tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73419266611003190092024-02-29T07:16:23.360+00:00Emily's CupboardElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-21288111027443882672021-01-15T14:22:00.000+00:002021-01-15T14:22:41.213+00:00The Dashing Dutchman<p>Block one of the first of this year's BOM quilts posted this morning and I stitched the block this afternoon, so I am up to date with my BOMs lol!</p><p>This is The Dashing Dutchman by a local English Modern Quilt designer, <a href="https://sewingschool.thecraftynomad.co.uk" target="_blank">Jo Westfoot from The Craft Nomad</a> some of the girls from my real life quilt group are making this together, we can't meet in person yet as we are still in lockdown but we keep in touch online. It's a fun modern design, not my usual thing but I wanted to stitch along with my friends, I am thinking of omitting the final border and maybe donating it as a charity quilt? we shall see, for now it's a fun stitch.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiyxjPJcT5qYn6C3x7V0UB5TBHbnkIpFpRSOVQgx16vKWqlRkdMCorq-dEUJiT7_h2oBBGLgidvmIWmwY3CdctIAmSuLim16y7JwGVYfQylJQzqlQjYltjnKQuBGTgFxxo5DqONZ6uzws/s743/6834930B-4AD0-47B0-BB45-3274C2A5F27C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiyxjPJcT5qYn6C3x7V0UB5TBHbnkIpFpRSOVQgx16vKWqlRkdMCorq-dEUJiT7_h2oBBGLgidvmIWmwY3CdctIAmSuLim16y7JwGVYfQylJQzqlQjYltjnKQuBGTgFxxo5DqONZ6uzws/s320/6834930B-4AD0-47B0-BB45-3274C2A5F27C.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I bought a couple of tone on tone FQs from the Thatched collection bye Robin Pickens <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUQd9UaadSfqNkfHuC6IXZX8Zjl8_EzYGDKoeRJI8JHwE2hofzmDmt7BUMpxxqFLhJBk0our_W-gjvtb705zFpedsvFf8z-BEBzFZYdgekqkz1uABz0dxjgH2o5oARh_SNyy0_KANhYgB/s900/5EA2A91F-3CA0-4C60-A6A8-674A277E0A0C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUQd9UaadSfqNkfHuC6IXZX8Zjl8_EzYGDKoeRJI8JHwE2hofzmDmt7BUMpxxqFLhJBk0our_W-gjvtb705zFpedsvFf8z-BEBzFZYdgekqkz1uABz0dxjgH2o5oARh_SNyy0_KANhYgB/s320/5EA2A91F-3CA0-4C60-A6A8-674A277E0A0C.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then pulled all my bright scraps in Rainbow and spotty fabrics, there should be enough for a couple of blocks of each</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7WV9HfPZSqoy4NdA2jYBdhZaB0aq6qqPHSRqQA8bHVJyyk7QrK1FtMX_9DnatfXcmdc123RwE25d3cQWsT-ayx2aBtQ74jL-T5oxZQNVkEjFkH0D9rZbdCLU4mzTxSptCUFHLy6uwGva/s2048/CD1C42E5-E3F8-4A6D-96F1-60BE9070EC9B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7WV9HfPZSqoy4NdA2jYBdhZaB0aq6qqPHSRqQA8bHVJyyk7QrK1FtMX_9DnatfXcmdc123RwE25d3cQWsT-ayx2aBtQ74jL-T5oxZQNVkEjFkH0D9rZbdCLU4mzTxSptCUFHLy6uwGva/s320/CD1C42E5-E3F8-4A6D-96F1-60BE9070EC9B.heic" /></a></div><p>The Background I had to buy, so I chose Grunge Hots the Spot by Moda in Navy</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VPHv67WSSTtINMgAzJoMqO6IYYKswrtog8JRR1G5_3LGfa1rKQK4I7OtyF7EhvAn6F00sBHCKM8wsNnWZPbUP4UO8JOBvCsWV7tzF_8PrBZCY4ewp0FHVb0fX9QiWvUWIx__rqocxyOx/s2048/71A3E3A6-E508-4825-B676-83E31EB4F0A1.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VPHv67WSSTtINMgAzJoMqO6IYYKswrtog8JRR1G5_3LGfa1rKQK4I7OtyF7EhvAn6F00sBHCKM8wsNnWZPbUP4UO8JOBvCsWV7tzF_8PrBZCY4ewp0FHVb0fX9QiWvUWIx__rqocxyOx/s320/71A3E3A6-E508-4825-B676-83E31EB4F0A1.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MlyXjldBO9smNwRBVvbYXo3jnIHTX4kqiQQFKrdhJhZ97p1M4b_2H5HQybU3ntbja1-zk3sv_poIm7gP0BZeXyQWwiVVVQ8xzDRShXKzRSRs2WRSk0864nQms1JGBacF_OVCldnwQ2fi/s1674/106C4A35-F9E7-4704-BB23-DB8976099D12_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MlyXjldBO9smNwRBVvbYXo3jnIHTX4kqiQQFKrdhJhZ97p1M4b_2H5HQybU3ntbja1-zk3sv_poIm7gP0BZeXyQWwiVVVQ8xzDRShXKzRSRs2WRSk0864nQms1JGBacF_OVCldnwQ2fi/s320/106C4A35-F9E7-4704-BB23-DB8976099D12_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Block one was a nice easy friendship star block, the large flying geese make up the centre Dutchman's Puzzle Block</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnqm7LOJIdZYrXpOMxEUzZqvuHpf9HMYBOZI5m4q3Pt2V7BGTXVlHhX_MOapR4Cq8oB6dJxh-BKINEZBX6MKPfLIdk5ua9nBoCNgQ676Ue_Qnb_KsNBpFa1RobnJDHADS5zP7bvEyopFb/s2048/7C2E3093-BF9D-4F47-B0F1-11B268287500_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnqm7LOJIdZYrXpOMxEUzZqvuHpf9HMYBOZI5m4q3Pt2V7BGTXVlHhX_MOapR4Cq8oB6dJxh-BKINEZBX6MKPfLIdk5ua9nBoCNgQ676Ue_Qnb_KsNBpFa1RobnJDHADS5zP7bvEyopFb/s320/7C2E3093-BF9D-4F47-B0F1-11B268287500_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-16935316241556462232021-01-04T09:15:00.000+00:002021-01-04T09:15:11.451+00:00New Year, New Quilts!<p>I seem to have signed up for a few BOMs this year (!) They are all pattern only in an effort to use up some of my ever increasing stash, why is it no matter how much I use, my scrap baskets never seem to empty??!?</p><p>In recent years I have started to enjoy working with a more modern vibrant palette and have accumulated lots of scraps from various projects, number one on the list starts on 1st March and is by J<a href="https://www.talesofcloth.com/sunshiny-day-quilt" target="_blank">odi at Tales of Cloth - Sunshiny Day </a> Jodi specialises in EPP cut from recycled paper and while I admire her eco credentials I find EPP hard on my hands so instead I have opted to hand piece this one. I am planning on a totally scrappy version using lots of modern low volumes and bright scraps.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn3UcsrSGTQnsh6T_iBDB5aPJN2tdLJpnjgjgwdtyL_yeBOYYv4bki4toLTMNUR1wFR8VDGQr-DYpCfbN8Mh87gyebnUSaJxuVNrXvRVQj6lIEoukI6cGLMTmYtQYmjbbHkYFwDKmFeCC/s1000/9C3BEDD8-3A65-44A4-B1B5-3B56AAF3BE21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCn3UcsrSGTQnsh6T_iBDB5aPJN2tdLJpnjgjgwdtyL_yeBOYYv4bki4toLTMNUR1wFR8VDGQr-DYpCfbN8Mh87gyebnUSaJxuVNrXvRVQj6lIEoukI6cGLMTmYtQYmjbbHkYFwDKmFeCC/s320/9C3BEDD8-3A65-44A4-B1B5-3B56AAF3BE21.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I have also signed up for <a href="https://www.sarahfielkeblockofmonth.com" target="_blank">Sarah Fielke's new BOM Rainy Days and Sun Rays </a> this is the sketch by Sarah, I did buy a FQ pack to get me started but will pad out with fabrics from my stash. I have really enjoyed stitching with Sarah over the last 5 BOMs I really like her down to earth Aussie attitude :) and her patterns are fun to make!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_0V8lnrUMCFzfXm9p8y8SnAZGQlJAJlk_EztwbgY88XsypeZCYB799H-7Dg0bdwBm-TuBi3DTidbEF5LLT1Jm_T4X74EwEAsHocIoqBKxvMSQdFssOGs2MDeugzq1OonmU9zbQzeFTxv/s800/707B55E5-7AB4-4E19-82F2-B160388BD9C2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_0V8lnrUMCFzfXm9p8y8SnAZGQlJAJlk_EztwbgY88XsypeZCYB799H-7Dg0bdwBm-TuBi3DTidbEF5LLT1Jm_T4X74EwEAsHocIoqBKxvMSQdFssOGs2MDeugzq1OonmU9zbQzeFTxv/s320/707B55E5-7AB4-4E19-82F2-B160388BD9C2.jpeg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I discovered a new to me app called Recolor it was fun and easy to use, this is where I am heading with colours ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDMeZpdFeCHmz4ERd8NzCbCiBcgHfZVpImD0V0wXfls2Y__ivAWoA4IEr38alZGQZIZoFWwNQW-5ITNGqTwXun1DlR8T25bKHyzFfhQbdRP7v1omGiMlmW4UjI6NCo0EYo7T9QaCdC6dy/s2048/FB9999C1-7D12-449C-8E07-FC64D1F414EF.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDMeZpdFeCHmz4ERd8NzCbCiBcgHfZVpImD0V0wXfls2Y__ivAWoA4IEr38alZGQZIZoFWwNQW-5ITNGqTwXun1DlR8T25bKHyzFfhQbdRP7v1omGiMlmW4UjI6NCo0EYo7T9QaCdC6dy/s320/FB9999C1-7D12-449C-8E07-FC64D1F414EF.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX-C0W5uGzPCeBnVGsMv_CP0bW5xszVZB-aWYO0BM5zaWlTZuKalXOW1bRpy9tXeXYjOAqpclHo2zK_fRHFnwmVkaZfYG2bb_i7Kt-4IgtbZbnztlz6f-pBLsLVWBpGlNSPKn0tx_OUkV/s900/7C7E86D3-5A16-47B2-A924-311B503A6ABA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX-C0W5uGzPCeBnVGsMv_CP0bW5xszVZB-aWYO0BM5zaWlTZuKalXOW1bRpy9tXeXYjOAqpclHo2zK_fRHFnwmVkaZfYG2bb_i7Kt-4IgtbZbnztlz6f-pBLsLVWBpGlNSPKn0tx_OUkV/s320/7C7E86D3-5A16-47B2-A924-311B503A6ABA.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLttpstH7_tW5FnbBKarovtU6nZrd6qjWaJvpUt6lmUFfsrmj5XYfzjMeGcRbhhPICn4C9WwUxweZDjTKf9qcCDld-J9-CFAFmIIRfJuylvwppzXhcacFAlFYGNH0ma8-Vpg7FD33Q36f/s2048/3C79D28B-B3F5-451A-8819-62527FEE1945.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLttpstH7_tW5FnbBKarovtU6nZrd6qjWaJvpUt6lmUFfsrmj5XYfzjMeGcRbhhPICn4C9WwUxweZDjTKf9qcCDld-J9-CFAFmIIRfJuylvwppzXhcacFAlFYGNH0ma8-Vpg7FD33Q36f/s320/3C79D28B-B3F5-451A-8819-62527FEE1945.heic" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">My real life quilt group (Queen Bee Quilters) have decided to stitch a quilt together next year and have chosen </span><a href="https://sewingschool.thecraftynomad.co.uk/courses/2021-bom" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Dashing Dutchman by the Crafty Nomad</a><span style="text-align: left;"> here in the UK. I am not sure about fabrics for this one and will probably stop after the centre section as I am not keen on the final border, but it will be fun to sew along with my fellow Bees, I have pulled all my bright scraps and ordered a Navy Background.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lVBOioLVai8yYyFf-lyQkqNNu_TanoVE9KlTQJeRhbg1fdYIvfJzMox1sFwsbn6kacP5VQIheb65Bd3ZbG2wSwm4M4guPYOV4CIFMx9SnDQa3P0lSlZg0zBuXtK9ynt-9t5FM4Ie_hyphenhyphenP/s743/6834930B-4AD0-47B0-BB45-3274C2A5F27C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lVBOioLVai8yYyFf-lyQkqNNu_TanoVE9KlTQJeRhbg1fdYIvfJzMox1sFwsbn6kacP5VQIheb65Bd3ZbG2wSwm4M4guPYOV4CIFMx9SnDQa3P0lSlZg0zBuXtK9ynt-9t5FM4Ie_hyphenhyphenP/s320/6834930B-4AD0-47B0-BB45-3274C2A5F27C.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-W4BaVU7C2tb3WjGtyFU4rc-4IlhIYn79RhyphenhyphenB8bnxrg9FjEtoIwC-D8ofAMAFM_CC2ZGug59TjvinFceBarsQh-CgWD-fecf7hMEx7RLJhHxWSOc9aLABd5X-5u-F-28lPraWv9K1m3z/s2048/CD1C42E5-E3F8-4A6D-96F1-60BE9070EC9B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-W4BaVU7C2tb3WjGtyFU4rc-4IlhIYn79RhyphenhyphenB8bnxrg9FjEtoIwC-D8ofAMAFM_CC2ZGug59TjvinFceBarsQh-CgWD-fecf7hMEx7RLJhHxWSOc9aLABd5X-5u-F-28lPraWv9K1m3z/s320/CD1C42E5-E3F8-4A6D-96F1-60BE9070EC9B.heic" /></a></div><br /><div>This is Moda Grunge Hits the Spot in Navy </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGjafmuAxMR49LL4lCp908b5ppOWQ14MrQx1OSUZ1slHOPlXJegE0PeR0phMa0ZGOEP6kNQ2pyuD5kMsuLLKPmyCDv53NKtnhetJZK7fv-r81x-xbYmnwLWmzp3l2YR3-YiLqWOu3cnms/s2048/71A3E3A6-E508-4825-B676-83E31EB4F0A1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGjafmuAxMR49LL4lCp908b5ppOWQ14MrQx1OSUZ1slHOPlXJegE0PeR0phMa0ZGOEP6kNQ2pyuD5kMsuLLKPmyCDv53NKtnhetJZK7fv-r81x-xbYmnwLWmzp3l2YR3-YiLqWOu3cnms/s320/71A3E3A6-E508-4825-B676-83E31EB4F0A1.heic" /></a></div><br /><div>And finally ! as a member of <a href="https://thequiltshow.com">The Quilt Show</a> I get the BOM pattern for free each year, I think I might have a go at this one again using lots and lots of scraps.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYXDFQ7p4aKEKmbjNc6eD0u_aOLPwB5gItiQJClMA5VW77F5XjZSgr-Ck4mLMeYKnNiGsCg3xmcoRozK0eoGdyea2MTxstA4SGdzwaWMT83OBR-qMm2UPjUltX6NZ6uIPfdi8xx9tWlIq/s1106/7C05EDB2-DA3D-4DB5-8604-3226E666309E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYXDFQ7p4aKEKmbjNc6eD0u_aOLPwB5gItiQJClMA5VW77F5XjZSgr-Ck4mLMeYKnNiGsCg3xmcoRozK0eoGdyea2MTxstA4SGdzwaWMT83OBR-qMm2UPjUltX6NZ6uIPfdi8xx9tWlIq/s320/7C05EDB2-DA3D-4DB5-8604-3226E666309E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>with maybe this antique London map fabric for the backing, London by Whistler Studios for Windham Fabrics<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.fatquartershop.com/media/catalog/product/l/o/london-52348-1-900.jpg?quality=80&bg-color=255,255,255&fit=bounds&height=526&width=526&canvas=526:526" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" src="https://www.fatquartershop.com/media/catalog/product/l/o/london-52348-1-900.jpg?quality=80&bg-color=255,255,255&fit=bounds&height=526&width=526&canvas=526:526" /></a></div><br /><div>I think that should be more than enough to get on with!