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Christine Hutchins recommended the post N.S.F.W. (Not Sewn For Weeks) Strike A Pose 6 years, 5 months ago
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Rebecca Nevard wrote a new post, N.S.F.W. (Not Sewn For Weeks) Strike A Pose 6 years, 5 months ago
Hey all
I know, I know it has been Months since I last blogged. What can I say; my Blogging Tag N.S.F.W. is kinda accurate. Sewing has taken a bit of a back burner recently.
When I saw there was a bloggers mini…
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Love it. Such an evocative song too.
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thanks Maggie. I really enjoyed making this one!
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Nice read Rebecca… well done
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Beautiful. Well done. Merry Xmas and a happy new year.
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Corinne Curtis recommended the post Retreat Virgin 6 years, 5 months ago
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Under Pressure 6 years, 5 months ago
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 o…
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What an amazing and inventive interpretation. Well done Jane!
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Thank you Teresa, I enjoyed the challenge
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That was certainty a challenge, and you fulfilled it magnificently.
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thank you Maggie
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Very cleve interpretation. I like the slashed ‘love’ opening up to show the people. Don;t know what I would have done to this song….but I really like your way.
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Thank you Sue. It is difficult to know what to do sometimes, I kept thinking of other ways to do it
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Very challenging Jane…well done x
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Thank you Lyn x
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Ruth Garner wrote a new post, Birthday Bunting 6 years, 5 months ago
Beautiful Fat QuartersDuring the recent UKQU Bloggerati retreat we were given a goodie bag and inside there was a lovely fat quarter pack donated by the wonderful Craft Cotton Co. These were in gorgeous p…
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what very pretty bunting, and so useful to have measurements.
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Thanks Maggie.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, A quilting journey 6 years, 5 months ago
Ok, so its not for all of us patchworkers and quilters – I get that – but ever since I started quilting I have really enjoyed the piecing but not happy with my quilting efforts. Tugging large quilts through a smal…
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That’s my ultimate dream, glad you are enjoying it
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Such a lovely progression. My ultimate dream, too. I love those giant circles. Inspiring!
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Wow…lucky you..x
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A lovely description of perseverance. Enjoy.
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Ruth Garner and
Ami Richards are now friends 6 years, 5 months ago
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Jane Galley and
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Ruth Garner recommended the post Retreat Virgin 6 years, 5 months ago
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The First Quilter I Ever Knew 6 years, 5 months ago
We asked Margaret Attfield, who won the final Janome M100 QDC given away this year about her quilting journey .. in her own words:
I think my quilting journey really began with fashion. From a very early age, I…
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Lovely memories and story and you were not the only baby to be left outside a shop in their pram. I was left outside the International Food Store in Horley in a brand new Silver Cross pram one afternoon. She only remembered when my father came home from work in the evening & they both walked a mile into town to hopefully retrieve me. In my mother’s defence I had only been adopted a few days before so having a new baby could easily be forgotten, unlike a birth mother who had carried and given birth to a child. I was still there in my pram luckily, but crying with gusto because I was hungry. I learnt to sew with my mother on a Singer Treadle machine and then in the late 1960’s she got a green Bernina. I had a Sindy and a Tressy doll so every time she made me a new dress they got one too from the off cuts. I did not get my own sewing machine until the 1970’s when I left home and used it to make curtains, cushions & clothes.
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That is a lovely story. I take my hat off to your mum; those dolls are so fiddly!
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Great blog Margaret…first of many!
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Thank, Lyn!
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Gosh, your Blog brings back memories! I was, obviously, not the only one to leave a new baby outside the shops!! -only be to safely ‘rescued’ half an hour later. Your account of learning to sew at your Mum’s side was like me too but it was my Nan and not my Mum. Thank you for sharing Margaret. xx
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Thank you Sue.
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Corinne Curtis wrote a new post, Good enough to give? 6 years, 5 months ago
There is something very special about putting a lot of time and creativity into making a quilt and then passing the finished quilt on to its new owner. When we make for family or friends, we want out quilts to be the…
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This is really thoughtful. I often see people say they don’t like it so they will pass it on. Excellent advice.
