Tag Archives: hand piecing

Conversations with CW

Posted on September 19, 2020 by

Hi Lovelies! You’ll be pleased to hear that my idea with the paper shapes worked and thankfully nobody sneezed while I transferred paper pieces to fabric pieces. And, best of all, it all fits together. Thank goodness! I’ve since been … Continue reading →

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Conversations with CW

Posted on August 27, 2020 by

You know how I was having that internal argument between brain and heart? And I listened to my heart? Shoulda listened to my head! All the while I was stitching, my head, and CW, kept repeating, “it won’t wOoork. it … Continue reading →

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Conversations with CW

Posted on August 20, 2020 by

After filling in that section I felt it was a little unbalanced, so decided to create the same section mirror imaged and set about cutting out the various pieces Then sewed them together and added it on Now I could … Continue reading →

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Sewing

Posted on July 2, 2020 by

At the end of May I did start a new project (surprise, surprise!). I justify it by saying I’m testing a new set of templates (my story and I’m sticking to it!). Using the echinacea from Anna Maria Horner’s latest … Continue reading →

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Sewing update

Posted on May 17, 2020 by

Hello Dear Peeps! How are you? Anyone taking advantage of lifted/eased restrictions? It’s all much the same here at p&c; I was able to take Mum to a medical appointment last week albeit masked and sanitised to within an inch … Continue reading →

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Rocks and whetstones

Posted on May 7, 2020 by

How are you all? How’s your week been going? We had a cold, wet weekend, more a taste of Winter than the last month of Autumn and this weekend looks to be much the same. Luckily it was mild and … Continue reading →

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Current favourite project

Posted on April 22, 2020 by

I feel as if I’ve been tracing and cutting for days on my “Rocks and Whetstones“……. Oh wait…..that’s probably because I have been! I finally finished cutting out the last of the large triangles on Monday – all 252 of … Continue reading →

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Block book/s

Posted on April 13, 2020 by

Jay asked in a comment the other day what a Block Book was and could I show some examples. Only too happy to, Jay! A block book is a book-style container, sometimes with “pages”, usually of cotton wadding, used to … Continue reading →

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Around here

Posted on April 5, 2020 by

~ Picked a bunch of allsorts from the garden. I’m no florist, but I was pleased with how they look ~ Looking through one of my block books, I discovered this partially completed applique block and finished it It’s for … Continue reading →

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Stitch Sisters

Posted on March 28, 2020 by

Before we had to stop meeting in real life we had a small contingent get together at Kaye’s home – we didn’t hug each other, as we usually would do, and we sat well apart! Onto the nice stuff! There … Continue reading →

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