</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-2399273725084544882020-12-27T09:09:00.000+00:002020-12-27T09:09:31.232+00:002020 What a year!<p> Well I for one don't have a lot to show for 2020, while some people went full steam ahead churning out quilts, my sewing mojo completely left me for the best part of the year. The good news is that it is back! While I was waiting for it to turn up again I did some knitting and some Jigsaw puzzles :) strangely addictive! I learnt to crochet - not so addictive but I'm glad I now know how and I spent A LOT! of time in the garden - my happy place :) and walking the ever faithful Jasper.</p><p>One Quilt finished ....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eQ0pI9PajoVbba-5oO0FVhyqPyAzkIb6HmgQYOAhNcEwiK-m00eUjWfZe0VHnjYNYKk0nzjgQPnzh7tFGm7MQTsDAPTo2rFlE_T7euVDXWI3heQXo0NpOsHtWcsa2_kO6uOyCQ_WtBZh/s2048/4159A2ED-F2D6-44F0-96E8-77177053EB88_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eQ0pI9PajoVbba-5oO0FVhyqPyAzkIb6HmgQYOAhNcEwiK-m00eUjWfZe0VHnjYNYKk0nzjgQPnzh7tFGm7MQTsDAPTo2rFlE_T7euVDXWI3heQXo0NpOsHtWcsa2_kO6uOyCQ_WtBZh/s320/4159A2ED-F2D6-44F0-96E8-77177053EB88_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2 Cardigans, 1 jumper and a scarf!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I bought a couple of meters of the Grey Essex Linen for the block backgrounds but everything else was from my stash. The fun hat fabrics are leftovers from my Coming Home quilt - I had just enough of each of the colours!</p><p>I think this is the first time I have made a quilt totally by machine, I even stitched down both sides of the binding and would do that again as it is so fast! I'm going to note what I did here so I don't forget!</p><p>I cut 2 1/2" strips and made double fold binding, attaching it to the front with 1/4" seam as normal and mitring the corners; I then used clover wonder clips to hold it in place, it covered the seam on the back with an extra 1/8" overlap. I then machine stitched in the ditch from the front catching the back and stitching it down.</p><p>I did think about hand quilting some snowflakes but I wanted to use it this Christmas (!) so I opted instead to draw some wonky 5 pointed stars and machine stitched them and around the appliqué. I used a Madeira White Metallic thread for the quilting and it catches the light beautifully. The backing fabric makes me smile every time I look at it :) It's Gnoming Through The Snow Tossed Gnomes by Hugo Edwins</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BUfjm16Uz-hPtN7LwaJHOW0nCKxHKQT7fyu7jeSMfpaeFCAV4trgsOLwxcN4PnUnmebGB3LTBz1R3T-MiDVpe4uJaQ7kzIRgMNOhjUNXn4b1nDfYyTJ5Q5OocIDmUOvCuDffXNmnCvSa/s2048/4159A2ED-F2D6-44F0-96E8-77177053EB88_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BUfjm16Uz-hPtN7LwaJHOW0nCKxHKQT7fyu7jeSMfpaeFCAV4trgsOLwxcN4PnUnmebGB3LTBz1R3T-MiDVpe4uJaQ7kzIRgMNOhjUNXn4b1nDfYyTJ5Q5OocIDmUOvCuDffXNmnCvSa/s320/4159A2ED-F2D6-44F0-96E8-77177053EB88_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1Srff6e7EsgJUCk4isaxItVFkayruOuiaIx35C9E4c5qyxSctdNWGzR03uie11hjceOjjQMrJflRfP7oVOKgcnZNJZrV2qT_MNcGXzgqPcl8y0SU8wPZY2GygR_xfE2DcHRXXrWSutz2/s2048/0A4F998E-6B39-4D84-8BE1-24175029B16C_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I really like the colours and the blocks I have made so far, but I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the pattern. It was originally an online course with pattern releases and blog posts showing techniques etc, which probably worked fine but the finished pattern is just a PDF (480 pages) dump of all these posts making it very hard to follow, coupled with the fact that you need to print the patterns onto legal paper which is not easy to find here in the UK means it is not a pleasant stitch. So these are going back in their box for now and....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNmoaFLVpORV_bBV4GgiXTQVz2sLkDf-In_gc3OywNOm2TemDdZ3dK4-KrNzccpnO4kLwMxNa7Wr9NEKor90WXxEtZRwU-EmuRePfCl5jenJ52dNAmHQCTCUJvl9-367d4dkE1cN3MgFG/s2048/00F65CB3-5867-4DA7-9803-8A07E1C8776A_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1831" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNmoaFLVpORV_bBV4GgiXTQVz2sLkDf-In_gc3OywNOm2TemDdZ3dK4-KrNzccpnO4kLwMxNa7Wr9NEKor90WXxEtZRwU-EmuRePfCl5jenJ52dNAmHQCTCUJvl9-367d4dkE1cN3MgFG/s320/00F65CB3-5867-4DA7-9803-8A07E1C8776A_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tB1P9cZ-DSPtrlM06y5ZnXl0yx0OZWf5LG7PXfnZnts_Jy4KUoJGYQZXDGNagCD7M7Qp_GUKXmNOYz5uQo1UL_LIb_O1MetaumBt8oBuLj58FQLAoWnsjNEUd9hlHkvbovxOeJyi6zVJ/s2048/6BB884B7-8A4C-4493-90B2-A091E89E61F0_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tB1P9cZ-DSPtrlM06y5ZnXl0yx0OZWf5LG7PXfnZnts_Jy4KUoJGYQZXDGNagCD7M7Qp_GUKXmNOYz5uQo1UL_LIb_O1MetaumBt8oBuLj58FQLAoWnsjNEUd9hlHkvbovxOeJyi6zVJ/s320/6BB884B7-8A4C-4493-90B2-A091E89E61F0_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5sIxQqj3jknr891Lc8QD9NbK4k8JZgC3gUNRCHcB400HB3T6yCLTVzcR7QF3nErZck2TiAmClYcZ9bom6TfU14zTjtzKR_aHaUuUH_L_mMgEN9zCHzS04hRutq5TKoB1rQ100PsxzdOJ/s2048/306AE171-6673-4D10-B693-C43037332CB3.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="2048" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5sIxQqj3jknr891Lc8QD9NbK4k8JZgC3gUNRCHcB400HB3T6yCLTVzcR7QF3nErZck2TiAmClYcZ9bom6TfU14zTjtzKR_aHaUuUH_L_mMgEN9zCHzS04hRutq5TKoB1rQ100PsxzdOJ/w640-h330/306AE171-6673-4D10-B693-C43037332CB3.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsu-QiWnCHup7yo_tN1KQpjXNymMVGTklGWQvHCZ7FHOMkQRJUfr4rkh3JhP7-wZMyR_bZt1OCe2ENFb1K8QmeYdYwPAfzLYOB-E_W0svl1KayTmt_v0Q5f6zAeFTp7MHF2iOzyNllzzq7/s2048/575316D5-A2EF-4551-B430-5963524AF80B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1856" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsu-QiWnCHup7yo_tN1KQpjXNymMVGTklGWQvHCZ7FHOMkQRJUfr4rkh3JhP7-wZMyR_bZt1OCe2ENFb1K8QmeYdYwPAfzLYOB-E_W0svl1KayTmt_v0Q5f6zAeFTp7MHF2iOzyNllzzq7/s320/575316D5-A2EF-4551-B430-5963524AF80B_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>... I started a new winter lap quilt....<div><br /></div><div>This is from the winter edition of Quilts Moderne (a Quiltmania magazine) you can buy these digitally directly from<a href="https://www.quiltmania.com/?lang=en" target="_blank"> Quiltmania</a>, I do generally prefer a print magazine but I didn't want to pay postage or wait for it to arrive from France!</div><div><br /></div><div>I had to buy the grey essex linen for the backgrounds but everything else came from my stash.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGdPOJcQKeVMFR7Mum_lnCtGOw2MThOoOsBSK6y9oGCjoq61Ei9tpONJU0QK_NuOHlSITkrBDStH5RLhFn4G2cCsK1f3VgULP0b9qIMXQ588jSNnmw2I6aNgu45grFZYGUDNPbr2sVl2A/s2048/3F96FD5E-926F-49AA-BC44-9903D6F39ABA.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGdPOJcQKeVMFR7Mum_lnCtGOw2MThOoOsBSK6y9oGCjoq61Ei9tpONJU0QK_NuOHlSITkrBDStH5RLhFn4G2cCsK1f3VgULP0b9qIMXQ588jSNnmw2I6aNgu45grFZYGUDNPbr2sVl2A/s320/3F96FD5E-926F-49AA-BC44-9903D6F39ABA.heic" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-_1-fZ7xDWoXnmrO-gaRg-7L7ooKiKGxbqpVpKwS_DM6e9nNdKdmo2PG2u1mxagA2rT71XL49eH4xxVL70-kuLERbgg4Cj7fRYn0nDwHaljPCIYMTwkSC8wmLjmzsi69hOn9jP5lPJ1J/s2048/1868F0B5-4290-4DB5-8949-97925FD79A38_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-_1-fZ7xDWoXnmrO-gaRg-7L7ooKiKGxbqpVpKwS_DM6e9nNdKdmo2PG2u1mxagA2rT71XL49eH4xxVL70-kuLERbgg4Cj7fRYn0nDwHaljPCIYMTwkSC8wmLjmzsi69hOn9jP5lPJ1J/s320/1868F0B5-4290-4DB5-8949-97925FD79A38_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdj03J9zcobGAbXcwAocW8Fjc1ihLxbJgziDOe7Ghtcx3KAnhY95HiwS9cxtphYB3nKwKlYim_hzMXCqFPEXw8tmIiZduPmm8h4QZqT1dnrqEAnISNKawRdg0qtF6z4gbkHBPDMQFXRbg/s2048/52F04EF0-0224-4284-A130-50C6DE4BFAB1.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1687" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdj03J9zcobGAbXcwAocW8Fjc1ihLxbJgziDOe7Ghtcx3KAnhY95HiwS9cxtphYB3nKwKlYim_hzMXCqFPEXw8tmIiZduPmm8h4QZqT1dnrqEAnISNKawRdg0qtF6z4gbkHBPDMQFXRbg/s320/52F04EF0-0224-4284-A130-50C6DE4BFAB1.heic" /></a></div><br /><div>It was so much fun to make! now I just need to put it all together and figure out how I am going to quilt it. I need to finish the fused edges of the hats, so will probably blanket stitch/quilt them and machine quilt in the ditch around the figures, then hopefully some fun big stitch hand quilted snowflakes sprinkled around.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-9742253120689805142020-11-06T13:25:00.002+00:002020-11-06T13:25:13.649+00:00Some Knitting<p>I am still enjoying knitting in the late afternoons/ early evening when the light is not so good for quilting. I finished the Green Cardigan I was knitting for myself a couple of weeks ago but forgot to show you. This is from Laine Magazine and is the 'Miss Apple's Little Cardi' by Lucía Ruiz de Aguirre. It's soft and warm and exactly what I was hoping for :)</p><p><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/miss-apples-little-cardi" target="_blank">Ravelry Notes</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSoKK1AIB914in2gi700n6U2DsFS-LTv_0CzmckoXMxK-tJh6ksFD9felqUVuyMSKripj2zlUUqEhcOJCdEQSd4YCRNOVfutJbBRY1xNZPxFr82-8CsguXa0rZoIK6VMsJFf24MJjG0UX/s2048/27ACBD19-3988-4644-952B-02A894C395E3.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSoKK1AIB914in2gi700n6U2DsFS-LTv_0CzmckoXMxK-tJh6ksFD9felqUVuyMSKripj2zlUUqEhcOJCdEQSd4YCRNOVfutJbBRY1xNZPxFr82-8CsguXa0rZoIK6VMsJFf24MJjG0UX/s320/27ACBD19-3988-4644-952B-02A894C395E3.heic" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOApO_DfWeS94YkQwAMK6niZJczt5Sev5wcskSwKyq9cftTqMfBYFQRPQNQTbSy201h5k7vctC6XDdhddr7mV0ddcKGjontylRmFTCJnclK-mp7ffakckL9b_FLsfXy-PyPqmu1pt5-9oZ/s2048/183331F1-BC87-42A5-8ECD-D7EA9646336B_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2JkTDueX5jIjdSIYn8wv4cY7EqxBEveYjbB-1DLoABDpKXz0WhbKUxUhLERNP0QsjdQquWwOFDm8I3tosxFczO5gjI88FaA1FzRZvWd3ABOyz-pFcRROdVmgstV3ZDNV-15Z7AEce1MW/s320/FF9FFF2A-C888-48DE-BF1C-EC0131907501.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For some reason my camera is not picking up the colour properly, it's more like this, a lovely bright Jade Green</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegY5ac9EFJ07_VKGWtrHSk05jiGhyVCmh56yx_vgbYhk5Ck0l7Rc6L_1fRfyrmmpSR74TkBbvFyKIurFIGUi7ICDLF35sHMhGU9YoUFlvcbO4HsqWTb3iQDkYmdiIvA9xh-cWrOHJtEg9/s2048/F74D4E72-CE30-4C4B-B095-AA0B6AAEEBED_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegY5ac9EFJ07_VKGWtrHSk05jiGhyVCmh56yx_vgbYhk5Ck0l7Rc6L_1fRfyrmmpSR74TkBbvFyKIurFIGUi7ICDLF35sHMhGU9YoUFlvcbO4HsqWTb3iQDkYmdiIvA9xh-cWrOHJtEg9/s320/F74D4E72-CE30-4C4B-B095-AA0B6AAEEBED_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I always like to have something on my needles, so next up is a Vintage Aran Jumper/sweater for my husband, in beautiful 100% British Blue Faced Leicester Wool, it's soft and gorgeous to knit with.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/aran-jumper" target="_blank">Ravelry Notes</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I struggled to find a pattern my husband liked, he doesn't really like modern designs! I eventually found a 1970s vintage pattern on Etsy</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8OdMfmBa6k05P__ZV2f8dglYnupEUVx3-LZu3Z2UDbMqyHXKnjQccvtSz-ts5WH_Vb8PcIMI7CO1eDPmMLQg7z2VxTy1TnLQ47l0VoeAPCxTck7kULO8ZsG4uoSeBbVd7L7WKyEGlhqb/s2048/47480578-AF9E-4607-B209-7F03C84A5011.