Posted by sewjournal on July 31st 2010
Here is my second block. As you can see I haven’t made my mind up on colour just yet but I’m contemplating using lots of it and making multicoloured sashings, but we’ll see. Thank you for all the kind feedback I’ve had on my first block. [tweetmeme source=”sewjournal” only_single=false http://sewjournal.com]
Posted by sewjournal on July 30th 2010
Back-basting Since posting the Southern Gentleman block I have had lots of enquiries about what it is and how to do it. To go into detail would necessitate a tutorial which would require quite a bit of prep work. I might do one when my visitors leave but for now here is a quick explanation of what it is and how to [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 29th 2010
I have been collecting the patterns for the Southern Gentleman Quilt from Fat Cat Patterns and have done three of the blocks. The BOM patterns are released on the first of the month and are free until the next one is released. I missed a couple and bought them but have downloaded the others. I have hand appliquéd them using the back-basting technique. Here is [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 28th 2010
No sewing again but we had a pleasant, if rainy, trip up the Nepean River on the Paddle wheeler Nepean Belle. After a yummy Devonshire morning tea we all got to steer the boat which went down well with our junior family member. If you look closely you can see me having my turn through the [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 27th 2010
There’s not much sewing happening at the moment while my family visitors are here but we are putting the sewing tools to good use. My large cutting board makes an excellent Jigsaw puzzle board. [tweetmeme source=”sewjournal” only_single=false http://sewjournal.com]
Posted by sewjournal on July 26th 2010
Last night we had smoked chicken and leek quiche and I thought you might like the recipe so you can try it for yourself. It really was tasty. Quiche pastry ingredients 260g plain flour 40g self-raising flour 60g butter 8-9 tbsp water (depends on the flour as some are drier than others) pinch of salt [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 25th 2010
Well although I’ve been busy doing other things these past few days I still managed to fit in a little sewing after a frustrating afternoon with my new Janome which appears to be sick. In fact it became sick during my free motion quilting class. I thought we had fixed it but it appears not, so it will have [...]
