Sewjournal

My husband gave me some money for my birthday and I have long admired the Painter’s Canvas range of fabrics and already have some of them in my stash. anyway I decided to use my birthday money to buy some more of the range and also a few Joel Dewberry fabrics too. What do think? Aren’t they lovely?

I have been busy, busy, busy with points, points and more points. These are all hand pieced so they take quite a while to do. They’re not in any order yet I just thought you might like to see them.

A little hand-quilting When I went away I also took my In a Spin quilt which I had started hand-quilting a while ago. I didn’t get any done but since I came back I have been diligently hand quilting it. It takes about 1.5 hours to quilt one spinner and I think there are 64 [...]

I went away for the weekend with two sewing friends. We hired a house near the beach and it was lovely. I took some pictures for you with my mobile phone but while it co-operated in taking them it wouldn’t store them anywhere – at least nowhere I’ve been able to find so I can’t [...]

Elly Sienkiewicz’s Beloved Baltimore Album Quilts 25 Blocks • 12 Quilts • Embellishment Techniques By Elly Sienkiewicz  with Mary Tozer If you’ve been quilting for any length of time you’ll have heard of Elly Sienkiewicz. She’s one of the “quilting royalty”. Her Baltimore Album quilts are famous and she has a reputation for being an amazing teacher. I’ve only been [...]

You know I showed you the cashmere scarf I made for my daughter here? Well, I’m knitting another one for myself and I’m just amazed at how much I can get from one ball of this 2ply cashmere yarn that I bought. I took some photos to show you. Take a look at the length of the current scarf, [...]

Beautiful 2ply, 100% Cashmere Yarn. Isn’t it lovely?  Can’t wait to start knitting with it but I have to finish my second cashmere scarf first.