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8OdMfmBa6k05P__ZV2f8dglYnupEUVx3-LZu3Z2UDbMqyHXKnjQccvtSz-ts5WH_Vb8PcIMI7CO1eDPmMLQg7z2VxTy1TnLQ47l0VoeAPCxTck7kULO8ZsG4uoSeBbVd7L7WKyEGlhqb/s320/47480578-AF9E-4607-B209-7F03C84A5011.heic" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUSCCek8fPvxy3gVQ9mQPmLv_3ARUYrLFvC5OIijMF7vM2HtYSGOKABCrAHsqNuHg4ASi77pAuKWq42dDglRgyOLGPqzDIdska_W-edYnlP8NyIUMvJS1eUhjMvJmaaiKam17xHIObca7/s2048/3AECCDCB-8EAB-47EB-B21B-ED716426CBFD_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUSCCek8fPvxy3gVQ9mQPmLv_3ARUYrLFvC5OIijMF7vM2HtYSGOKABCrAHsqNuHg4ASi77pAuKWq42dDglRgyOLGPqzDIdska_W-edYnlP8NyIUMvJS1eUhjMvJmaaiKam17xHIObca7/s320/3AECCDCB-8EAB-47EB-B21B-ED716426CBFD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRa0bu5L7vmpIxzMtNU9ADtefjEumrxkemZCLWSV9eOmc98iuoinVDriOOlMK0Gg9epz-5_HugISgoVB3HEHtcLS4YB9LQ0tafgOTZx1Wri9AweUJOjyhDwo3z7dUV97Q3TjGEFri2FoT/s2048/D0D2E805-E2A0-4D81-896A-88A8FE46E205.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRa0bu5L7vmpIxzMtNU9ADtefjEumrxkemZCLWSV9eOmc98iuoinVDriOOlMK0Gg9epz-5_HugISgoVB3HEHtcLS4YB9LQ0tafgOTZx1Wri9AweUJOjyhDwo3z7dUV97Q3TjGEFri2FoT/s320/D0D2E805-E2A0-4D81-896A-88A8FE46E205.heic" /></a></div><br /><div>The back is done, it was a lot of knitting but enjoyable, I didn't notice until looking at the photo that one of my cables is slanting the wrong way! I am not unpicking it all lol!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-25916433172547334822020-11-02T14:47:00.003+00:002020-11-02T14:47:47.513+00:00Planning New Projects!<p>I enjoyed piecing a few of the blocks for My Penny Sampler over the weekend, and it looks like I might have time to work on it over the next fews weeks too, as here in England we have been told that we have to be in lockdown again for at least the next month. I guess too many people haven't been following the rules, it's frustrating to those of us who have, but there is nothing to do but hunker down and sew! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-SbK2b7ATpwotMmOGggaZuI7l4W022-thaPq2Bk92MVVyLqOCIf4mUkHKQWFHdMCx7FJlZaBfSVHE4acB0DMp9sdX9fWhpyuPqDpcqFRQAplwNLSXNbDtZhxEmMXnJagea1SpmLH46iR/s2048/43CA12DE-BFC6-4D2D-986E-6BA0A42ABB18_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2011" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-SbK2b7ATpwotMmOGggaZuI7l4W022-thaPq2Bk92MVVyLqOCIf4mUkHKQWFHdMCx7FJlZaBfSVHE4acB0DMp9sdX9fWhpyuPqDpcqFRQAplwNLSXNbDtZhxEmMXnJagea1SpmLH46iR/w195-h200/43CA12DE-BFC6-4D2D-986E-6BA0A42ABB18_1_201_a.jpeg" width="195" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWkqcUtEuFbNZNwfZSoyUCJwd5KhkAJd8YMad-BECL00XAFP5rBdgzDJMw5UW9oFBfrXDrkLaj4K8BTGAP0YwsvATuIEfmeePkdgwWfM7mmrH2JNAVtr0ixl2UUnvRB3GMiKr45upWm6H/s2048/E6FBFC74-B779-4BF0-B22C-9F54BAE339CB_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1885" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWkqcUtEuFbNZNwfZSoyUCJwd5KhkAJd8YMad-BECL00XAFP5rBdgzDJMw5UW9oFBfrXDrkLaj4K8BTGAP0YwsvATuIEfmeePkdgwWfM7mmrH2JNAVtr0ixl2UUnvRB3GMiKr45upWm6H/w191-h200/E6FBFC74-B779-4BF0-B22C-9F54BAE339CB_1_201_a.jpeg" width="191" /></a></div></div><br />I might re make this block once I have a few more done, the background is not very icy!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wHQDMRHdCjB43PjqUB04Fuq3NKB_gGkiFuQvdIm7T3c1NpJDGLC6KiZquNk-OLpkzAJVV9KoFuL8ZN0T_SNyh3zavEErqPuIrLYPEr5cL9sEawMgKPaRs21Svp6HAB_d6R_ETHFvh6hE/s2048/ED19D46F-852F-4A58-B693-366A1C20EA4C_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1666" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wHQDMRHdCjB43PjqUB04Fuq3NKB_gGkiFuQvdIm7T3c1NpJDGLC6KiZquNk-OLpkzAJVV9KoFuL8ZN0T_SNyh3zavEErqPuIrLYPEr5cL9sEawMgKPaRs21Svp6HAB_d6R_ETHFvh6hE/w304-h320/ED19D46F-852F-4A58-B693-366A1C20EA4C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">This Village block took a while but I love it :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCWJyKAM60x438aJaAfI0f7cmA_HsSlfYb1HlAV8Kj_XTIXAXQ_KWB02pApTzOs5iv87RO1QYKWeYeha79HvLJjUJji8-voZHWJPWmMHShweRtqoKG8IVUQypwsKo5SukvasYYMA3G0x3/s2048/A168586E-46F6-48CD-B1DE-4F5CAFB03DED_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCWJyKAM60x438aJaAfI0f7cmA_HsSlfYb1HlAV8Kj_XTIXAXQ_KWB02pApTzOs5iv87RO1QYKWeYeha79HvLJjUJji8-voZHWJPWmMHShweRtqoKG8IVUQypwsKo5SukvasYYMA3G0x3/w426-h640/A168586E-46F6-48CD-B1DE-4F5CAFB03DED_1_201_a.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div></div><br /><p>I have also been buying fabrics :) I treated myself to a couple of FQ bundles. My husband is Red/Green colour blind and keeps asking me why I have never made a blue/yellow quilt as these are the colours he can see! He saw the sketch of Sarah Fielke's new 2021 BOM and loved it, so what to do, I guess I am making a yellow/blue quilt for the first time after 25+ years of quilting lol. I bought this bundle as he is a sun lover too and so it seemed perfect!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFwZ5aEYHrgQqvOF0-C1A0OhOY38Vy_W9-rRjxTsPmbjyxnQrD0oM5Tr2hJ3uZy1DHsKtPb2Ivz5sr6pNLcaocQMEZXVGxKBOZIXQgE2_nIZL5F5w0zIXEyVAQe8xH3RdTlKlXzkQDCXt/s900/7C7E86D3-5A16-47B2-A924-311B503A6ABA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFwZ5aEYHrgQqvOF0-C1A0OhOY38Vy_W9-rRjxTsPmbjyxnQrD0oM5Tr2hJ3uZy1DHsKtPb2Ivz5sr6pNLcaocQMEZXVGxKBOZIXQgE2_nIZL5F5w0zIXEyVAQe8xH3RdTlKlXzkQDCXt/s320/7C7E86D3-5A16-47B2-A924-311B503A6ABA.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While waiting for it to arrive I pulled these from my stash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_Rsc8tVMataJUej5L7op-tRN7a5nd8dSgEJZ8cQvt4_usD6PLAjZMSM2tYh6lxtwAxiOgAjz3pCdranG0WGNvr9Iw26O8yIQPsqvyJlQd6VoE5qv1UO5UZhQH644UV_yWU-Htc33H0Cf/s2048/3C79D28B-B3F5-451A-8819-62527FEE1945.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_Rsc8tVMataJUej5L7op-tRN7a5nd8dSgEJZ8cQvt4_usD6PLAjZMSM2tYh6lxtwAxiOgAjz3pCdranG0WGNvr9Iw26O8yIQPsqvyJlQd6VoE5qv1UO5UZhQH644UV_yWU-Htc33H0Cf/s320/3C79D28B-B3F5-451A-8819-62527FEE1945.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I think I will use white or a pale yellow (I have a bolt of Kona snow bought on sale years ago) as the background, but I will wait until Sarah issues the Materials List and see what else I need. It should be a fun happy quilt!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is Sarah's sketch, it doesn't start until the end of January, so plenty of time to finish my Winter Sampler!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cVRALtgmVJuJCHX0ZEpq3oAEY19mS3-tT2jdQWByPLLDtegXp0OQNU04v-Q_VnX-9PGff38TeN_KHMDgEGazJW2IyiiL7NL1WRvRIjiKumyyZKbWGyhYZOakOj8PBgnGcfL2nwbkpgb0/s800/707B55E5-7AB4-4E19-82F2-B160388BD9C2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cVRALtgmVJuJCHX0ZEpq3oAEY19mS3-tT2jdQWByPLLDtegXp0OQNU04v-Q_VnX-9PGff38TeN_KHMDgEGazJW2IyiiL7NL1WRvRIjiKumyyZKbWGyhYZOakOj8PBgnGcfL2nwbkpgb0/s320/707B55E5-7AB4-4E19-82F2-B160388BD9C2.jpeg" /></a></div>I also bought these fun basics to use for The Quilt Show 2021 BOM, I really want to improve my machine piecing and this seems the perfect quilt, plus as a TQS member I get the pattern for free each month.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2Chet-_CGWtI0tJPtU9raID4a6QqKgrCOa2mGRZHzwqYpoJ0vODDhUCFXZeGrzJblBZBFkCSDOWmCgLgV9q5xTvpp3N4l71HBWr5Za3gMVLwA1WOoD1lE0CL17JE-NMnBrt0pStNPLct/s900/5EA2A91F-3CA0-4C60-A6A8-674A277E0A0C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2Chet-_CGWtI0tJPtU9raID4a6QqKgrCOa2mGRZHzwqYpoJ0vODDhUCFXZeGrzJblBZBFkCSDOWmCgLgV9q5xTvpp3N4l71HBWr5Za3gMVLwA1WOoD1lE0CL17JE-NMnBrt0pStNPLct/s320/5EA2A91F-3CA0-4C60-A6A8-674A277E0A0C.jpeg" /></a></div>This is the quilt, it's by Wendy Williams of Australia<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BwMO-YcLT7xhNCJs9vStsV6YROYTWHF1quwbKa-umzORqnnLr-ugEP7B7JHkJqXX3W6F4SR3819Lfy4HYWmD5wq_6KYDNs8CK1aJmDg6op97xt3gOV-w9yhNzDvMt1u1aUo9hrIW7AUE/s1106/7C05EDB2-DA3D-4DB5-8604-3226E666309E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BwMO-YcLT7xhNCJs9vStsV6YROYTWHF1quwbKa-umzORqnnLr-ugEP7B7JHkJqXX3W6F4SR3819Lfy4HYWmD5wq_6KYDNs8CK1aJmDg6op97xt3gOV-w9yhNzDvMt1u1aUo9hrIW7AUE/s320/7C05EDB2-DA3D-4DB5-8604-3226E666309E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I need to find a background and I think this London city map fabric might work, it's due out in December<div>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCZj73J3FZaDXXIJQYJrNPIV8imUXOQOHw7jXZMMog0j8bwI59dkLFTIYsvTYfyx2lv4ZezrF0AvNQaLh14MgJqgScx5wLWvBq1TyYf0xy5KbhWIzjMRdVC0cJhOETVL1Uj1Atas4Frfb/s504/24C39572-226A-4C2D-BAFB-E5FD93EDE24D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCZj73J3FZaDXXIJQYJrNPIV8imUXOQOHw7jXZMMog0j8bwI59dkLFTIYsvTYfyx2lv4ZezrF0AvNQaLh14MgJqgScx5wLWvBq1TyYf0xy5KbhWIzjMRdVC0cJhOETVL1Uj1Atas4Frfb/s320/24C39572-226A-4C2D-BAFB-E5FD93EDE24D.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p>When I am not sewing/cleaning/cooking/gardening I have been walking for miles with the ever faithful Jasper, in all weathers!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This time last year however, I came across the Penny Sampler Quilt by <a href="https://www.stitchedincolor.com">Rachel at Stitched in Color</a> I loved the design as soon as I saw it, we used to live in Stavanger, Norway and this quilt was exactly what I had been imagining :) I think Rachel originally designed it as a online course, but it is now available as a very detailed epattern instruction book. I wanted to finish a couple of things before starting, and then Covid put a dampener on all my quilting creativity for most of this year :( today is the first day I have felt ready to tackle a new quilt and all the decisions that go with it - Happy Days! My quilting mojo is back, and what a better pattern to start with than this, just as our clocks have gone back and Winter is Coming (We're watching Game of Thrones from the start too lol).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXdA0Xq3G5Uuy0iqHxBvdZfwl9Ri5Ue81pR1KwuiDt1dTjOonpmMCdS-gzi67gxouasMebP9JfuS8YiUeI0kmDHSIMW-bHhNcoQmyBBkHv8WHK2TcLxN2QTuMzzK7cxsKH4fwR_UrwdN1/s2048/5B168DC9-4696-49C1-8B7E-2A48A4BCEEF3.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXdA0Xq3G5Uuy0iqHxBvdZfwl9Ri5Ue81pR1KwuiDt1dTjOonpmMCdS-gzi67gxouasMebP9JfuS8YiUeI0kmDHSIMW-bHhNcoQmyBBkHv8WHK2TcLxN2QTuMzzK7cxsKH4fwR_UrwdN1/s320/5B168DC9-4696-49C1-8B7E-2A48A4BCEEF3.heic" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK5l0wYG5_rJAf1HadMFW7NMkoe5qRtL2NNxqICPldnP8uP4vwZx57hWwXz2mH7JOlj3SyYx1vyuwGa6ph8GsKTOdfmf0oNPs2ZOCNhpiiuIE_t16uNHPPIUL_4jaTkZYBMTtTUxmGOpl/s2048/95D8CA86-C8F5-4931-975C-503189B9B060.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK5l0wYG5_rJAf1HadMFW7NMkoe5qRtL2NNxqICPldnP8uP4vwZx57hWwXz2mH7JOlj3SyYx1vyuwGa6ph8GsKTOdfmf0oNPs2ZOCNhpiiuIE_t16uNHPPIUL_4jaTkZYBMTtTUxmGOpl/s320/95D8CA86-C8F5-4931-975C-503189B9B060.heic" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-20950119047057309512020-10-13T14:25:00.005+01:002020-10-13T14:25:54.821+01:00I'm a Serial Knitter!<div class="separator"></div><p>I don't know how it happened I blame this crazy time we are living in. I am very happy with my finished Fair Isle Cardigan and it has already had lots of wear. This is Green Lane by Mary Henderson. <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/green-lane">https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/green-lane</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P0l6MdATScpwafsGHwJVrGVACrQdsoxkppCeuOsqcDWBmuCLTyiz7-EVmI4oyZq1jV4BLLCX2tn-52-6OF4m9iaw15Z99C5AwmM6VaUfQHfaS4Kln6d3fTbEC93y7RYDC_7F0zsSeiyy/s2048/4A5963F8-22C5-4295-98F5-593790954478.