Picture background

A while ago I read a photo tip on one of my favourite sewing and fabric blogs that in order to get pretty pictures you could use a piece of MDF board painted in a cool, kitschy colour as a background.It gives the pictures a uniform look and I think even though the background in…

At Your Liberty!

I was browsing Pinterest the other day and found this link.It led me to browsing Purl Soho and I ended up buying the mini-stack needed to make the quilt in the post.I have read so much about the Liberty lawn and always wondered what the fuss was all about. And I can tell you buying…

Christmas tree mat

Back at work after a gloriously long holiday vacation. It feels really weird.I went to my local quilt shop on Monday with a frined who is starting her first quilt. I was surprised to see the winter sale there. I don't know why, I just never gave it much thought. There were a few FQs…

Strawberry lemonade

I'm making a blanket for my girls' new cousin who is due on September 2nd.I have some white cotton waffle weaved fabric that I plan to use as a combined backing and batting.The front will be wide stripes, I'm thinking 4" or 4.5" so it won't take too long to get ready.The backing fabric is…

Getting started

Going to the hardware store tomorrow morning since we'll only have one child in tow (DD1 is at the inlaws).Getting supplies to make a cutting table for my new crafts room. And also to get some storage system units to put up on the wall.I'm planning on getting the Elfa kind like what they have…

Eager

I'm eagerly awaiting my order from FatQuarterClub. They shipped it on July 1st and the website said the delivery time was 1-3 weeks. We're halfway there.I didn't realise until after I paid that I had chosen two charm packs with winter themed fabrics.When I was at the quilting store last week for one of their…