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Some Stitchery
Immediately after my rather sudden departure from the yarn department a few weeks ago – I was made redundant – I put aside knitting for a little while. Hardly surprising you might speculate, but I think really it was the thought that I didn’t have to do it that was quite liberating! I have even
Ombré Hexagon Cushion
I recently had a busy afternoon making an appliquéd hexagon cushion at work. The yellow ombré cotton works perfectly against a slate grey Essex linen background. The photograph above shows the traditional technique of English paper pieced hexagons in progress. Fabric hexagons are cut out (about 1cm bigger all round than the paper hexagons), and
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The Happy Quilt
It’s many years since I made a quilt, although I used to be quite prolific. I’m not really sure when patchwork and quilting fell out of favour for me, but at some point I definitely started knitting and spinning more. A while ago, one of my older quilts (20 years old I think, pictured below)
Tantalising Tuesday: Christmas Sewing
Just a glimpse at the knitting bag that I’m making for my Mum. I’m sewing the main bag and the lining together during this afternoon’s nap time. Once it’s finished that’s all my Christmas sewing done. Hurrah! More proper pictures and info after Christmas, of course. Not that she reads my blog, but just in
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