Posted by sewjournal on October 01st 2010
I’ve been making a concerted effort to try to finish my Andalusian tile quilt. I’ve now quilted all of the white tiles! Phew! Most of the coloured ones are done. I just have 18 triangles and 17 whirligigs to complete. It takes about 45 minutes per whirligig so you can see I still have quite [...]
Posted by sewjournal on September 09th 2010
On Tuesday a squishy parcel arrived from Sew, Mama Sew! I ordered some fabric on sale a few days ago and I was excited to see it in the flesh, so-to-speak. That fabric on the left is a Marylebone from Liberty fabric called Rajah Red. Isn’t it gorgeous? The next two are Mirage Stripes from the Kaffe [...]
Posted by sewjournal on August 13th 2010
French Hatbox Co-op and Fabric give Away If you’ve ended up on this page looking for the above you can find all the details here. I know it’s silly but… You know sometimes you make a quilt and you just can’t take your eyes off it? Well I feel like that about my Kaffe for All Seasons quilt. It’s strange [...]
Posted by sewjournal on August 06th 2010
My family visitors leave today and I will be very sad to see them go but the postie cheered me up a little with the TWO parcels he brought me today. The first was from my gorgeous email/skype friend Sylvia from NY state in the US. Sylvia you are so kind and thoughtful and I really enjoyed ripping [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 21st 2010
At last! I’ve sewn the last stitch on the binding of my Kaffe for All Seasons Quilt. I’ve taken some photos. Not very good I’m afraid as it was night time but they’ll give you an idea. I had lots of problems with this quilt but I learned lots of lessons too. It was only the second one I [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 19th 2010
Intriguing name isn’t it? Well you can find this unusual sundial at the Mount Annan Botanical Gardens atop a hill with stunning views. If you click on the photo on the left you can read how it works. In summary it uses the shadow of a person standing on a figure of eight (called an analemma) at a point [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 17th 2010
Sew Mama Sew is asking this question as part of their Free Fabric Friday. I’m really not sure what I think about it. I guess there are times when it can be done well just as long as it is a co-ordinated look rather than a “mother and daughter identical dresses” look. What do you think? Do [...]
