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Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 5
Welcome to the last month of our Vintage Circus sewalong! Before we wave you goodbye, Richla, from Got Kwilts, and I are sharing our...
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Nicola
Oct 17, 2023
Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 4
Welcome to month four of the Vintage Circus sewalong! Richla, from Got Kwilts, and I are putting our hands together for the final pair of...
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Sep 26, 2023
Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 3
Welcome to month three of the Vintage Circus sewalong! This month Richla, from Got Kwilts, and I are welcoming you into the BIG Top......
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Sep 2, 2023
Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 2
Welcome to month two of the Vintage Circus sewalong! Richla, from Got Kwilts, and I are topping up our popcorn before we tackle this...
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Aug 2, 2023
Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 1
Welcome to the Vintage Circus sewalong! Richla, from Got Kwilts, and I are looking forward to your company for the next five months as we...
Nicola
Feb 11, 2020
Block of the Month progress report...
This week I sent out the February Midsummer Sampler block of the month parcels. We are now over halfway through our programme, so I...
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Mar 31, 2019
Making plans...
I'm busy planning for this year's Festival of Quilts so in my Spring Newsletter I asked my lovely subscribers for their thoughts on quilt...
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Jan 17, 2019
The Sailing By Sampler...
Welcome to a new Petit Four tutorial: my finishing instructions for the Sailing By Sampler quilt. As before, the tutorial is for those of...
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Jan 16, 2019
Introducing the Sailing By Sampler blocks...
I am so happy to be to introducing a new series of Petit Four blocks to you, inspired by wonderful memories of seaside holidays. When I...
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Aug 1, 2018
Spellbound sew-along: week 10
It's the final week of our summer sew-along and for those of you looking for the border and finishing instructions, you can find them...
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Jul 26, 2018
Spellbound Sew-along: week 9
Cobweb The Garden Spider builds her delicate web - often over twelve inches in diameter - every single day and although we may be...
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Jul 19, 2018
Spellbound sew-along: week 8
Wise Owl Is there anything quite as eerily atmospheric as the call of an owl? But the t’wit t’woo of the Tawny is, in fact, a duet...
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Jul 11, 2018
Spellbound sew-along: week 7
The Raven The subject of Edgar Allen Poe’s Gothic poem and revered, often feared, in folklore, the Raven is one of our most intelligent,...
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Jul 4, 2018
Spellbound sew-along: week 6
Moonlit Bat No Gothic garden would be complete without a resident Bat, circling through the darkening trees at dusk before retreating to...
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Jun 28, 2018
Spellbound Sew-along: week 5
Merveille du Jour When I started drafting a bat block for the Spellbound Sampler - we’ll be meeting him next week - I realised what...
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Jun 21, 2018
Spellbound Sew-along: week 4
Toadstools Beloved of childrens’ book authors, the Toadstool has long been imagined as the home of various pixies, fairies and elves. The...
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Jun 14, 2018
Spellbound Sew-along: week 3
Moon & Star Our enchanted garden is lit by a waning crescent moon. Far away from the constant glow of streetlights, moonlight makes the...
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Jun 7, 2018
Spellbound Sew-along: week 2
Pumpkin A familiar symbol of autumn abundance, the Pumpkin is an essential part of Thanksgiving feasts in Canada and the United States....
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May 30, 2018
Spellbound Sew-along: week 1
Gothic Gatehouse When designing the blocks for the Spellbound sampler I pictured an abandoned garden at dusk in late Autumn. As nature...
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May 22, 2018
Spellbound Sew-along: preparing your fabric
EDIT: Although the sew-along has finished, you can still use the weekly posts as a guide and sew with a group of friends. You can find...
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