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6P0l6MdATScpwafsGHwJVrGVACrQdsoxkppCeuOsqcDWBmuCLTyiz7-EVmI4oyZq1jV4BLLCX2tn-52-6OF4m9iaw15Z99C5AwmM6VaUfQHfaS4Kln6d3fTbEC93y7RYDC_7F0zsSeiyy/s320/4A5963F8-22C5-4295-98F5-593790954478.heic" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I then immediately cast on to knit Trove by Emma Ducher, I was a little concerned that the colours I had chosen were a little bright but I really liked the pattern made by the slipped stitches so I carried on.<div><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/trove">https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/trove</a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjBt2nxJCicLqXPSk0uZiRkCaP_5ClLgqkSFMQat5VGNiWkmBA7Ykhg6Orr2xjBTr3NfvnD4EISVGusLeRkYUCGxR3QwWWLhhA14p2rc00qpY-O88lqa9Hqw_LlZVWgiBpMz6ezcZ6lpY/s2048/990D21EE-CEE3-497C-8887-A9CFADF3E75D_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjBt2nxJCicLqXPSk0uZiRkCaP_5ClLgqkSFMQat5VGNiWkmBA7Ykhg6Orr2xjBTr3NfvnD4EISVGusLeRkYUCGxR3QwWWLhhA14p2rc00qpY-O88lqa9Hqw_LlZVWgiBpMz6ezcZ6lpY/s320/990D21EE-CEE3-497C-8887-A9CFADF3E75D_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-ROlJjmIx35kflNn69HDiCvmuWJojddK3U0Pe23Eyzmt65eEcTar_c8w4qapUqR24JiSR4Ke_T98iHPQty11qSW6Z_xVUAjGyEw4jUcBwKnkZzz9vwq9Uw1qKNNEyUIATFyKDO_xUmNN/s2048/57725A2B-EF58-4CA5-9D5C-45598063326A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-ROlJjmIx35kflNn69HDiCvmuWJojddK3U0Pe23Eyzmt65eEcTar_c8w4qapUqR24JiSR4Ke_T98iHPQty11qSW6Z_xVUAjGyEw4jUcBwKnkZzz9vwq9Uw1qKNNEyUIATFyKDO_xUmNN/s320/57725A2B-EF58-4CA5-9D5C-45598063326A.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is the original pattern, as you can see the colours are much softer. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaOlLEats4GZ9t5hZGEh7KsfFHb_axSIFovRdp4uatq3bZdZ_haOFKRpYsE8NxMLAnJJa5XDAlRKxM2-jx_BtjWy9WLVWEZ7jas0dd2byrbAiciJxrn-xGCrm7IpqbHf1zgpdJmm9zO5j/s2048/F9BE8C68-C14F-418F-AE33-D37A891BE0B5.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaOlLEats4GZ9t5hZGEh7KsfFHb_axSIFovRdp4uatq3bZdZ_haOFKRpYsE8NxMLAnJJa5XDAlRKxM2-jx_BtjWy9WLVWEZ7jas0dd2byrbAiciJxrn-xGCrm7IpqbHf1zgpdJmm9zO5j/s320/F9BE8C68-C14F-418F-AE33-D37A891BE0B5.heic" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The sweater is knitted in a wooly double knitting yarn, slipping stitches creates the dot pattern but result in a double thickness fabric, this will be one very warm garment! I am not sure I will get much wear out of it, and I am still unsure of the colours, so for the first time I have a knitting project in time out!</div><div><br /></div><div>I then decided I needed something simpler and I really wanted to use these fabulous silk, mohair blend yarns from Lichtfaden.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd8nUvigIwXrdhw0EMmwzY5p2sISZMAvFApgFMxrN3t3He1mUYkBEKhu2WDeFSyXdxDlJ7i44Ka-c5ua029nrsjUwKti82tVeyvoVOMXR95FkIU9YOVcwwfk-YIqvzK6mNx4duj9DhqHA/s2048/425CAC7E-DB63-4808-AA7D-3C55F28DDD7E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd8nUvigIwXrdhw0EMmwzY5p2sISZMAvFApgFMxrN3t3He1mUYkBEKhu2WDeFSyXdxDlJ7i44Ka-c5ua029nrsjUwKti82tVeyvoVOMXR95FkIU9YOVcwwfk-YIqvzK6mNx4duj9DhqHA/s320/425CAC7E-DB63-4808-AA7D-3C55F28DDD7E.heic" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So I cast on Washed Out by Joji Locatelli <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/washed-out">https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/washed-out</a><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfH0av9t-NMxk9NcSx2QYN9vgUi2aky4zK3uJdU6OuOwhMmRvZTxX1oZYRN025s5AvKXHpNv0wMmR3iKhDxuv4T1eKuXF6WPstmrOE5BxoNr0x00wNMIfvgIqKxgaelj0DUtv6R-1GyNf/s320/FD7269B2-AF20-4BAA-86EE-D9C479DB9E4F_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div>I have finished the bulk of the knitting and it is currently blocking on my Jumper Board</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtKtzLOz-CjZ9qtmfRhjrVO1aweygtHBbp_FzhT7vrctoiA7cvDC3ZuDd1FX8lvXUwDusN810-Mc231tm0QIKUKBb2beHaRTJrZSVEUehYvm0pT9edwBgSqK_ZYf6pCLognAwZS5RWlec/s2048/21543DD9-A74C-4B42-AC15-0A4949952E69_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtKtzLOz-CjZ9qtmfRhjrVO1aweygtHBbp_FzhT7vrctoiA7cvDC3ZuDd1FX8lvXUwDusN810-Mc231tm0QIKUKBb2beHaRTJrZSVEUehYvm0pT9edwBgSqK_ZYf6pCLognAwZS5RWlec/s320/21543DD9-A74C-4B42-AC15-0A4949952E69_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I need to steek it and knit the button bands, but while I am waiting for it to dry, I have cast on to knit a traditional Aran jumper for my husband. He has been asking me to knit one for him for years but I couldn't find a suitable pattern until now. I discovered an Etsy seller who has PDFs of vintage patterns, so we are all set.</div><div><br /></div><div>I bought some beautiful Bluefaced Leicester wool from Yorkshire in the natural sheep colour, it is gorgeous and should be perfect to show off the cables, I've swatched and am good to go!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz-6phC6qSsckA-acUoHT3HFCeWS4_zKQ2-LVET-OHf_L4zlfW1iqfjr8cydzyVFHz9Y-d0vEa-TiQoBuwoiobNClKUpNqInpyUBDn3ZvUwOswR14Y-7aFN0n2hqB4PTkOWJvhZJvKzej/s2048/3AECCDCB-8EAB-47EB-B21B-ED716426CBFD_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz-6phC6qSsckA-acUoHT3HFCeWS4_zKQ2-LVET-OHf_L4zlfW1iqfjr8cydzyVFHz9Y-d0vEa-TiQoBuwoiobNClKUpNqInpyUBDn3ZvUwOswR14Y-7aFN0n2hqB4PTkOWJvhZJvKzej/s320/3AECCDCB-8EAB-47EB-B21B-ED716426CBFD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4Ff9K7qD5jG6FErcx-EOuHogTcFjTcvy_MOSv4yISoDJkQL9N-z9IV9W-O66z5KCsCWsHty8l96kB-vJ1P2VPUigRShSJF0JoJmu6f30uQcgqxtS85vh321a4e4-FA1QlvSbS3GXinVR/s2048/47480578-AF9E-4607-B209-7F03C84A5011.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4Ff9K7qD5jG6FErcx-EOuHogTcFjTcvy_MOSv4yISoDJkQL9N-z9IV9W-O66z5KCsCWsHty8l96kB-vJ1P2VPUigRShSJF0JoJmu6f30uQcgqxtS85vh321a4e4-FA1QlvSbS3GXinVR/s320/47480578-AF9E-4607-B209-7F03C84A5011.heic" /></a></div><br /><div>So, one project blocking (I will finish this when it's dry), one take along project, one at home difficult project and one project in time out, that's ok isn't it ?!? or is this how it starts lol!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-86734645405117082752020-09-21T09:35:00.002+01:002020-09-21T09:35:22.563+01:00Hemisphere QAL<p>When you don't feel like working on any of your current quilting WIPs, the only thing to do is to start a new quilt! I have been trying to challenge myself to try more of the modern machine pieced patterns that I keep seeing, and have really enjoyed working with brighter colours on my last few quilts.</p><p>One of my quilting friends told me about the free QAL being hosted by New Zealand Quilter Shelia Christensen. She is very generously providing a free pattern and video instruction for a different pieced hexagon block each week. </p><p>There are two options a lap size or queen size, I think I will make the smaller quilt.</p><p>You need to sign up to her newsletter to have the patterns emailed to you, you can find the details here:</p><p><a href="https://www.quiltwithsheila.com/?fbclid=IwAR0_ofNQLwwvvYqI8HXzgVt_HCb6JdH2kZ1g3ibxMqo67SY_GeUVetexmKE">Sheila Christenson Hemisphere QAL</a><br /></p><p>I would like to use as much stash as possible, so I have pulled two largish pieces of Jen Kingwell fabrics that I bought ages ago with no real plan (in my defence it was a really good sale lol!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOv57Hk2CRAW4QtDc6o8GbvB76s46sKTTapKk7N18tbpgdbXj5X5zovJYjy7biY6A959u8_vWvAYbCfZkuDV_JAiAZQi6aXvKnsYcdPtSAwVZRcsa9E_yesxngNLvVa0FgVt8d6O5zuCT/s2048/EC7350AC-9105-4998-9520-FEDC63814108.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOv57Hk2CRAW4QtDc6o8GbvB76s46sKTTapKk7N18tbpgdbXj5X5zovJYjy7biY6A959u8_vWvAYbCfZkuDV_JAiAZQi6aXvKnsYcdPtSAwVZRcsa9E_yesxngNLvVa0FgVt8d6O5zuCT/s320/EC7350AC-9105-4998-9520-FEDC63814108.heic" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The print at the back should be enough for backing and the black strip for binding, the front print would work for borders I think.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4bw3bhMXRhMJrCY6HVonzZ-aZHDh7jO1ytkCHx2aGclmLPBkYuv6U9m0N4T86oMZRqC_y49GkRWAsvazBOsaLQOxtPM0LIjh3wrUbCB6y-F3qqD4t_V_GYtpSBdjVJwJ_UEPYj6XuIMd/s2048/BE486084-7AEA-47EA-8D2C-2A65A8DC18B1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4bw3bhMXRhMJrCY6HVonzZ-aZHDh7jO1ytkCHx2aGclmLPBkYuv6U9m0N4T86oMZRqC_y49GkRWAsvazBOsaLQOxtPM0LIjh3wrUbCB6y-F3qqD4t_V_GYtpSBdjVJwJ_UEPYj6XuIMd/s320/BE486084-7AEA-47EA-8D2C-2A65A8DC18B1.heic" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I then pulled some FQs in the main colours from my stash<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowZlLfNDJM0793hFPWWZ8_6MAp-bZgc51Tvu5_TkeRDK3ppTA0lokGEKMM58hSMlKPUUmHPPmhCq6y6SrBi3jD3lgmxDKTtI64jyiMMgts6X9Ri5mxIjNelLQH7CgHA0169PBUyTsmEDB/s2048/CF30066E-4B2C-4692-AD29-BA937DCDFCDC.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowZlLfNDJM0793hFPWWZ8_6MAp-bZgc51Tvu5_TkeRDK3ppTA0lokGEKMM58hSMlKPUUmHPPmhCq6y6SrBi3jD3lgmxDKTtI64jyiMMgts6X9Ri5mxIjNelLQH7CgHA0169PBUyTsmEDB/s320/CF30066E-4B2C-4692-AD29-BA937DCDFCDC.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I need to add some more neutrals to calm it all down, and maybe some soilds, there are some tiny pieces in these blocks! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Is it just me or do these colours remind you of Liquorice Allsorts?!?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJtec60TWRsaISbax8J3I0KhccqRsQoe0ZpTMtfeRCFo_7eGXJzp3F_cLqBiLmIL9aeQyf-oRoEMY9pbmwofm1Nid6inQPIF6ya1ppvvX82TB8CArB9opxTZEoZRnuc7dcv2UD3nTcUjc/s200/AC5800E0-48F1-49E7-A82B-69F054984075_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJtec60TWRsaISbax8J3I0KhccqRsQoe0ZpTMtfeRCFo_7eGXJzp3F_cLqBiLmIL9aeQyf-oRoEMY9pbmwofm1Nid6inQPIF6ya1ppvvX82TB8CArB9opxTZEoZRnuc7dcv2UD3nTcUjc/s0/AC5800E0-48F1-49E7-A82B-69F054984075_4_5005_c.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p>I am really enjoying working on this quilt, and am slowly catching up, Sheila is providing video instruction with lots of how to tips ,and I really think my machine piecing skills are improving! I have decided to use solids for the piecing sections, I rarely work with solids, so I have ordered a couple of FQs to pad out my meagre stash. I will use a print for each large triangle and repeat the solid white in each block to hopefully tie everything together.</p><p>This is certainly a challenge as I rarely use white and these pieces are small! The blocks measure 8" top to bottom. We need to leave them as 1/2 hexagons for now as there will be sashing between. 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That doesn't stop me thinking about what I want to knit next or buying yarn! During this crazy year and in particular when we were in full lockdown (we still have lots of restrictions) I spend most afternoons quietly knitting for an hour or two. I rarely change anything except the yarn when knitting, sometimes doing nothing more than choosing which colour of the recommend yarn I fancy. This makes for a stress free relaxing process!</p><p>I have lots of Quilting WIPs and I will get back to them this winter, but with each quilting project I have a lot of decision making to do, I very rarely follow a pattern exactly and nearly always chose my own colour palette. My frazzled brain can't cope with this at the moment when everything else is in chaos, and I think this is a common problem with us creatives at this time.