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Summer Quilting Update
Posted by Claire on Jul 22 2012
Despite being swamped by home renos (and we’re at the messy, everything everywhere, why did we ever start this job in the first place stage right now, and a long, long way away from totally forgot how much work it really was stand and admire and pat yourself on the back stage) I managed to […]
A new quilt project underway “Plaid Stars”
Posted by Claire on Apr 02 2012
It took me ten months to finish David’s guitar quilts. I moaned. I procrastinated. I knashed my teeth and wailed. So guess what I started on this week? Another quilt 🙂 Yeah, yeah, I know but even if chain piecing will never fill my heart with rainbows and butterflies, I love the look of quilts. […]
Fall Sewing
Posted by Claire on Sep 19 2011
Hard to believe but the summer really is over. Dug up the garden over the weekend. The blackberries are cut back now, as are the raspberries. Took out the corn stalks and the beans. The tomatoes are still going, albeit a little more slowly, so I left them in. And I started some new projects. […]
Quick Chenille Quilt Completed
Posted by Claire on Feb 24 2011
I’ve been feeling a bit bogged down lately. What with the weather (cold, grey and snowy), work, writing commitments and a pile of UFOs that never seems to get any tinier, I needed a project that was easy, quick and cheerful. When a friend posted a link to this nice tutorial on Aesthetic Nest for […]
Happy Camper, Indeed
Posted by Claire on May 26 2010
It’s always fun to see an idea that was only a sketch on paper make it into print, like the child’s quilting sleeping bag in this month’s issue of Sew News. This was a really fun project to do. I will admit, quilting is not my first love – there’s something rather Sisyphisian to me […]