1905 McCalls Magazine online


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If you like browsing old fashion plates you will enjoy the June 1905 edition of McCall’s Magazine which is online. Since it’s a June edition, it is an interesting insight into Victorian Weddings. You can download the file in a zip format and fashion plates are available in high resolution …

Wednesday WISP another apricot block done


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I am still working on blocks for the the diamond block quilt I am working on. As I have explained before the quilt is inspired – or the shape of the blocks were inspired by a quilt made by Martha Bingley in 1883. I am gradually embellishing them one by …

Another Diamond block


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It’s time for another my weekly report on the state of my WISPs (Works in Slow Progress) as part of Sandie’s UFO and WISP challenge. This time I have completed a block from start to finish with both embroidery and beading done. As you can see it is another light …

Wednesday WISPs and WIPs


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Well it is time to get back into the swing of my weekly report on the state of my WISPs (Works in Slow Progress). As regular readers will know this year I am attempting to work through a pile of pieced blocks as part of Sandie’s UFO and WISP challenge. …

A Crazy quilt online in the Memorial Hall Museum Digital Collection


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Browsing the Memorial Hall Museum Digital Collection led me to discover this Crazy Quilt with a Netted Border. The site has options to zoom in on the image and take a really good look at the details (the icons are found on the right hand side of the screen.) The …

Bliss bag block complete


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A few weeks ago I posted an image of the block I worked from one of Vivian and Mary’s Heavenly Embellishment Bliss bags. Annie Whitsed and I were both given a choice of bags. The idea was to see what we could do with them. I am not associated in …

Wednesday WISPs and WIPs


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Last Wednesday I posted an image of a block assembled from one of Vivian and Mary’s Heavenly Embellishment Bliss bags. The idea was to see what we could do with them. Last week I pieced the block this week I embroidered it. Annie Whitsed were both given a choice of …