Week Of Miniatures, Day One (HH)

Sorting unfinished stuff - I started these as demo blocks a while back - blocks finish to 2 by 1-1/4 inches and are Foundation Paper Pieced, of course...

Great fun

Now have twelve; debating a setting... To sash, or not to sash, and possibly cornerstones?

More later, and on my Doesnotequal blog, link right...

 

Blue Moon

 

Left is Red Bee Moon, right Red Tree Moon, together, Blue Moon

Collaborations are fun...

Solstice Bash at the Teapot Quilters

A wonderful pick-up lunch, tea and cake, and show-and-tell, had by (almost) all...

 

Handwork Renews

While I was gallivanting in Bumble the Big Wagon, I took some embroidery to play with - very restful and takes up little space. The resulting piece will transform this rather uninspiring calico shopping bag, as soon as I find the rest of the pretty hand-dyed thread...

So nice to sew with a hand-dye - every stitch is a slightly different colour...

Detail of the lovely hand-printed indigo cloth I worked on, and the stitches

 

Not everything is Utterly Modern here

HB is quilting little 3D tablemats for inlaws' Christmas presents - nicely traditional colours!

HH

 

An Ugh and a Whooppee!

After weeks and weeks of head-banging I have finished my latest opus - "Be Afrayed" a booklet on faux-chenille and slashing techniques. I'll add this to the website tomorrow and put a link up here.. Note the piece of genuine faux-chenille on every cover.

And, given half-an-hour before my online Yin Yoga, I decided to defluff my big Juki... Ugh!

HH

 

Kit Packing Progresses

Remade and renewed, patterns printed, looking much more like...

HB has been packing Kismet purse kits - buy these HERE

My Curved Purses are looking good, see these HERE

And HB has a pile of sparkly fabrics for the next project...