</p><p>For my next project I want to knit the 'Miss Apple's Little Cardi' from Issue 9 of Laine magazine. I really enjoyed this magazine and was sorry when they stopped issuing them, I have all nine editions and they are a wonderful mix of Nordic patterns, recipes and travel etc. I knitted My Summer Regn last Summer and have lots more in my to knit queue!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznUz96B7pG-ejmx8saWwTDOoUtfrCeaWSU6Vj1PJQWQhoWCskm4u5onn3_j_NZAN1lCToAByPv-KCmPau4SyAsy0rcBPgPzfCk4G5147TyI83MRA61bmdwhvyBesvgtMEXKb6ZRZ2rKUf/s2048/14501885-8386-4971-AEC2-6178B1EA35DF_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznUz96B7pG-ejmx8saWwTDOoUtfrCeaWSU6Vj1PJQWQhoWCskm4u5onn3_j_NZAN1lCToAByPv-KCmPau4SyAsy0rcBPgPzfCk4G5147TyI83MRA61bmdwhvyBesvgtMEXKb6ZRZ2rKUf/s320/14501885-8386-4971-AEC2-6178B1EA35DF_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NqEn432MDAHKbZoMR6TEabb2iTY0oEhlgIYmHFHTTxhEvyTNRg2gAy5yuJ_bfBG3EUbaGQJbCZ5LGaW3WL5hzCKPLjKCVWmog2424s9NECjgWhy8TFz53acljwGYnkY09_fFVlmu3O8s/s2048/fullsizeoutput_1330.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1342" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NqEn432MDAHKbZoMR6TEabb2iTY0oEhlgIYmHFHTTxhEvyTNRg2gAy5yuJ_bfBG3EUbaGQJbCZ5LGaW3WL5hzCKPLjKCVWmog2424s9NECjgWhy8TFz53acljwGYnkY09_fFVlmu3O8s/s320/fullsizeoutput_1330.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I started knitting seriously again about 10 years ago I started a stash and I regret it now, I bought lots of really gorgeous expensive yarns when they were on sale with no real plan, I am trying to use some of them up! This pattern calls for using two yarns held together. A thicker worsted yarn and a whisper fine lace to produce a lovely fabric. I already had the worsted weight in my stash so only needed to buy 4 balls of the lace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am using Juniper Moon Farm Moonshine a 40% wool 40% Alpaca 20% Silk mix in the gorgeous Jade green colour 'Swimming Pool' along with the recommended Ito Sensai 60% Mohair 40% Silk yarn in 'Pool Green'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNYAqkt_urjK-pzptKDsaqnOY-iGLcXLTWUOFwRWQSD-Qg9Re6P4_rKpilO4Z8fV21Pb5r8uTd832maE7VUf1HAnccSVfzOCK8i-g_4-rPIyJPr1YkLJTKNZkx0-l7R7erUtKt2ju0LgU/s2048/EDC93B9D-6F0C-422E-BD93-805D8397B9C3_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNYAqkt_urjK-pzptKDsaqnOY-iGLcXLTWUOFwRWQSD-Qg9Re6P4_rKpilO4Z8fV21Pb5r8uTd832maE7VUf1HAnccSVfzOCK8i-g_4-rPIyJPr1YkLJTKNZkx0-l7R7erUtKt2ju0LgU/s320/EDC93B9D-6F0C-422E-BD93-805D8397B9C3_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGwEfotZBpqDEDN2xqpsRcuJH1cTizzFgk9VtuV4BsNdH7NpQPQwfIrviKmD2tp-WKtt2GngR4OxFacHkv4pb0ehmTj2IQFRGEBjlzjSOeMWoPI49Tlnj1HsFzXa_WG6bmREhU47W4D03/s2048/2534D916-B3A1-4F3F-B9C1-9A2F113877CB_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGwEfotZBpqDEDN2xqpsRcuJH1cTizzFgk9VtuV4BsNdH7NpQPQwfIrviKmD2tp-WKtt2GngR4OxFacHkv4pb0ehmTj2IQFRGEBjlzjSOeMWoPI49Tlnj1HsFzXa_WG6bmREhU47W4D03/s320/2534D916-B3A1-4F3F-B9C1-9A2F113877CB_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I always knit a small swatch before knitting a garment as it's really important to me that the finished garment fits well. It is especially important when using a different yarn to the one recommended. I always wash and block the swatch, you can see below from my scribbled notes, that the swatch tightened up a little when it was fully dry. I don't pin my swatches just ease them into shape and let them dry flat naturally; it is easy to stretch things to the size you want, but then they could shrink up again in the first wash!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hfEK_fjRpwQWtBun3kgDczC1AuoEogUc0VpGyahzY7xkwOqqaSS68OPPe7TRqj_nTy-X2r8zcUnh1tXIyrnjj_nJQOEpO_ZmdFFdaCXNBQ_9zUydv4mS1UTQCl7dAVAlBH3T5L8jAKCa/s2048/AA13581D-DE70-41BD-9524-0C7002002D4F_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1775" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hfEK_fjRpwQWtBun3kgDczC1AuoEogUc0VpGyahzY7xkwOqqaSS68OPPe7TRqj_nTy-X2r8zcUnh1tXIyrnjj_nJQOEpO_ZmdFFdaCXNBQ_9zUydv4mS1UTQCl7dAVAlBH3T5L8jAKCa/s320/AA13581D-DE70-41BD-9524-0C7002002D4F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The top swatch is using the recommend needle size of 4.5mm, however I needed too many stitches to the inch to get the correct size, so if I knit with this combination the finished cardigan would turn out too small. Standard practice is to then go up a needle size which I did for the second swatch. This was much better and was close to the stitch count needed, however it was not perfect. I could have gone up another needle size and would probably have gotten the correct count, BUT I did not especially like the fabric produced on the larger needles; I much preferred the denser tighter weave of the smaller swatch which has produced a lovely soft warm fabric ideal for this winter cardigan. It should also be more hard wearing, an important consideration when you consider the work involved.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Time for some maths! Dividing my stitch count by the recommended stitch count, lets me know what % I am off by, or in other words the ratio of my stitch count to the one needed for the pattern. The simplest solution for me, would be to knit one size larger using the larger 5mm needles, the finished cardigan would be more or less the correct size. However as I prefer the first fabric, I have worked out that I need to go up 2 sizes to get the correct finished size. This is fine by me, but does mean that I may need more yarn. I definitely have enough of the Juniper but may need another ball of the lace, we will see. I will keep checking my gauge as we go.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yZifIeUgrSZpWVfKSXM48Xz-XfSbFMikg0pc_85ufZrat-QnDvUc2EECEEKRrxN8FAsZ-8DnDWE4GQ8QlIJyH6hnZEH7sfijtJYW3MVNFXoV-hmvjPafzmxhVyZDKYMhCXb8yiYHq4ID/s2048/FD7269B2-AF20-4BAA-86EE-D9C479DB9E4F_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yZifIeUgrSZpWVfKSXM48Xz-XfSbFMikg0pc_85ufZrat-QnDvUc2EECEEKRrxN8FAsZ-8DnDWE4GQ8QlIJyH6hnZEH7sfijtJYW3MVNFXoV-hmvjPafzmxhVyZDKYMhCXb8yiYHq4ID/s320/FD7269B2-AF20-4BAA-86EE-D9C479DB9E4F_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p>Ravelry Notes <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/miss-apples-little-cardi" target="_blank">https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/miss-apples-little-cardi</a></p></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-58210343719587455852020-09-04T11:17:00.002+01:002020-09-04T11:17:37.068+01:00Some Quilting at Last<p>My quilt group met this week for the first time since Lockdown began here in the UK in March. The hall we use has lots of safety measures in place, we have to clean as we go and wear face masks while inside. We can only meet in small groups at a time, but it felt so good to be back quilting again! I brought along my Grasshopper quilt that I am hand quilting, I haven't touched it in months, but I really want to get this done so I think this will be my take along focus project.</p><p>This was a Sarah Fielke BOM from a couple of years ago.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofNT6BtxzYAaMLw4ixcxmW1LxHshTfWa9SZlEB5leovQVQy5VJHqD8IzdxHy0spMEZPb0nJAcELLvOG9xW4GXA-UQzrnsCRh6TH5bmHeALyIBh_KnMlLoJxcM80R2W2hWnm6OkYPXvMO0/s2048/fullsizeoutput_130a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1984" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofNT6BtxzYAaMLw4ixcxmW1LxHshTfWa9SZlEB5leovQVQy5VJHqD8IzdxHy0spMEZPb0nJAcELLvOG9xW4GXA-UQzrnsCRh6TH5bmHeALyIBh_KnMlLoJxcM80R2W2hWnm6OkYPXvMO0/s320/fullsizeoutput_130a.jpeg" /></a></div><p>I love the texture of hand quilting and would hand quilt everything if I had the time and my hands would cooperate! I chose carefully, and I am happy with this one, I knew I wanted to hand quilt large hexagons in the background to go with the bees on the fabric :) I am using Aurifil 12wt for some big stitch quilting.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM4E33vhOLMVu7MmFDM6E5KQm-MY9rzsKt4SyYOkfTmxAuhUp6ONVdASPL2pcbkNjdE60K1Zu0EbK0gPudiKL_Ng7eRizlkgXmhxFTHhtMXp0R9RhxMEztlyWTNQjhOYe3wSJP1-Kw-Vk/s2048/7E200258-F42F-48D0-826A-B008179771C6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM4E33vhOLMVu7MmFDM6E5KQm-MY9rzsKt4SyYOkfTmxAuhUp6ONVdASPL2pcbkNjdE60K1Zu0EbK0gPudiKL_Ng7eRizlkgXmhxFTHhtMXp0R9RhxMEztlyWTNQjhOYe3wSJP1-Kw-Vk/s320/7E200258-F42F-48D0-826A-B008179771C6.heic" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0G80WP9d6V922SYSO7qVRRwllhpDPxOFmXWRK20icswS3saYK4LBKEu1v4ey9eMiEqsRjT2h3PWNU2fyM0cZmQReJReRWCcASncxF_EsfCn4Pf_n6G4N00V9x09egYd7xQgjCIKr6S6-N/s320/99DDF492-E809-4800-9F7C-A20B65DE03AE.heic" /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoj9-Vb_WInQfu-aWsGp9eAI3b_tf96OGtoGPIgx19nunXp_s6h7nkTMaY4znX5lX6e0-LKDKTPbEZQ252uJnB2vDZu4GgHNCidkWr87cYZJNHSS4ljlRkJKiN9tFFu4-23qEXF-A7Eho/s2048/467BAB1D-734F-4C4B-928F-24F057EC7669.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoj9-Vb_WInQfu-aWsGp9eAI3b_tf96OGtoGPIgx19nunXp_s6h7nkTMaY4znX5lX6e0-LKDKTPbEZQ252uJnB2vDZu4GgHNCidkWr87cYZJNHSS4ljlRkJKiN9tFFu4-23qEXF-A7Eho/s320/467BAB1D-734F-4C4B-928F-24F057EC7669.heic" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUCEH5dO921eNy9eY4Aw_SPH8oWCUWv0-UwdEhXKKkiumjJWYK6L7OFCMz7U-iXv2A_JMIJ8CN88XWbsEyspJ1SqGKTpBh31ZzcoULomPs1tL-G_Coom6I2uQYCw-nf4wEZFsr5YEBCOW/s320/DE389C37-0B3E-411D-A735-2655D0196DC5.heic" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9a0QP4K_GsKooYAAWQlGlzTf72OQgfA7fZ-50sMejH1Yz0CgE1kgvqWODfVnOjVC3-PehNcRwnkv7X0oCxXvsdBeeJkjqqxkMIioTrgYMZ7t7bvRWwChNz-3RRm7uQmaLx1yKhhe3eCN/s2048/9180E2CA-E398-48E2-9106-063BFF820F6D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9a0QP4K_GsKooYAAWQlGlzTf72OQgfA7fZ-50sMejH1Yz0CgE1kgvqWODfVnOjVC3-PehNcRwnkv7X0oCxXvsdBeeJkjqqxkMIioTrgYMZ7t7bvRWwChNz-3RRm7uQmaLx1yKhhe3eCN/s320/9180E2CA-E398-48E2-9106-063BFF820F6D.heic" width="320" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDK4_W4u0LFYiYw2cbtEfdWRtFLnNySlzKq1FMAeeuIoeZamQwLvPEzWYFrs8M9eqoJwEcb3KHAy4gK4tJ-62QjWG6sizz-G9Kj-W6CqsOY7wKslDTbRf1s9DKGybwdfGfI5ijdFYH156/s320/E2E03C41-DA32-4520-9212-D40EEBF0A4D2.heic" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I wore my Green Lane cardigan to the group and we started discussing colour, I completely changed the colours in this cardigan from the original blue/yellow. Several of the ladies said they find choosing colours difficult and asked how I pick colours for my projects; I normally start with an image or photo, for this cardigan I knew I wanted Scottish mountains/pine trees/heather etc. It turned out exactly as I had pictured.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zU7_iWNT5_86urdfWev4pMskQqfAyAWshLeikxagXiubDwY2V3xiop5iEJhvQFdMl7l2ePD575Dae8l60zrOgMx5GflmX0WEaYWkvmGfaq-psgINfrOUnK_3GpIhY-UAAm-MKPRxeXUw/s2048/4A5963F8-22C5-4295-98F5-593790954478.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zU7_iWNT5_86urdfWev4pMskQqfAyAWshLeikxagXiubDwY2V3xiop5iEJhvQFdMl7l2ePD575Dae8l60zrOgMx5GflmX0WEaYWkvmGfaq-psgINfrOUnK_3GpIhY-UAAm-MKPRxeXUw/s320/4A5963F8-22C5-4295-98F5-593790954478.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am using a special one of a kind hand dyed yarn I bought years ago from Lichtfaden, it is lovely to knit with and if Covid has taught me one thing it is to start using all those special fabrics and yarns I have been saving for I don't know what!