the judges and the guild cant be accused of bias for or against, and that each quilt is judged on its own This is where its pretty cloudy and the people getting cranky about the rules need to calm down a bit

Maybe we need a Sarah Fielke paper cut BOM down the line… what do you think?? ancestors began applying iron oxide to cave walls and their bodies, the color red has played a major role

I'm off home today so next week everything will be back to normal, and not more overseas trips for a The quilts that were there though were of course lovely, and there were several Aussies taking home prizes The plaited centres down the sides of the fish and all the curved piecing, and the rainbow colours really

jumps when the stone throws are easy, and then they get harder and harder and require more balance.... down

We all work very hard on out ideas and I respect their time and effort as much as I respect my own! knot as well as to the outer end, so that it was nice and secure and wouldn't pull out through the hole Well as Jo hasn't released a pattern I made up my own, and as I'm not selling them or publicising them manage for this, partly so that you get a nice smooth curve in your wing but also because you don't want holes I hope you have fun making a bird, please send me pics if you do so that I can post them for everyone

She wished us every success and hoped our paths would cross one day. And one day, they did. Students sent me photos of her, holding my books in her classrooms. head around the door, with her eyes twinkling behind huge red eye glasses, bangles rattling up and down encourage you to go and find out about them - they took traditional quilting and made it into their own I hope to have it finished for Sisters in 2025, for the 50th anniversary of a show she was such a special

Hi Smitey peeps, I hope you're having an excellent Wednesday. places left in my Tiny Town class. Tiny Town and template set (which includes all the papers for the houses) are available here but PLEASE To celebrate I'm doing a giveaway with my mate Joyce who owns the Lap App company - winner gets a Lap See you next week peeps and I hope that somewhere in the upside down world we're all currently living

I hope all you StitchyMites out there are as well and happy as you can be. Today the final instalment of Spooky Town is mixed in with the Tiny Town Sew Along on the free blog. Damian is in his office, and he’s been there since dawn. A whole new line of hard copy patterns being released, new products being developed. schedule of January - December out, and I’d been wondering what I was going to do to fill the seven month hole

I hope you have all had a chance to choose your fabrics and get organised. video tutorial about how to foundation paper piece these little pretties on the My Content page, scroll down Repeat these steps with each piece of fabric in order, until you have covered the whole heart with fabric

I'm starting to play with the blocks for my own quilt for Słodki now that the sketch is finalised. and yet others use a higher quality, finer thread count for their solids because the finer threads hold brands of solid fabrics, but I also wanted to make sure that the fabric would be fairly easy to get hold - it cuts and pieces beautifully and has a lovely silky hand, but it can be a little tricky to get hold I was very ambitious about my sanity in 2016 :D You can view here OK peeps that's the whole box and dice

Happy Wednesday peeps :) I hope Wednesday is coming in fine wherever you are. Working on your own is fantastic when everything is smooth, and disastrous when things go off the rails Now that Oscar has moved out of home and it’s just me and Damo, we usually make it go over two nights Here’s the chicken recipe though - its my own so please forgive the somewhat vague amounts. All the juices from the chicken will drip down into the pan below.

Covid lockdowns taught me that mostly I really would rather be at home! The whole town gets involved with the show and theres a community spirit around it that is like nothing is held over 5 days, and comprises around about 30 tutors (this year 27), around 1200 students and a whole side of The Stitchin’ Post, hung by the local firefighters who arrive in their truck and go up and down I don’t get home until the 16th so the extra week is required I’m afraid!