Tag Archives: colour

Help!

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

I’ve been doing some Substantial Progress on my 366 Circles and have the initial 192 blocks* finished.  But how do I set them? Once I’d finished I painstakingly sorted them into colour ways and realised that even though there are … Continue reading →

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Sock drawer

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

As promised, here’s how my sock drawer is currently looking.I’m loving how colourful it is and it gives me great comfort and a big thrill knowing that I’ve actually knitted all of these (since May this year, what’s more) and … Continue reading →

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Class Show and Tell

Posted on May 1, 2014 by

Lorraine was in a purple mood today! She was even wearing a purple cardigan!! But she has been working on some more Farmer’s Wife blocks in not all purple fabrics! Josephine was busy over the holidays finishing one of the … Continue reading →

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Another Dashing Hues

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

Yesterday I received an email from my Cousin J, who, like me, spent the weekend sewing machine bound (in fact Mr P became quite concerned with Cousin J’s obsessiveness – we’re not surprised, are we??!!). Look what my very clever … Continue reading →

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Colour Discoveries

Posted on January 23, 2014 by

Have you started playing with some Dashing Hues? I learnt quite a bit playing with my fabrics for this quilt. Some blocks were bold and turned out just as I expected some were quite different to my expectations some were … Continue reading →

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Stitching with MSG

Posted on July 17, 2013 by

As promised, here’s what I was working on over the weekend with Margaret Sampson George, or as she is affectionately called, MSG!! Remember those hexagons I was working on last week? They became this… …the first of four in total. … Continue reading →

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Winter Love

Posted on June 19, 2013 by

That bone chilling, toe numbing, teeth chattering, face freezing Winter cold that I longed for over Summer is here…….And LoVing It!! Chilly morning walks have been invigorating…..low sunlight streaming in windows bathes us in muted warmth…..early drawing in of nights … Continue reading →

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Colour Fix

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

Last week I purchased the latest copy of American Patchwork and Quilting. This is one of the quilting magazines I regularly get at the newsagent; apart from enjoying the quilts, there’s usually a tip or two to be picked up. … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Colour?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

We’ve been enjoying some unseasonably warm weather over the last week; a perfect opportunity to wash some between-season, lightweight knits and get them outside on a clothes horse to dry. As I folded them up to put them away, it … Continue reading →

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And Just As Well….

Posted on August 4, 2012 by

It’s a good thing I did make up that Wooly Bits Club project the other day, cos another arrived in the mail yesterday. What’s not to like about this month’s!!!  Look away if you haven’t received yours yet and want … Continue reading →

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