Sewing a patchwork quilt, a guide with plenty of pictures
From a finished log cabin top to a bound quilt: adding the borders, pinning the layers, quilting in one direction and a double fold binding with mitred corners.
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The patchwork room. My Etsy shop and the first sale to the USA
A quilt sold from my Etsy shop to the USA, the very land of quilting, where some 900 makers sell patchwork on Etsy alone.
The patchwork room. A drum bag for a handmade drum
A kaleidoscope patchwork pattern in green, 3 m of folded fabric strip for a single colour ring, and the new tools that made the job easier.
The patchwork room. New instrument bags
The next instrument bags are finished, this time with foam padding and a cotton lining. Very soft and warm, and winter is already knocking at the door.
The bird house. Today's egg box
This year's egg box holds white and light brown hatchery eggs alongside the coloured ones, and Marans eggs for the first time. Plus a cross that lays pale blue eggs when it should not.
The patchwork room. On inspiration and deadlines.
Why silence on the blog does not mean a forgotten commission, and what is coming between November 2014 and February 2015.
School holidays in the studio
The grandchildren came for the holiday week, so we made a big shared daily timetable and taped it to the door. To my astonishment, it worked.
Visiting Vastseliina
Our patchwork group visited the Vastseliina craft workshop to see a second quilting frame, a Husqvarna, and came away full of ideas.
The patchwork room. Dream animal quilts for little ones.
A new series of children's quilts named "Dream animals": a cat, a dog, a horse and an owl. Plus an explanation of straight quilting and free motion quilting.
The patchwork room. The new week's work
A peek into the patchwork room and a couple of hints about what is coming in October: ten more kannel bags, and a small creative block over how to combine the padding, the lining, the corded binding and the zip.
The patchwork room. 12 beanbags, 12 chairs of good thoughts
Twelve 100 litre beanbags for a primary school quiet room, each carrying a pair of positive words and a creature to match: a wise owl, a busy bee, a nimble monkey.
New seat covers for an old car
My son restored an old Russian car and ordered seat covers exactly like the originals. A hundred eyelets later it turned out they were not needed at all.