Sewjournal

Whenever I visit Washington DC I always try to go to the Textile Museum. I have seen wonderful things there from stunning Mamluk rugs to vibrant Amish quilts. I signed up for their eNewsletter on one of my visits and now I get a regular stream of information on all topics related to textiles. They [...]

Aren’t they gorgeous? I think they’re embroidered furnishing fabric samples which I snaffled for $3 each. I’m hoping to make some patchwork waistcoats (vests) from them. What do you reckon?

Yesterday I realised that my quilting journey with Andalusian Tile Quilt  was not over. My quilt needs more hand quilting. So I thought I ‘d show a before and after set of photos so you can see what I mean. Here are two photos showing the corner with a star and the triangles before the [...]

I hope chicken soup works. I had it for lunch yesterday and today but I can’t say I feel any better. This cough just seems to go on for ever. As does my hand-quilting. I thought I had finished hand-quilting my Andalusian Tile quilt today. I had finished each of the rectangles in the final [...]

How can DMC Perle Cotton be so elusive? I called an unmentionable large fabric and thread store in Alexandria and asked if they stocked it. “Yes!” was the reply. So DH and I trekked all the way into town. Not a ball of it be seen anywhere! The person who said “yes” had apparently gone [...]

A while ago I began to do the Sampler quilt from  the Kaffe Fassett Museum Quilts book. A group of us from all over the world started a Yahoo email group to encourage one another. The idea was to do one block per week. As the quilt can be viewed as four identical quadrants I [...]

Last night I cooked a quick and tasty meal that was really yummy. My Spicy Lamb Bolognese with vegie spiral pasta. I thought I’d share it with you. Here are the ingredients: 2 tbs Olive oil 6 mushrooms (sliced) 1 medium sized zucchini (sliced) 1 large carrot (grated) 2 leeks (split and finely sliced) 1 [...]