When I had finished the Swoon quilt that I made last summer I had lots of half square triangles left over, HSTs as we call them in the world of quilt making (love a TLA, me. Three letter acronym, that is!). I had a browse through Pinterest for quilt…
I have been a volunteer podiatrist at the Salvation Army Citadel in my town for coming up to ten years. The Citadel now has a dedicated medical room and was in need of some equipment, there was a pre-used static treatment couch which the volunteers and clients were grateful to…
Over the years I accumulated a large stash of fabric with cake, dessert, pastry, teapot, teacup and coffee pot motifs. Material so lovely that I didn't want to use it and I just occasionally got out to look at. However last year I thought to myself I must actually use…
I wanted to make a quilt for my youngest son's 18th birthday as I had for his elder brother a couple of years ago. I decided to make a t-shirt quilt using his old school uniforms from his infant, junior and senior schools and also some summer camp t-shirts. I used…
Selvage or selvedge? I think it depends on whether you speak British or American English. A selvage is an edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it unravelling. The selvage is not needed in quilt making and is removed, however, they can be very pretty. The printing on…
I had in mind that I wanted to make a Christmas quilt for a friend I have known all my life, in fact, my sister's best friend. There is something special about friendships that have lasted for many years; a common bond, a shared history. I have wanted to make…
It's my good friend's special birthday today and I started making this quilt for her in March. I thought long and hard about what kind of quilt to make her and I chose the pattern Pebble Grove by Tacha Bruecher which I found in one of the Fat Quarterly e-zines.…
After spending a lot of my time in the last few years working with purples and greens I was ready to use some different colours. I made this St Louis 16 Patch quilt using blues and oranges. The pattern was all over Instagram and many versions of this quilt were…
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