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzLcH0iUUuKKiA9nr8VrlpqXr6cY-LV1_YiMnIeq7YplCfnblCAvn8IYmSYsF1ACiyeXAzL5HRr8x5qWyDrZKCdvDtJWrvEncdp0BXU5WYS7YCBeVChBFYQ82eKf4_ZxD3Yxpd6iShSHQ/s2048/425CAC7E-DB63-4808-AA7D-3C55F28DDD7E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzLcH0iUUuKKiA9nr8VrlpqXr6cY-LV1_YiMnIeq7YplCfnblCAvn8IYmSYsF1ACiyeXAzL5HRr8x5qWyDrZKCdvDtJWrvEncdp0BXU5WYS7YCBeVChBFYQ82eKf4_ZxD3Yxpd6iShSHQ/s320/425CAC7E-DB63-4808-AA7D-3C55F28DDD7E.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Jumper Board came in handy for winding the skeins :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagTSx25LoAY5I5EjtPgO7H4W1MorJ3rAR-p3RpC73kfvkLt8U6kf6dmoN7dKKVlBFAFP_-74lb0fJh0s4ArPNjgjcdtNbNwpyy5R0b_Bd80yl0SAuB-PdKaHHBV8d_1jKxwIItG30RNqf/s2048/4BF90E91-4171-4CD4-96CB-EC5DAF56AD84.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagTSx25LoAY5I5EjtPgO7H4W1MorJ3rAR-p3RpC73kfvkLt8U6kf6dmoN7dKKVlBFAFP_-74lb0fJh0s4ArPNjgjcdtNbNwpyy5R0b_Bd80yl0SAuB-PdKaHHBV8d_1jKxwIItG30RNqf/s320/4BF90E91-4171-4CD4-96CB-EC5DAF56AD84.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZdqRZPCSkibyNDP1kA2rSgjuX5xfUGUh5fU6qPnVekcICABHJ7dYq-oA_HRoZ_FzFtgAw043r4WZLuQ81MvW5VJhyphenhyphenRXRALKdBoNNcg2hNF03Zmt6mZ8_wYqm-MXGvVUd2UDegjnIgAUG/s2048/04FAC6C6-FABE-4103-A0B8-F711D5229391_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZdqRZPCSkibyNDP1kA2rSgjuX5xfUGUh5fU6qPnVekcICABHJ7dYq-oA_HRoZ_FzFtgAw043r4WZLuQ81MvW5VJhyphenhyphenRXRALKdBoNNcg2hNF03Zmt6mZ8_wYqm-MXGvVUd2UDegjnIgAUG/s320/04FAC6C6-FABE-4103-A0B8-F711D5229391_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I made a project bag from an old embroidery, it makes me smile every time I use it and so much nicer than a plastic bag.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_eS4PaZz997GxWegoJnWNGBmfQMJLcOBbi19YU2_6llGMTLZvuPuNCY21UIUPsNYMdl09BWjdDnQrHrrjB97vLEzdiuQNBoN9jJGOEaCJWB6GIItU_pqpWCcvxb_sj7s84lNOYhXMn7X/s2048/559FE7B7-EBC0-4CB7-B1CB-FFF94A8FA93F_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1955" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_eS4PaZz997GxWegoJnWNGBmfQMJLcOBbi19YU2_6llGMTLZvuPuNCY21UIUPsNYMdl09BWjdDnQrHrrjB97vLEzdiuQNBoN9jJGOEaCJWB6GIItU_pqpWCcvxb_sj7s84lNOYhXMn7X/s320/559FE7B7-EBC0-4CB7-B1CB-FFF94A8FA93F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-79592686779861486562020-08-15T09:27:00.002+01:002020-08-15T09:27:24.012+01:00Finally some Rain!<p> We had an almighty thunderstorm on Thursday and the temperature instantly dropped 8oC thank goodness, it has now settled around the mid 20sC (High 70s F) which is where it should be at this time of year, much to the relief of poor Jasper!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJZ_ImF-o3muDyq769FwKYE8wXhTHaYPV3_AdIZrfcaiv0j5luDSyV-63uu-kPi3qQiDZxfJfdAZnYuzD_zPcaK8N6atVGIKX3I0Un9JcF_QSNI68bwkKsIMs1lO7ilnklxfJ76HzK0aT/s2048/D39F6824-7CAD-4BF9-A771-3F1AFEA671BF.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJZ_ImF-o3muDyq769FwKYE8wXhTHaYPV3_AdIZrfcaiv0j5luDSyV-63uu-kPi3qQiDZxfJfdAZnYuzD_zPcaK8N6atVGIKX3I0Un9JcF_QSNI68bwkKsIMs1lO7ilnklxfJ76HzK0aT/s640/D39F6824-7CAD-4BF9-A771-3F1AFEA671BF.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent most of the week working on my laptop trying to stay cool but I did manage a little hand piecing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oFjB4Rcj5_kYuDtGrihW_1N_O_5c18iFcEsrJ9s08GpnJBGzsCNSrJRHK7oglwsAYWhRhtlRVFU0yiMxva_6jZ9De6svKMYKUWs2zuXdiFFHsb8JoDjCm0rW3i0o5vJ2svkyIZN7l_WX/s2048/9D1B4B94-C73E-4287-9710-2F9EDA9101F4.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oFjB4Rcj5_kYuDtGrihW_1N_O_5c18iFcEsrJ9s08GpnJBGzsCNSrJRHK7oglwsAYWhRhtlRVFU0yiMxva_6jZ9De6svKMYKUWs2zuXdiFFHsb8JoDjCm0rW3i0o5vJ2svkyIZN7l_WX/s640/9D1B4B94-C73E-4287-9710-2F9EDA9101F4.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It feels good to work with nice bright colours at the moment</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEs3C9EHNMdoR209a2qf8FPAh5gUKiEM2HzpSWG9Cvf9AyAEDSCSnZjMtRWO9QLin9kmIAbRHdk1VW_6sqYxMoYWRDvniLTu8j9WtFmIz__O7vsj4S8sidezf2BZeTwhOWSZk4pbZybxP/s2048/48B375D9-7F90-4D59-9A20-A34BFEBB2BC5.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEs3C9EHNMdoR209a2qf8FPAh5gUKiEM2HzpSWG9Cvf9AyAEDSCSnZjMtRWO9QLin9kmIAbRHdk1VW_6sqYxMoYWRDvniLTu8j9WtFmIz__O7vsj4S8sidezf2BZeTwhOWSZk4pbZybxP/s640/48B375D9-7F90-4D59-9A20-A34BFEBB2BC5.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think I need 20 full hexagons and then 5 or 6 1/2 blocks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpoHGWrJTwWCfton4iu9UIA02K0vapCsv_QiW0p8Xv11yVXN2myduLJ7qa7lhelBcBMTw9Yl9tF_PaYYl0jWQ8f1SwKdrew3nghwDa8Wps3-niOwxOO3PPb2iWhXAg8V8fGcLmgpmlOQw/s640/77BC70E0-5479-44FA-8518-1C1B2AD8F694.heic" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yesterday I played around with some lovely corona/bamboo yarn, I bought this pack to make a Crochet Blanket as I love the colours, but the blanket is way too difficult for my current Crochet skill level and I don't think I want to spend the time on other Crochet projects to improve enough. I know the basics and enough to add some detail to Knitting which is good enough for me, I just don't love it like I do knitting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviVnJAsnudjY724UjvQd9kZw4PKCT6Fy2c8h3I155-g5Hz6_o4oYT4JNQNFTsrB2ONTAfwSn_1S7KK8Y5hIgt365x_QWgvu2qgqAySDQTZT-4epw9dKUZbJwzg0adG48SwyU4ta2IBCHJ/s500/FCE5EF3F-9A7A-44A2-A39E-443617E41311.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviVnJAsnudjY724UjvQd9kZw4PKCT6Fy2c8h3I155-g5Hz6_o4oYT4JNQNFTsrB2ONTAfwSn_1S7KK8Y5hIgt365x_QWgvu2qgqAySDQTZT-4epw9dKUZbJwzg0adG48SwyU4ta2IBCHJ/s0/FCE5EF3F-9A7A-44A2-A39E-443617E41311.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't know whether to try a simpler Crochet Blanket or Knit a spring/summer cardigan or two with the yarn? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzlH9vQoomaidBtQm2I44REn29Ypu40rW1f8UIx62wyJy7IjZFAlQVBXQaVBL8uKq3RTzbtvmhjEYU3M89O_6Swwv26R96xMbaq7l_K0HXXgoDndfE68oyc6jkdgL53k_VXecZsjl8RLx/s2048/6B30280D-97DA-4B22-8AA6-0D58087D2AD4_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzlH9vQoomaidBtQm2I44REn29Ypu40rW1f8UIx62wyJy7IjZFAlQVBXQaVBL8uKq3RTzbtvmhjEYU3M89O_6Swwv26R96xMbaq7l_K0HXXgoDndfE68oyc6jkdgL53k_VXecZsjl8RLx/s640/6B30280D-97DA-4B22-8AA6-0D58087D2AD4_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-50821151657424994492020-08-08T13:35:00.000+01:002020-08-08T13:35:20.491+01:00Lazy Summer Days<p>The beginning of July here was lovely and cool, perfect to continue my exploration of Crochet and finish some Knitting projects. </p><p>I finished 'Green Lane' by Mary Henderson </p><p>Ravelry Notes here: h<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/green-lane" target="_blank">ttps://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/green-lane</a></p><p>I really enjoyed knitting this and as I have finally mastered knitting with both my right and left hand, my colours remained tangle free. The only criticism of the pattern I have is the yarn quantities stated, this was a pattern in The Knitter magazine in various sizes, and I think they just copied the amounts for each colour across, I ran out of background yarn and had to wait for more to come, the post has been very slow these last few weeks due to Covid and it seemed to take forever to arrive!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYGVztGvnRrZ0gwg3RUyuC5w5W46E_82MMLTs6cvsYMq-Ru6gNz87da06unu677jCdTFZCk4emFNbKZQJfG7hEsjuXpJrnCf87H2ZKCvQopyrHjXSeYtGBH21IGFC4LvaWH-JVJokQYKD/s2048/4A5963F8-22C5-4295-98F5-593790954478.heic" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYGVztGvnRrZ0gwg3RUyuC5w5W46E_82MMLTs6cvsYMq-Ru6gNz87da06unu677jCdTFZCk4emFNbKZQJfG7hEsjuXpJrnCf87H2ZKCvQopyrHjXSeYtGBH21IGFC4LvaWH-JVJokQYKD/s640/4A5963F8-22C5-4295-98F5-593790954478.heic" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p>Cutting the centre Steek is always nerve wracking</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQYWqDmUPajipcpryGvdj44SrBo8kraHKsXICg89pCkUXgzT4LV-SA14nHSUYnTVXh4WP7hrdSmieFe72u6uL3c5Ojj8OinXYwcPYA4M4Pj1Hx6FMcQ8PJOe3UuEfHqydnnWxzTZpMoq6/s2048/F8FA64BB-0D4A-419C-9591-47A2C7F3BA2D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQYWqDmUPajipcpryGvdj44SrBo8kraHKsXICg89pCkUXgzT4LV-SA14nHSUYnTVXh4WP7hrdSmieFe72u6uL3c5Ojj8OinXYwcPYA4M4Pj1Hx6FMcQ8PJOe3UuEfHqydnnWxzTZpMoq6/s640/F8FA64BB-0D4A-419C-9591-47A2C7F3BA2D.heic" width="640" /></a><p>I followed the pattern instructions to turn the excess to the back and slip stitch along the crocheted edge, but I didn't like how bulky this made the front opening, so I ripped it out and trimmed it right back, covering the raw edge with ribbon. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBSDLPVHyJPoz7KDcvMZhS1f7O0jd-eGgddrHSSr6ytYbdvX3zHvGZQyTMzabu4NgpasY2kg-8rORX3I3U-ZijAbgfXSQ6ozjV_jqwd6Ec9udqMuVFQxAvHBA680daciMKBDiB69O7Eyt/s2048/12747B2B-37FF-45C3-8639-501CADC05534.heic" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBSDLPVHyJPoz7KDcvMZhS1f7O0jd-eGgddrHSSr6ytYbdvX3zHvGZQyTMzabu4NgpasY2kg-8rORX3I3U-ZijAbgfXSQ6ozjV_jqwd6Ec9udqMuVFQxAvHBA680daciMKBDiB69O7Eyt/s640/12747B2B-37FF-45C3-8639-501CADC05534.heic" /></a></div>I then swatched for my next start 'Trove' by Emma Ducher for PomPom magazine. I love using Shetland wool for these colour work projects, but as it is not the called for yarn I made sure to swatch carefully.<div><br /></div><div>Ravelry Notes Here: <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/trove" target="_blank">https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/trove</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="2667" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MeoB_pu0pqo8m3kBcDE-GIHs6VQfNX0r6oGuF4u6T8hz1veUyUYg59KXSJ5bc10mSU8vnEPyKZQXrQLKYsI5djDX-1sVgzVJdyn6c8FCv_oJrSYeuR-nwWhV_KDU5MsYdR-6uzyveRW3/s640/0E113AE2-53AE-419D-BD19-2716ACA40C97_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></div></div><p>Just in time for the weather to change, it was 37.8C here last week and it's been 35C for the last couple of days (95 - 100F) and we don't have Air con here in England apparently we are drawing warm air from the Sahara desert 🥵 Far too hot to knit!</p><p>I decided to search through my project boxes in my sewing room, sadly neglected these last few months, I found an EPP I had started last summer. This is Cherish for Tales of Cloth. Perfect for sitting in a cool room with the fan. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrw5yXqM8298LYmzo8yL_n3qK7Hyj-SIANMd2IswYU0PZ5X7c1frnVZ6AgnS036OXMSK0mdwICPsFk-Oui_AiuxuYWWwWizhEgiL07Pb-3KaFqxSCCOoaznc1RBxfjpHWeP0ggCJ1ZEmj/s160/IMG_20170315_115907_973_compact.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrw5yXqM8298LYmzo8yL_n3qK7Hyj-SIANMd2IswYU0PZ5X7c1frnVZ6AgnS036OXMSK0mdwICPsFk-Oui_AiuxuYWWwWizhEgiL07Pb-3KaFqxSCCOoaznc1RBxfjpHWeP0ggCJ1ZEmj/s0/IMG_20170315_115907_973_compact.jpg" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OLfRZAGs5eOAcuaTk3GuRpRWMBQvnrKEEMM5pzBphg3EFlIYtKm0zUc04_yMNHohi_pF6JnVHYLuizcv3pvpRKP9235VKmLnpLme8s47KqY4h9d-yTCBezcBqm2H58YuUg2nJy2k-GVy/s2048/48313F28-8FC2-4F99-BCAD-0DBA31876464.heic" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; 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I really must go through and document my WIPs again, I also found some fabrics I had pulled but I really can't remember what I planned for them lol! Does this happen to anyone else? I found my blog really useful last year for keeping track and I did find it helpful to have a focus project. working on one thing until I am bored really helped my progress. Maybe 2021 will be the year of the WIPs!</p></div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-67203983745200895292020-07-02T08:40:00.000+01:002020-07-02T08:40:05.780+01:00CrochetAround 40 (!) years ago I learned to crochet and I hated it! I already knew how to knit, and was quite proficient, but I really couldn't get the hang of crochet; we were using a tiny hook and very fine crochet cotton to make doilies (I never saw the point of doilies but that's another story). After a break of several years, I started knitting again properly about 15 years ago, at the same time I started seeing amazing crochet design popping up all over the internet, and although I adore the colour combinations <a href="https://attic24.typepad.com/">Lucy at Attic 24</a> comes up with I wasn't tempted to pick up a hook.<br />
