My summer tea cosy

19 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I am crazy about tea cosies so that is what I decided to make with the lovely Mirror Ball Dot fabrics that I won in a giveaway.(here) This fabric was really nice to work with.  The machine quilting that I did in freemotion on the white part, just sparkles with opalescence.  The two photos below are just one cosy..green teapot on one side and pink on the other. 
A perfect summer tea cosy.  My new favourite tea is The Countess of Seville from David's Teas. I love to have a



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300 Inklingo Pieced Hexagons

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Inklingo 300 Pieced Hexagons (Video)

We’re celebrating the 7 year anniversary of the first Inklingo shape collection with Pieced Hexagons and they are gorgeous! Click to play the video.

WEDNESDAY TUTORIALS

In addition to the video, for the next few Wednesdays I will add mini-tutes (tutorials) on the blog for designing and sewing Pieced Hexagons.

You can make this a great portable project for the summer or choose a size to sew by machine.

 

Timeless Treasures

Timeless Treasures



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Category: Candied hexagons, hand piecing, machine piecing, Pieced Hexagon Quilts, pieced hexagons, Quilt Blocks with Diamonds and Hexagons, Variahex

My first postcard!

19 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Well, this is the first postcard that I have made, that I am pleased enough with to send.   Although, if I ever do lettering with my machine again, I would not use variegated thread.  Learned something new.  I also have to fine tune the edging more so that it looks a bit neater.

 I won't say who will receive it...that will be a surprise.  It is all addressed (somewhere in Canada)  and just waiting for a stamp.
I hope that whoever receives



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An Awesome Win!

17 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
A package arrived for me today, all the way from Hawaii! That's 8700 kms (5406 miles) away from Halifax. Wish the nice warm sunshine would have arrived with the package!

  A few weeks ago I won the giveaway on Mark Hordyszynski's blog "The Mad Hatter of Maui".
Mark is hosting



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What’s Happening!

15 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
 I spent my spare time, the past week,  making two more Dear Jane blocks.  That's a total of four so far.  A long way to go.   I love these little blocks so much.

 

I worked on completing a knitting project.  I made another golf club cover. Knitty Sister  knitted



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Inklingo Star Points in Electric Quilt 02

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Inklingo Star Points printed on fabric

When you print the shapes on fabric, you can rotary cut several layers at a time to start sewing sooner and finish sewing faster than with any other method.

As promised, today you can download worksheets for Texas Star variations AND a new EQ project file.

DESIGNS WITH STAR POINTS

Star Points were requested by Inklingo quilters who want to make the blue and white Texas Star variation in the header on Cathi′s Quilt Obsession blog.

TEXAS STAR VARIATIONS

Cathi



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Category: Cathi at Quilt Obsession, Cathi`s Quilt Obsession blog, designing with hexagons, Electric Quilt, Electric Quilt Project Files, Star Point or Texas Star, Star Point Quilt, star points, Texas Star quilt, Texas Star Variation, worksheets for Texas Star Quilt

What’s Happening

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It's been a year since I bought the Dear Jane book of patterns by Brenda Papadakis.  I am a sucker for samplers and this one is the ultimate sampler to me.  I just adore the border on this quilt.  I have spent the last year going back and forth on what fabrics I would choose.   I love every Dear Jane that I see and want to duplicate the colour scheme.  But no, I can't do that.  I have to find the one that is



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What a Day in Mahone Bay!

04 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Quilters were lined up, waiting for the doors to open at 10 am this morning, at Trinity United Church in Mahone Bay, N.S.  I was probably 25th in line.   The Mahone Bay Quilters Guild was having their Yard Sale. And what a sale it was.  My head is still spinning.   My mission was to track down the two Featherweights for sale that were mentioned in the advertisement (thanks Karen). I  have been searching for a Featherweight for a few years .  When I entered the large room filled with tables piled with quilters remnants, fat quarters, books, patterns, everything



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What’s Happening?

03 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
I have been in a  very lazy mood lately.  I haven't worked on my handquilting
project for over a week.  I haven't started anything new.   I did get the pieced border made for my applique quilt, but haven't attached it yet. 
So what have I been doing?  Well, I did finish a knitting project, a cowl, that I started in early
  January. It was a group project that my knitting club started.  It was hard



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COTSG Solved – More Inklingo Mystery Quilts

02 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

The Case of the Secret Garden (COTSG) Mystery Quilt is not a race, but Inklingo quilters are finishing in record time!

It is a nice feeling to know that there are many Inklingo quilters still quietly sewing A-B-C-D units together. It is relaxing and portable and “even more satisfying than knitting” according to one new Inklingoist.

 

Inklingo COTSG by Glenda in OR

 Glenda’s COTSG in Oregon

Glenda has been sewing all her life and quilting since 1985. She has also become an experienced Inklingoist and blogs about it at



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Category: COTSG quilt, Inklingo Mystery Quilt, Inklingo Quilt, Mystery quilt, New York Beauty quilt, New York Wheel
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