New Roosters Round the Twist Table Runner tutorial

I have been busily working on my latest table runner using the  Roosters Rule set of design from Hatched in Africa. This table runner measure 21 1/2 inches wide and is 54 inches long from point to point. Although it has machine embroidery as a highlight it could quite easily be made with fussy cut fabric squares.

Roosters Round The Twist Table runner

The tutorial is 30 pages long as I have also included a comprehensive tutorial on binding a project with multiple points and also show you how to join the binding easily without the aid of a gadget.


You can find the tutorial HERE

Tiffany Windows Quilt Tutorial Uploaded

I have completed the Tiffany Windows quilt over the weekend. This quilt has been stitched with the Tiffany in Stitches set of designs from Hatched in Africa and I made it into an attic window style.
The finished quilt will measure approximately 50  1/2 inches square.

Tiffany Windows quilt

You can find the tutorial HERE

We have had extremely humid weather so it is a welcome change to have some cooler more refreshing mornings. We have had some magnificent sunsets during the week as well.

Charity quilt sewing day and a new free quilt tutorial uploaded

I cannot believe we are into February already.  It has been a busy week.
I stayed up late on Wednesday night to view and take some photos of the eclipse. I put together this little collage from photos taken with my basic point and shoot camera.

Lunar eclipse January 31 2018

On Friday I attended the first workshop of what will become a regular monthly charity sewing event offered by Stewarts Sewing Machine Centre here in Devonport. I taught the ladies a few piecing tricks and we assembled some quilts for the local women's shelter. I had the embroidered squares already stitched out and also the fabric pieces pre cut so it was just a  matter of zipping everything through the sewing machine.This is selection of same of the finished quilt tops. Now it is down to time to me to quilt them but it has a been a bit too warm here of late to be doing that at present.

Charity quilts Friday Feb 2

All of the embroideries are from Hatched in Africa.

Here is my latest quilt design and as you noticed we stitched out a couple of them on Friday. I have named this one Celtic Valentine Twist.

Celtic Valentine Twist

 The 52 inch x 52 inch Celtic Valentine Twist quilt is embroidered with the magnificent new Cara Mia set of designs..
I had the red and pink love heart fabric so pushed the red/ pink colour boundaries with this.

You can find the download for the the tutorial HERE