Join the linky party for ‘Thank goodness it’s finished Friday’ . I’m celebrating any small finishes at the moment and there is even a pattern giveaway.
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This story is about a young couple who are trying to start a new life in Canada. I am trying to help them in any way I can. Letting you know their story is one way that we might be able to help them
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No campfire is complete with a billy of tea, and no tea is better than billy tea. It’s traditionally made strong and black and sweet even when the temperature is up in the 30’s and 40s (degrees Celsius). My little campfire celebrates the moment when the billy is on the boil and everyone is up to sitting around relaxing . The scent of the eucalypts is in the air and the creek is cool and welcoming.
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This month the quilt block mania theme is ‘occupations’. I’m celebrating mathematicians with a sine wave, the unit circle and an exact value triangle. Yes, there are curves to piece. but it’s actually not that bad. (I was quite surprised). Enjoy the complementary download for the month of September.
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‘The jungle is the theme for the Quilt Block Mania block of the month, and what would would a jungle be without a tiger lurking in the undergrowth. My baby tiger is made with raw edge applique and is perfect for adding thread sketching or simply laying down with buttonhole stitch or ig zag.
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I’m using my scraps to make fabric. Then using the scrap fabric to make leaves and backings and borders. It’s the scrap elimination challenge from Swan amity studios.
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Today I’m celebrating African fabric from Nigeria and the wonderful quilts you can make from it. It was wonderful to attend the Quilt Africa fabric Summit organised and hosted by Miriam from Quilt Africa Fabrics.
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Make a happy birthday music block to celebrate special birthdays. You could make placemats or presennt bags or even a banner. Enjoy the block as a complimentary download for this month.
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This month’s pattern is a clownfish for the theme of ‘Under the sea’. It’s time to celebrate the mysteries beneath the ocian waves and the teeming life we find there. This 12” block is raw edge applique and is complimentary for June 2022. I hope you enjoy it!
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I love christmas beetles with thier irridescent colours and promises of Christmas. Here is my celebration of one such bug, made with the shiniest fabrics you can find.
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It’s springcleaning time again. Sewing astudios get that messy feeling very quickly and its good to try a few organisational strategies to get them clean and functional again. This year has been a little fraught with the rain and the floods but we are looking forward to a productive year.
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Running out of tea is not an option in my life. OK, I don’t run out of coffee beans either, but tea is really an essential. So it’s absolutely right that we should be celebrating the ‘cup that cheers’ in the Quilt Block Mania complimentary ‘block of the month’. I love a decent teapot (spout doesn’t drip, tea leaves don’t clog, well balanced, stays hot…). My block is a nice simple applique block.
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Rainbow lorikeets are cheeky, smart as paint and as brightly cvoloured. They are opportunisitc and are quite happy to join you for coffee and cake at any cafe of your choosing. They are not supposed to eat cake. Sugar is bad for them. But like people they still do. I just hope that cafe culture is not doing them too much harm. This little fellow was a dining companion at NSW Art Gallery in Sydney. To be fair, I’d much rather have a lorikeet than an Ibis who have very anti-social wingspans and no sense of their own size.
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Good luck to the bride and bridegroom. What speaks more of our hopes for the happy coulple than a horseshoe brimming with luck and best wishes.
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Pets, birds and nature: Welcome to the Quilt Block Mania bloghop for January 2022. Now is the time to enjoy some more complimentary blocks and toget your sewing mojo going again after the Christmas break.
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Who doesn’t feel a bit of nostalgia for childhood toys? this months’ theme for the Quilt Block Mania Bloghop is ‘toys’ and what a lovely collection we have for you. Each block is complimentary for the month of December 2021, so read on to find all the links.
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Food is the theme for the Quilt Block Mania Block of the month. My block is a fusible applique block celebrating summer and the festive season. What is not to like about a perfect slice of pineapple? the block is complimentary for the month of November and the links to the other designers can be found here.
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The Seams To Be Sew ‘Seaside Adventure’ continues with a bit of time to relax at the beach. Enjoy the complimentary 12 inch paper pieced block for this week. Check the links to the ther designers and enjoy the blog hop!
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Science is the theme for the Quilt Block Mania block of the month. My block is celebrating Newton’s realisation that he could formulate a law for the fact that objects always fall towards the centre of the earth, and gravity was a force like magnetism that could be used to explain the nature of some types of motion. See the other science based blocks and download the complimentary patterns for this month
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