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Sarah Wells wrote a new post, The things we do! 6 years, 5 months ago
I’ve come up with the marvellous idea that I can get my nephews quilt done as a xmas present, sounds quite simple says my other half (who has no clue what I’m doing). I’ve completed the top of the quilt, added borde…
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Such lovely movement in this quilt. I could not even contemplate all that hand quilting myself. Well done!
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, What colour is your Christmas? 6 years, 5 months ago
Christmas is traditionally red and green, I’m sure we all remember having a green tree and the tree lights with flower covers that had to be checked every year for that one bulb that died and stopped the whole t…
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Very thought provoking! There are some lovely fabrics there, they got me thinking….? Do I go up to raid my stash for the lovely red panel I have, or do I pray my other half doesn’t have a bright idea and decorate the house while I am out? Hnhmmm,….
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Doing a Runner 6 years, 6 months ago
It’s that time of year again – Christmas is looming, presents still to be bought/made, decorations to be found in the loft, rooms tidied away ready for visiting relatives and seemingly vast quantities of food to be…
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Super! What a lot of lovely runners! I too have a round table-what about doing a cruciform one?
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Guess what I’m making too? One down one to go … shush – don’t tell the family!
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Back to 1967 – Pop Pickers 6 years, 6 months ago
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Sharon Reid wrote a new post, Back to 1967 – Pop Pickers 6 years, 6 months ago
It didn’t take me long to put a ‘yes please’ into the shout out for people to interpret a song title for a Christmas feature on the web pages!! Fingers crossed it would be a good one that I could at least inter…
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Another brilliant song title quilt…well done x
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I just loved this! I was a teenager when it came out and loved the soaring sounds. And your interpretation is just wonderful. Rumpled linen and tired suits of armour in a quilt. I did not know there was a story behind the title-that’s the internet for you!
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It was a good job it was mentioned as I hadn’t even thought to look up the story behind it and double lucky in that my sheets theme matched the story!
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Fantastic – great quilt and I love the upcycled fabrics for £3.00. What a bargain.
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I was dead chuffed at finding the fabric as they fitted well with how I wanted it to look!
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another soundtrack of my childhood-I loved this song, great interpretation
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Thank you Jane, it was fun to do although I was left humming the song for a very long time!
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I love this song! Great interpretation, loved the messy bed bit…lol You did well with the fabrics for £3 too. Thanks for the reminder…
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Thanks Sue, I was lucky that they had a piece of clothing for each element of the song I wanted to interpret!
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Jane Galley and
Judith Clarke are now friends 6 years, 6 months ago
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Ruth Garner wrote a new post, Waterloo Sunset 6 years, 6 months ago
“Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night. People so busy, making me dizzy, taxi light shines so bright. But I don’t need no friends. As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset, I am in par…
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Love that Ruth
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Thanks Lyn
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A lovely piece Ruth. I am really enjoying this Song Title Series! Beautifully stitched and it really does evoke a sunset on the Thames. I especially like the printing, though I do not know how that is done. It complements the work beautifully.
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This one bought back more Memories! Thanks Ruth. Love the triangles and the water – very clever. Te circular quilting really addes to the whole design too. I have never thought about putting a fabric design in a picture frame – might give it a go another time. Really enjoyed the Blog too. xx
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One of the songs of my childhood too, my dad loved the Kinks! Very cleverly done and love the circular quilting
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Thank you Jane.
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memories of my older sister and brother bopping around the kitchen singing all these old songs that are being depicted. Lovely make.
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Thank you Sharon. Some of the old tunes are the best
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one of my favourite songs, and the best lyric…. What a wonderful mini. I am very very impressed!
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Thank you Rebecca. The song now keeps flicking through my brain – but that is not altogether a bad thing
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Grenfell Quilt Hanging 6 years, 6 months ago
Many of you will recall the incredible events at Grenfell, and the quilts that were created in such a short time to help those who suffered. But life and events continue and Tuesday and the community group she is w…
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What a very poignant and sensitive piece about a tragedy we all felt and a community we all belong to. And when people feel unheard, as so many do,, a really powerful reminder that we are stronger when we are together.
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Maggie – this is true and is wonderful the way quilting reaches out and engages with so many. I hope we can show the completed project when it reaches that stage too.
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Sylvia Thank you for featuring our Quilt in this wonderful site. Sharing our story & supporting our aim to bring more awareness to our cause is much appreciated
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Christmas Candle Wreath 6 years, 6 months ago
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