The Allliance for American quilts has announced a contest for quilters that honors the spirit of the crazy quilt. If you are not in the USA don’t turn off because this is one of the few American quilting organisations that accepts international competitors. The quilts must be 16 inches square …
I am doing a little jig around the kitchen because I have another work in progress report. Since I did not expect to be able to get much stitching done I am a happy old chook waving two more Diamond quilt blocks around. As usual click on the images and …
I have a work in progress report two more Diamond quilt blocks. I start a little happy dance with each one of these posts I write as it means I am getting closer to completing this quilt. I feel getting a couple of more blocks done is quite a …
Over on Stitchin fingers a discussion has developed about how people store their threads. Often I get asked as to how I store my crazy quilting supplies so today I thought I would show you what I do and explain why I do it. I store everything by colour as …
There is always a sense of great achievement when I have another work in progress report to write. I have finished another two the Diamond quilt blocks. Last week in the comments I was asked for a tutorial on how I do the silk ribbon roses. I had hoped to …
This is a very quick post in order to share my latest diamond blocks, before heading out to do the weekly shopping and jobs around the house like washing and cleaning. How mundane is that? I went mad on silk ribbon roses this week. The first block I did a …
As some regular readers will know in Australia our teaching year goes from February to November with our summer holidays falling in December and January. That means in late October and Early November is the annual examination period. It is a very busy and stressful time for both students who …
