Sawtooth Bars and Gingham baby quilts

The more quilts I make, the more I enjoy it, it's like garment sewing's less stressful friend. Don't get me wrong, I think sewing clothes will always be mainly what I do, because there are only so many quilts you need in your life. These aren't for me though, so that's ok, in fact they're…

A Cosy Paper Theory Olya Shirtdress

Well here I am again with a new make! With the usual length of time having elapsed between the pattern release and me actually making it, I can't say I have anything new to say about the Olya Shirtdress. Still, it's nice to be back blogging again, so here it is. After how washed-out last…

Scrappy Kabuki Tee

Also finally getting round to experimenting with my actual camera... Hey there! I hope 2021 isn't getting you down too much already, though I realise that's a pretty big ask... I'm suffering, as usual, from an extreme lack of sewing time, which is one of the reasons I love this top - in over 10…

Rail Fence

Hello lovely readers - it's been a while, hasn't it?  I hope you're all still hanging in there and you have my deepest sympathy for any losses this past year.  I'm still here, but I've been busy and stressed, none of which make for productive sewing time, and I've shied away from blogging because of…

A Scrappy Finish – Naturally Dyed Linen Mini-Quilt

Hey there!  I hope you're all hanging in there wherever you are.  I'm working at home while in theory home-schooling my children (in fact they're upstairs playing, if anyone yells I may go up, but otherwise?  Uh-uh.) At least there's no danger I'll go short of projects...  A while (a long while) ago, I tried…

A night sky quilt for Evelyn

Oh hey there!  So I finished something, and it's only a year late, which is good.  It's a wholecloth quilt for our god-daughter, who we don't see as much as we'd like (they live quite a way away), so it's lovely to make her something she'll hopefully have for a while.   No full-length shots, as…

Closet Case Bombshell Bikini

Well, only bikini bottoms, but  as it turns out it's possible to buy a perfectly adequate bikini top, thus saving myself from trying to make one a week before going on holiday.  So I did. But the bottom half is all mine!  These are View C of Closet Case Patterns Bombshell swimsuit; high-waisted ruched bikini…

Amy’s Gypsy Wife Quilt (top…)

From the start of the year through to April I joined in with a quilt-along of Jen Kingwell's famous Gypsy Wife Quilt, hosted by Rachel (Stitched in Color) and Kelli (Scrappy Violet).  I wanted to make a dent in my stack of smaller cuts of quilting fabric, as over the years I've amassed *ahem* quite…

Scrappy Hexies

Just one of the slow-burning WIPs lurking around the house!  After I finished my Southern Sunset clamshell quilt, I still had quite a few scraps of the floral fabrics left over, because clamshells are a really awkward shape to cut, and I had cut them from quite small/oddly-shaped bits to start with.   One of the reasons…

Progress on my Gypsy Wife Quilt(s)

Happy Friday guys!  Well, this is what I've been sewing recently, and I have to say I'm enjoying it immensely.  I've admired other sewists' versions of Jen Kingwell's Gypsy Wife Quilt for years, but always thought it would be too complicated for me.  I do, however, have a reasonable-sized stash of small cuts of fabric…