Sewjournal

Well at last I’ve finished the Kaffe tunic. As it’s just the end of sumemr here it will be a few months before I can wear it but I’m very happy with it. Just need to wash it and block it now.

Here’s where I got up to with my knitting before the wrist problem. It’s the tunic from Kaffe Fassett’s Glorious Knitting Book using Noro Kureyon yarn. My wrist feels much better after many days of no handwork so I might just test it out today and see how I go.

Last weekend we ventured into Newtown and found a lovely new coffee shop at 413 King Street, called A Coffee & A Yarn. Great coffee, friendly service and some lovely knitting yarns. I especially liked the mulberry silk. And if you haven’t brought your own knitting and you’re just itching to knit a row or two [...]

Dutchman’s Puzzles I received my Block Swap Adventure block from Gina in the UK the other day. It’s another Dutchman’s Puzzle block in brights. (her block is the one with the orange background) I thought I’d photograph all four together so you can see them. A baby My niece has decided she wants to learn patchwork and has asked [...]

When I went to Kiama one of the ladies drove down with me and she very kindly gave me a gift of these yummy Kaffe Fassett fabrics and a pack of Titanium Topstitch needles. Wasn’t that lovely of her? Thank you Heather. While we were down there we visited the local quilt shop in Berry [...]

After disgorging all our market goodies (all right, all MY market goodies) into the house, we set off for Balmain which is the other side of Sydney. My DH dropped me off at a new quilt shop I had heard of called Calico & Ivy while he proceeded to the Rozelle Markets. Calico & Ivy [...]

The Andalusian Tile Quilt is finally finished. I’m really thrilled with it. It never ceases to amaze me how different a quilt looks once the binding is on. I didn’t go with any of the fabrics I showed you . When I auditioned them next to the quilt they just didn’t do anything for me. Instead I used [...]