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Running behind
Very late this week with a FWQ update. I was distracted last weekend, working on Jaali, so didn’t get my blocks finished. I did get one done, Cats and mice: But Century of progress is still in pieces....
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Friday is the new sunday
Ok so it’s Friday, and my farmer’s wife post was supposed to be in sunday. The one just gone, that is. I sewed them then, am just getting to post them now (finally picked up a camera adapter for my...
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Weekend sewing
After not doing any sewing for the last three weeks, I decided to put down the knitting needles this weekend and pick up a sewing needle. First job, another dinoPad. This one is for a friend and will...
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Darkness
This week I was in the mood for jewels twinkling on a dark background. And I really like how my FWQ blocks turned out. I really need to use this theme in a full size quilt. First up, corn and beans....
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First 5 quilts
I haven’t been quilting for a couple of weeks, and it’ll be sparse the next couple of months too. This is mostly because I have some winter knitting to do. I have a couple of cardigans, a throw, some...
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Country Path
Back to working on my Get a life quilt. Just the one block this week, Country Path. The photo’s not the best, it’s difficult to get the colours showing in artificial light, but I wanted to post this...
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FWQ: The story so far
So, back in Jan, after a break over Christmas, I’d just started back working on the farmer’s wife quilt. I got one block done and a second cut out but not sewn together, so the block count was 23. Then...
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FWQ: the story continues
Oops, this was supposed to be posted last weekend, when I finished the last of the blocks I had precut. I’m still working sequentially by block number but I’ve missed three out. Blocks 3 and 35 are the...
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What? I sew too?
You could all be forgiven for thinking I don’t sew anymore. It’s been a while since I’ve showed you any quilt blocks. I have done some, just not as much as knitting. Knitting is a lot easier to sit...
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Crafty 2012 in review
Yesterday I summed up life in 2012. Today I thought I’d look back at my sewing and knitting progress in 2012. First up: knitting! I made my first pair of socks (thanks Granny) And my second. A shawl Or...
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