fat quarters
a bed for a princess
Friday, June 6th, 2008There was once an eccentric queen who had such a passion for beautiful fabric, she couldn’t stop buying it, sewing it, hanging it, wearing it … but her favourite thing to do was piece the fabric into glorious, rich quilts.
The king became worried … “Darling! ” he cried, “Perhaps it is time to stop all [...]
wooden hoops and gorgeous plates
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008So when I found the large wooden hoop, I knew straight away what it needed - a Dresden plate - and all the luscious fabrics required were piled up on my kitchen table!
Really, leaving such pretty prints lying around is a bit like having Nutella in the pantry - risking temptation!
After dinner and stories, I [...]
10 little amish blocks and a clever little A
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008I’m up to 10 out of 42! Yay! And I’m still excited about finishing it! Yay!
It’s been a lovely day of block sewing and Little A glory. She received an A+ for her presentation of the Greek myth surrounding Arachne and Athena’s weaving competition and received the highest possible score on her reading lexile. Yay! [...]
the amish sampler
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Like I need another project - but any excuse to fondle pretty fabric!
So this morning, after dropping the girl at school and the pooch at the poochy hairdresser, I swung by the patchwork shop and collected some pretty, pretty fat quarters and a marvellous length of almost black.
And here we are, my fabric and I, [...]
Scotch and beets
Friday, January 11th, 2008Little A was at one of those mammoth sleepover/play dates that children can only come home from debilitated and J has returned to work, so I was compelled to find my own fun today. It wasn’t hard. I found it in scotch and beets.
My dear old grandfather has a great love of scotch which family [...]