Karina

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Nov 17

Quilting stencils and practice

After trying free-motion quilting with Ella, I decided to try the stencil approach to get a regular pattern in my quilt. I didn’t think I would be able to do this completely freehand, so stencils seemed the way to go. However, having tried this on a small scale, it is going to be a nightmare …

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Nov 17

Finishing Spice Market

I actually finished this before lockdown. The pattern was great to follow and I love the colours.

Nov 17

3D Patchwork – nearly done

I love how this looks, but was not ready to quilt it yet. I felt I needed a practice on something smaller before tackling something king-size! This was the beginning of March, before lockdown… it is now November and I haven’t tackled it yet 🙁 Practice quilting coming up…

Nov 17

Covid-19 Lockdown

I haven’t updated the page since before the first lockdown back in March, and now we are in the second one! This is because I just love making stuff! I like to share, but tend to just post a finished picture on Facebook, which isn’t quite the same, as you can’t review things quite as …

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Feb 25

3D patchwork quilt – part 3

Putting together the blocks! So far I have sewn 5 strips of triangles together, but not the strips to each other yet. I need to line them all up together first and then fill in the gaps at the end that will be trimmed down. Seams are ironed upwards for one strip and then down …

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Feb 25

3D patchwork quilt – part 2

Construction of a block. This is an ‘A’ block for my pattern. It will point to the right, with the light colour at the bottom. I start with a pile of the 3 fabric trapeziums (in light, medium and dark), and triangles. First align the triangle, right sides together to the right of the ‘light’ …

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Feb 24

3D patchwork quilt – part 1

This is a major project!! I have been meaning to make a patchwork quilt since we bought our bed 4 years ago. In the showroom the beds had lovely patchwork quilts on them. I did attempt some patchwork then, but have never had the inspiration or time or patience or inclination to do a full …

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Feb 24

Spice Market by The Guy with the Hook

I bought the wool for this before finishing the last Carousel! It is intended for Scheepjes yarn, but I have been disappointed with their yarn in the past, with the number of joins, so I went with similar colours in Stylecraft Special DK which I do like a lot! Wool from Black Sheep Wools as …

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Feb 24

Carousel mark II

Finally finished the second one of these. I love the colours, but get a bit bored with the repetitive nature of the crochet itself. Just trebles and counting!! At least it is crocheted together as you go along, so there isn’t lots of sewing / crocheting together at the end. This time, however, I did …

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Feb 24

New Look 6415 – another

I wear my first one of these (see Christmas 2018 post) a LOT (although the gold sparkle has rubbed off a lot, which is disappointing). I had bought some tartan style fabric LAST Christmas, for going away to Scotland, and never got round to using it. Now was the time to try and get this …

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