Monthly Archives: September 2010

Knit Store Excursion

I went to Knit, which is Jo Sharp’s yarn store. It’s a great store – quite small, but the staff are helpful and they have made up versions of their patterns that you can try on and then decide if you want to knit them. Such a good idea – saves you spending all that time knitting something only to discover it doesn’t suit you at all.

Fortunately I didn’t purchase any yarn – my stash is reaching unmanageable proportions. I did, however, pick up a copy of Knit Issue 2.

I’m quite interested in knitting the bolero (last image on the right below).

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Free Motion Quilting

I’ve started quilting this quilt. I’m doing free-motion swirly things (my version of stippling). I’m definitely getting better with practice. I found a supreme slider (it’s a silicon sheet you put between your sewing machine and the quilt – there is a hole for the needle) made things much easier to move the fabric.

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Baby Quilt (Another one)

I’ve used two packets of charm squares (Nicey Janey by Heather Bailey). It has gone together very quickly. I love how clear the colours are in this fabric range (my photo doesn’t do it justice).

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Water Lily Block

It’s been a very long time since my last post – I’ve had an awful throat infection and had little motivation to craft. The above is four water lily blocks that I’m making for Miss P (Miss A has the Kimono blocks).

Once again I’ve used my embroidery machine to piece the blocks (much easier to get identical blocks that way). The original design is from here.

I’ve added the jef (janome) file to my designs page. I can convert it to other file formats. There is also a tutorial on how to foundation piece using an embroidery machine.

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