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Until now :) I enjoy watching the <a href="https://fruityknitting.com/">Fruity Knitting</a> podcast as was intrigued by the blanket Andrea is making by British designer Jane Crowfoot. I love the designs Jane has created and I immediately fell in love with the Arts & Crafts May Morris Fruit Garden inspired blanket.<br />
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As most of you know I adore the Arts and Crafts Movement and live in an Arts & Crafts style cottage<br />
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The design is fairly involved and it will probably take several years to complete! However there is help available and Jane has videos showing each step. So I bought the yarn kit :)<br />
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I mentioned to a quilting friend that I wanted to learn Crochet, and she found an amazing local teacher for us, I contacted Jo at<a href="https://www.graceandcable.co.uk/"> Grace and Cable </a>and we had an online Zoom lesson last week, I need to practice but I think I'm getting the hang of it. I'm having another lesson on Tuesday, it will be a while until I feel confident to tackle my Blanket Kit but it is fun learning something new.<br />
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I bought me this beginners book a few months ago and after a lesson with Jo the pictures made sense!<br />
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In the meantime I am knitting, I am really enjoying this modern Fair Isle design by Mary Henderson<br />
Ravelry notes here <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/green-lane">https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/green-lane</a><br />
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I took a gamble changing up the colours but I think they work<br />
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One more sleeve to knit and then you join both sleeves to the body to knit the yoke<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I have been doing quite a bit of knitting these last few months, I find it is really helping the arthritis in my hands :)</span></div>
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I finished 'Daffodil' by Marie Wallin, I loved knitting this in Rowan Felted Tweed, it is a lovely cosy jumper for spring, but I did have to concentrate on the pattern, it was so easy to go wrong! Ravelry Notes here <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/daffodil">https://www.ravelry.com/projects/suller/daffodil</a></div>
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I decided to knit something simpler next, as we were going to Cornwall for a weeks holiday, we came home just before the country went into lock down so we were lucky to be able to go. It was nice to knit something relaxing in our cottage after walking parts of the costal path.</div>
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I chose 'Imagine When' by Joji Locatelli, I had been saving this special skein from Dye for Yarns for I don't know what :) so I decided to use it and I'm so glad I did, I love the colour and the wool/camel blend makes for a very soft beautiful wrap.</div>
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I signed up for a Fair Isle class as I really want to get better at it, but I didn't like the class project so didn't start. I subscribe to The UK Knitter magazine, they have nice designs that appeal to me. I cast on Green Lane by Mary Henderson from issue 146 and I am watching the class videos as I work. </div>
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I didn't like the original colours so I changed them :) After looking at the photos I swapped out the Lilac for a darker Purple which I think works much better.</div>
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The colour work is taking a long time as I am finding it awkward to knit the background colour English Style (my preferred method) while holding the contrast colour in my left hand Continental Style. It's knitted in the round and then steeked so it's all knitting no purling, hopefully I will get faster :).</div>
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P.S. I am no longer afraid of steeks (cutting your tube of knitting to make an opening) after completing the Icelandic Cardigan last year - This was another Craftsy Class that I loved, it's such a shame they are no longer in business.</div>
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-77256560843873691402020-06-01T14:19:00.002+01:002020-06-01T14:19:32.994+01:00LatelyI have finished prepping the third of the four centre blocks for Growing Wild, there are more vines and leaves etc to go in the middle. I think I will prep block four and then start sewing, I don't want to prep too much as I'm worried the pieces will get ragged before they are stitched.<br />
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The weather has been truly glorious this May, the garden is suffering as we haven't had any proper rain since about February. It is however perfect reading weather and I have finished two great books.<br />
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-53081321099088717682020-05-27T16:42:00.000+01:002020-05-27T16:42:23.857+01:00Growing WildI signed up once again for this year's <a href="https://www.sarahfielkeblockofmonth.com/bom-2020.html">Sarah Fielke BOM</a>, it started in January but I wanted to finish Coming Home (last year's BOM) first otherwise I knew I wouldn't go back to it! I love the way Sarah presents these BOMs, they are PDF pattern only so no high postage costs or waiting! Every month comes with video instruction showing Sarah's methods and it's fun seeing all the different versions pop up online. This year is all appliqué and as soon as I saw the sketch I knew I wanted Autumn in my garden as the colour inspiration. I find I am much better at fabric selection for these scrappy projects if I have a definite theme.<br />
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Our garden in Autumn is full of Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, Pyracantha Berries, Blackberries etc and we have many resident birds including Robins and Blackbirds. The Mahonia doesn't normally flower until the Winter but I'm claiming artistic licence!<br />
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I have roughly coloured the sketch and raided my scrap baskets for suitable fabrics, I cut a whole load of leaves and I'm sure I'll need more!</div>
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I am using Kona Cottons in Putty and Bone for the striped backgrounds as I want the appliqué to shine; It is tempting to start stitching but I want to get the centre squares planned out first to get a good balance of colours. The pieces are just loosely glue basted in place.<br />
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-64738837453177787782020-05-20T12:50:00.000+01:002020-05-20T12:50:34.997+01:00The Late Spring GardenIt is no secret that I love my garden, we have put so much work into it since we moved here 9years ago; my husband loves to grow fruit and vegetables, but I love my flowers. It's 26oC and sunny here today and the smell coming off the Old English Roses is incredible, they are just coming to their peak now and I adore them.<br />
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The peonies are just starting to come out, this one near the house is always first<br />
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This bearded iris is stunning<br />
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The Dutch Irises have done really well this year, I divided them after watching Monty Don show us how on Gardener's World and it's really rejuvenated them!<br />
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I was so happy to see my Hosta comeback, it often gets decimated by slugs but we've had a very dry Spring so no slugs!<br />
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Still no frogs visiting my pond :( I think I need more planting around it and some pebbles to give them a stepping stone out ?Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-15946816266566582792020-05-20T12:10:00.000+01:002020-05-20T12:10:16.901+01:00Finally Something to Show!I didn't intend to ignore my blog for so long, I stopped updating as I was receiving a lot of spam in the comments, I may have to change the moderation settings again but we will see how it goes. I want to start keeping a record of more than just my quilts and knitting, more of a diary of life here at the cottage; I am especially keen to record for myself how the garden is doing each week, so I can compare year on year.<br />
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It's been a funny few weeks, we are currently in week 8 of lockdown due to the Covid 19 virus; my husband and son have settled into working from home quite well. My life has changed very little as I walk the dog and clean and cook and garden as usual. I miss my weekly quilt group but we have managed to chat on Zoom.<br />
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I finally started sewing a couple of weeks ago having found it difficult to settle to anything. Thank goodness for having lots of WIPs that don't require any planning or decision making!<br />
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I put the last stitches on 'Coming Home' at the weekend. This was the 2019 BOM quilt from Sarah Fielke. I knew I wanted to make mine smaller than the original so I omitted the final border; it is a large lap size 72" square. My son helped me to baste it and I stitched in the ditch and round the appliqué with my machine. I have washed it and it has that crinkled look I love. <br />
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My inspiration was a vintage beach huts picture and I really enjoyed fussy cutting animals for the doors and windows. It makes me smile every time I look at it!<br />
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-82111741078436680912019-08-13T13:31:00.000+01:002019-08-13T13:31:28.287+01:00Taming the Scrap Baskets!I mentioned in a previous post that I really wanted to start making more use of my scraps, I love scrap quilts and while I am really good at saving all my leftovers, I am rubbish at actually using them. Things came to a head last week when I decided to trawl through my baskets to find pieces to make this quilt.<br />
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I started with my neutrals basket and gave up after 5 minutes as I couldn't face trying to find anything among the jumble wrinkled mess; the basket was filled to overflowing and wouldn't fit back into its space :(<br />
