Posted in Fabric Stash on Apr 29th, 2007
I had my market stall today. My brain is too full to make a decision about whether it was a worthwhile endeavour or not. More on that in another post.
I’ve discovered equilter.com! I’ve put three yards of fabric.
I shall use the brown dotty fabric and the pink hearts in my business (www.excessivelydiverted.com) but the green [...]
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Posted in miscellaneous on Apr 24th, 2007
I’ve been doing dull things – like printing PR stuff for my stall. Also my real life is  interfering with my crafty endeavours. My children have had lots of different activities that I need to get them to – swimming lessons etc. Plus in my opinion it’s all about the photos and I haven’t got myself organised [...]
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Posted in Market Stall on Apr 12th, 2007
I’ve been busy getting ready for my Market stall on the 29th. I’m very nervous because I’m not very confident about being in such a public arena – selling on the web is much different.
I’ve finished sewing and now I’m working on a brochure/order form and a glossy postcard.
I’m quite pleased with how this turned [...]
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Posted in Software on Apr 9th, 2007
Happy Easter everyone!
I’ve been busy making stock for my market stall. The sewing is almost finished, but I haven’t even started on the admin stuff.
I’ve bought PC Quilt software. I’m hoping to use it to help with my quilt design. I can do individual blocks, but I wanted something to show me different layouts. Plus I [...]
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Posted in Quilting on Apr 3rd, 2007
I’ve been thinking about quilting my log cabin quilt a block at a time. Rather than quilting it all at once at the end. The ‘Quilt as You Go’ technique. Quilters Cache have a great explanation with pictures. I’m thinking about quilting as I go because I struggle trying to manouver a full size quilt on [...]
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Posted in Foundation Blocks on Apr 1st, 2007
As it was a busy day today, not much work happened. I worked on my third version of the log cabin block.
I’ve swapped the red fabric and the green floral. At this stage this is the one I’m going to use.
I also started a little hand bag for my eldest daughter. I made one for [...]
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