Australian residents have a fantastic opportunity to win a double-sided quilt triptych by award-winning Australian quiltmaker, Helen Godden. Helen has very generously made the raffle quilt for the 2008 Canberra Quilters Exhibition. More images and all the information about purchasing raffle tickets can be found on Connecting – the CQ Blog. PS: You will also […]
This & That
Sunday Leftovers
After reading Sarah London’s blog post about Spectacular Selvedges, I have a greater awareness of the potential of selvedges. As much as I love the idea of this thrifty notion, I already have way too much stuff in my studio without starting a selvedge collection. These bright selvedges came off some of my Kaffe Fassett […]
Kaffe Happiness
These days it is a rare occurrence for me to buy fabrics other than for dyeing. I still budget for threads, notions, batting, books, dyes and art supplies but, with my studio already bulging at the seams with fabrics and well-stocked quilt shops a very long way away, I gave up fabric buying a while […]
Quilt Camp Essentials II
OK, I admit that I got my priorites completely WRONG in my earlier post on Quilt Camp Essentials. The items that I listed before are trifles but this (see below) REALLY is essential: I was an hour from home (and half way to Quilt Camp) when I realised that the power cord for my sewing […]
Quilt Camp Essentials
I’m off to “Quilt Camp” shortly. The boot of my car is overflowing with equipment and supplies for my Sumptuous Surfaces workshop with Susan Mathews. However, I know it is essential to find room to squeeze in these extra things: Red wine with a screw top – This avoids having to compete for space (and […]
Humouring Helen
I am not a great fan of memes. Generally I would prefer to stay silent than descend into inanities meander off-topic. However, today is a slow blog day and since Helen tagged me, I’ll humour her with seven weird/random facts about me: My blood type is O-negative, the only blood type that can be transfused […]