Stitched Sewing Organizers Sewalong Finale Prize Bundle

So with a couple of days to go, let's look at the sponsors contributing towards the grand finale prize bundle.....

I hope you're all armed with your copies of the book, and have got the first project ready to go. I'm going to be prepping as many projects as I can tomorrow. I look forward to seeing you all on Monday with the first post!

It's been a while....

So what have I been up to in the past five months? Well, I would have said not much, but having put some thought into this post, actually there's quite a bit. I won't cram it all in here, but it includes 3 baby quilts; 1 wedding quilt; a lot of dressmaking; some lovely days spent working in The Village Haberdashery; a class with the awe-inspiring Luke Haynes; some quality time with friends and family; and a very special quilt made with some lovely friends for someone who's had a much worse summer than I have. There's been some pattern testing, and, I can't deny it, a LOT of fabric buying!

There's also been a job resignation; a lot of job applications; some hyperventilating about whether I'll ever find a job again; but mainly a lot of happiness and relief that I've taken myself out of such a toxic environment. In the words of Yazz, "the only way is up!"

I look forward to bringing you up to speed in more detail over the next few days!

 

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Have yourself a merry Cherry Christmas

My new boss is a Christmas freak. No kidding, she's obsessed. I did not know this in the interview - it might have changed things.....
I have now managed to add fuel to that fire, at the same time as selling my first quilt - how exciting is that!
My Cherry Christmas quilt that I started last year and couldn't finish because of a poorly sick Janome is now finished, quilted (although not without great fabric-creeping suffering) bound, rolled up and tied with a big red ribbon, and delivered.

And she couldn't be happier! I took it in on Monday after my week off and every time I turned round (she sits behind me) she was cuddling it! It is now apparently already in use on the sofa, and an order has been placed for a table runner, 6 placemats and coasters.....


All I have to do now is make another one for me.....

Quilt stats:

• Size - 58" x 58" roughly
• Fabric - Cherry Christmas by Aneela Hoey with Kona White backing and binding
• Pieced and quilted with Aurifil 50wt, quilting at around 1/4" - 1/2" apart

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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.... Done.

Remember this?

Well since you last saw it, I've got a bit more done....

Yet another one I'm giving away and wish I wasn't!
Quilt stats:

• Size - 63" x 75"
  
• Pattern: my own design
  
• Fabric: all Kona solids except some Oakshott in the sky and Art Gallery Fabrics Square Elements to bind
  
• Pieced and quilted using various Aurifil threads.

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