Upcycling. I’m sure you’ve heard of it- making something better out of scrap. It’s a wonderful way to keep things out of landfill and get something useful at the same time! I often see upcycled bags, clothes, and accessories. But something I haven’t seen much of, is upcycled quilts. Which…
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Crumbs Online Workshop
Every time we work on a patchwork project, we accumulate off-cuts of fabric. Maybe some of the larger pieces will be easily incorporated into another project, but what about the small pieces? The scraps that are too big to throw away, but not big enough to be useful on their…
Online Courses
After much effort and time, we finally have our first fully online course up and ready to roll. We hope it will be the first of many such courses! This first course is a mystery quilt called Matilda. The course is self-paced, so you can work to your schedule. You…
2021
Well, here we are on Monday 1st February 2021, its been over 6 months since I have written on the blog – no real reason, just slack I suppose. But that is about to change. So here goes, firstly following is a copy of the newsletter I sent out recently…
Latest finish…..
A few years ago I thought I would make a Bookshelf quilt for Sara and her husband Lee. I printed some family photos onto fabric, I gathered up some ribbons and braids to add to the fabrics to look like book bindings. Started to cut fabrics for the books, the…
Social distancing…
With all the social distancing happening at moment, it has to be hard for the children to understand why they suddenly and for who know how long can’t spend time wth their grandparents. One of my granddaughters asked me “if we are self isolating properly and Grandad and you are…
What a year!
2020 wow, what a year so far. Horrific bush fires followed by some beautiful rain on drought stricken land and now the Coronavirus. We will get through this and come out well on the other side, whenever that may be. Now, I’m into my 3rd week without classes, a very…
Off and running.
Well, here we are in the second week of the new year, can you believe it! So far I been enjoying my break, a time to relax and recharge. However it has not been all rest, I have been working on a rather large quilt that I will reveal later.…
As 2019 draws to a close…
In October we had a Mystery Quilt Weekend. With all the fabrics sorted and pre cut. Everyone arrives ready to sew, sew, sew, 2 days, step by step with no idea how this quilt will look. Until all is revealed on Sunday afternoon. As always a great weekend is had…
More workshops. Kaleidoscope and Jelly Roll Rug.
In August we had a kaleidoscope Quilt workshop held at Gunnedah Fashion Fabrics. With one fabric and a small amount of contrast, cut carefully and the magic begins. We had 3 colour waves, yet each quilt looked totally different. This is the original black fabric. In September I travelled to…