My latest quilt design is in the March issue (No. 130). It is a soft and pretty number, called 'A Kind of Hush'.
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I have long admired Brigitte Giblin's work for her adventurous use of colour and pattern, but always with serious respect given to historical designs.
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Does this look familiar to anyone?
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Today we head to Sydney to settle our eldest daughter into Uni. Thankfully Grandma arrived last night ...
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Behold, my favourite gadget right now ...
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In true White Rabbit style, I'm late to the tea party.
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A hot, hot January was spent enjoying the tennis, both onscreen and off. I made some progress on this quilt, and it seemed only appropriate that its first appearance be on court. Quilt top is on your forehand side, backing on your backhand :)
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While many people have a song that might trigger a memory, I find that flowers often trigger mine. Nothing signals Christmas to me quite like hydrangeas and agapanthus.
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Playing about with linens and crocheted blooms in the late Thursday afternoon sun.
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Still admiring my purchases from The Home Patch last weekend, including some of Anni's 'Love to Garden' fabrics and some sweet-as thread keepers from The Red Thread that I've been searching for.
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I have returned from one of Chookyblue's infamous blog meets re-inspired for sewing, blogging and socialising, none of which I've done for some time! It was a great time reconnecting with old friends and putting faces to so many names.
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In the garden ... not today, but not long ago, Prunus 'Elvins', entirely laden with blossoms.
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And so it is finished - HSC done and dusted! She hasn't stopped smiling since.
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The newly 18-year-old daughter of my last post has deemed that she needs a birthday quilt. She spotted this collection of 'Daisy Chain' by Amy Butler in my stash and swooned.
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Our annual primary musical production happens in Term 3. I have been helping with the costuming for six years now, and I love working with the kids.
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On closer inspection, we found the most perfectly formed nest, carefully constructed on the ground and complete with three pretty speckled eggs.
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We took some time out from what seems to have been the busiest school term ever to wander with some lovely friends in their garden on Sunday.
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The quilt is made predominantly from cuddly Anna Maria Horner flannels and I've made it up in a similar way to my raw-edge layer cake quilt.
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Some cheerfulness from my winter garden on what is otherwise a very dull sort of day.
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Heading off to the coast for a few days with the family, I couldn't pass up the chance to visit the Mount Tomah Botanic Garden. This prospect was greeted with howls of protest from the back seat. "No Mum, no! Not another Botanic Garden. Don't do it"!
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