doesn’t it? I’m going to let you carry o…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Grandmother's Flower Garden 4 years, 8 months ago
Hexagons are the easiest shape to use for patchwork using the English Paper Piecing (or mosaic patchwork) method. There are many ways hexagons can be combined into different patterns, but the most common is the…
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What a super blog! It brought back my Mum, whose favourite this was, trying to explain to her little group …(one of whom cut out, one sewed, one who could not sew “advised”)…exactly how this problem arose. She never did get them to see the problem!
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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Not the blog I intended to write 4 years, 10 months ago
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, North Country Quilts Exhibition at the Bowes: Part 2 Patchwork quilts 4 years, 11 months ago
The North Country Quilts exhibition at the Bowes Museum on until January 2022 contains some wonderful examples of typical British styles.
In the last post, I wrote about the Strippy Quilts. Today the topic is the…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, North Country Quilts at the Bowes Part 1: Strippy quilts 4 years, 11 months ago
Currently, there is a wonderful exhibition of Heritage quilts on display at the Bowes Museum, which is near Barnard Castle. These are all British quilts made in the North East of England from the mid nineteenth…
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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Use it or lose it – now more relevant than ever!! 4 years, 11 months ago
The long winter lockdown is over and retail has now been open for nearly three months. We are all happy that we can see our family and have a chatter over coffee with a friend. Unfortunately not everything is as…
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