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Time for drastic action! I trawled the internet and watched numerous Youtube tutorials on storing scraps and cutting them into usable sizes, I ended up more confused than ever! There are so many conflicting options on what you should do. Then I read a quote which said that there's no point storing it if you're not going use it - of course! the idea is not to rush out and buy more storage for my scraps but to find a way of using them. If you are a regular reader you will know that I love small pieces and multi fabric quilts - why use one green when you can you can use 40!!<br />
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I very rarely buy anything larger than a FQ, I store these and anything larger than about a fat eighth in baskets neatly folded; I sorted those baskets 2 years ago and it is still working for me, I shared how I did this here, it basically involves folding everything into a uniform size so they sit nicely together.<br />
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With the exception of Liberty and Batik fabrics which I keep in a different box, I only keep largish 6" + scraps. I use smaller ones for thread catchers on my machine, and while I really admire string quilts and postage stamp quilts they are not for me. My basket was really made up of leftover FQ's either squarish pieces or strips about 20" long. Thinking about what I like to use, I realised that I often buy 10" layer cakes to get some variety, I find a 10" square a really useful size for appliqué or cutting a few pieces for EPP etc. I decided to cut the squarish scraps into 10" squares first. I relaxed the rules slightly to anything over 9"<br />
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This worked really well with very little waste. I then decided to cut the strips into 2 1/2" by whatever length they were, I can always cut them down later. Again this worked well leaving one two strips per piece with again very little waste.<br />
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Looking through all my templates, EPP quilts I want to make etc this size seemed to be the most useful. There are also hundreds of jelly roll patterns available, many of them free. It's very easy to make a quick charity or gift quilt if you have the strips ready to go! Very few patterns need full width of fabric strips, most have you cut them down so I can just use 2-3 of my strips.<br />
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The full to overflowing basket ended like this :) I already had the Really Useful Boxes, I just need to think of an idea for storing the squares so they remain nice and neat.<br />
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I will see how this works for me, but cutting scraps down into two useable sizes means I don't need elaborate storage and I will easily stick to it. I might save smaller squares say 6"in future also, but for now I am actually inspired to start using these. I really like the idea of an antique inspired log cabin.<br />
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How do you store/use your scraps?<br />
<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-91298876725976055692019-08-07T11:41:00.000+01:002019-08-07T11:43:27.521+01:00Coming HomeThis last week I have been working on catching up with my Coming Home BOM project. I have assembled the centre section and started work on the second house border. Here is a reminder of the full design bySarah Fielke<br />
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The centre portion finishes about 52"<br />
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We are currently in the process of adding the next row of houses which will add another 10" to each side.<br />
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I am really enjoying making these blocks, I have had lots of fun fussy cutting creatures to live in the cottages :)<br />
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we have the rest of the houses to finish next month and then it's on to the final border, I am not sure if I will make the final border or not. When this border is finished the quilt will measure around 72" square, the final size is about 88" if I add the pieced end border.<br />
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I mentioned to a friend that I thought that would make a great size for a play/story quilt for the little ones of visiting friends and family, and she was horrified that I would let children crawl all over it!<br />
I explained that the colours in this one didn't really go with any of my bedrooms and I really didn't want another large colourful bed quilt that would just sit unused; I thought that children would love to play on it and find the animals. It did make me think however, I make quilts because I love the whole process of making, I like them to be well used and well loved, it can be easily washed if dirty. I don't enter shows and don't treat any of my quilts as precious What do you think? What do you do with your quilts?Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-16445550599805456572019-07-20T13:12:00.002+01:002019-07-20T13:12:55.493+01:00Planning new Projects!I showed the fabrics I bought for a new quilt in my last post, I am making Cherish by Tales of Cloth it's an English Paper Pieced pattern and destined to be another long term handwork project :)<br />
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I have had loads of fun matching fabrics and cutting out the pieces for the first few blocks<br />
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I pieced one block and yes I really like it!<br />
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I even found the perfect backing and binding fabric on sale<br />
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While it is all very lovely buying new fabrics for a project I am conscious of the fact that my scrap baskets are full to bursting. This is just a small section (!)<br />
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I am really good at saving all my scraps, I am really bad at using them! After 20+ years of quilting they are in danger of getting out of control! I really admire quilters like <a href="https://karensquilting.com/blog/">Karen </a>who make fabulous scrap quilts all the time.</div>
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One of the challenges I set myself this year was to try and use what I have, so when this month's issue of Quiltmania arrived I was thrilled to see at least two quilts that I want to make. My scraps are a mixture of civil war/antique style fabrics and more modern brighter colours. I will make this 'Drunken Sailor' with the more muted colours</div>
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This will be my focus machine project, another of my goals was to improve my machine skills and after successfully machine piecing the curves on my Coming Home quilt I think I can attempt these simple curves - we will see!<br />
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This should keep me busy for a while and hopefully improve my machine skills while making a dent in the scrap baskets, although I doubt it, as fabric seems to multiply in my house when I'm not looking!<br />
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-18789690230484339242019-07-05T10:54:00.001+01:002019-07-05T10:54:29.147+01:00Another Finish!I have finished the hand quilting on my 'I am Enough' quilt. It went really fast with Aurifil 12wt and a large needle. The combination of machine quilting in the ditch for stability and then adding hand quilting details is something I plan to do more of on future quilts, it's much kinder to my hands and quicker!<br />
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I treated myself to some new fabrics to celebrate! These are from Bari J for Art Gallery from her 'Virtuoso' and 'Bloomsbury' ranges, along with some of the Pure Elements co-ordinating solids.<br />
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I plan to make the 'Cherish' quilt by Tales of Cloth, it's EPP and I've had the papers for months!<br />
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I am having great fun selecting fabric combinations and making a complete mess in my sewing room!<br />
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576522742755637290noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341926661100319009.post-42442534820697007282019-06-17T09:30:00.000+01:002019-06-17T09:30:10.565+01:00I am Enough QALI have really enjoyed working on the I am Enough Quilt this past winter; the pattern was very kindly provided free a section at a time every two weeks by <a href="https://southerncharmquilts.com/blog/">Melanie of Southern Charm Quilts</a>. The pattern is still available from her website here<br />
<a href="https://southerncharmquilts.com/blog/2019/03/07/i-am-enough-quilt-quilt-reveal/">https://southerncharmquilts.com/blog/2019/03/07/i-am-enough-quilt-quilt-reveal/</a><br />
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I started this quilt initially as I really wanted to make a quilt using low volume fabrics,<br />
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you may remember my initial very disappointing attempt at working with these fabrics, when I quickly realised that I need to add some fun bright colours for this to work.<br />
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This was the selection I eventually came up with, many were leftovers from my Down the Rabbit Hole Quilt</div>
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I really enjoyed machine piecing each section as it came out, I think my machine piecing skills really improved too!</div>
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There were some fun embroidery details too, this is my left hand with an embroidered version of my engagement ring.<br />
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I was really happy to finally master the French Braid pattern, I tried before several years ago but all the bias edges made it impossible, I went slowly this time and was careful when pressing, despite this photo it is straight!<br />
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The message and title of the quilt "I am enough" is embroidered here so we don't forget, whatever you do it is good enough :)<br />
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In an ideal world I would hand quilt every part of every quilt I make, but I don't have the time and my hands are not up to it, instead I have found a solution that works for me. On a busy quilt like this, I machine quilt in the ditch all over, and add hand quilting sections where I will see it. </div>
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I am using a 50% Cotton 50% Bamboo Wadding with is lovely and light for summer. I will hand quilt with Aurifil 12wt threads and an embroidery needle, it goes faster that traditional hand quilting for me and is not so hard on my hands.</div>
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The weather has been very cold and wet lately, not at all like summer! Instead of my usual working/reading in the garden I have been hand quilting :) I will hopefully have another finish very soon.</div>
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