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Month: October 2019

Patchwork in the Peaks - The Quilt Retreat in the French Alps

03 Oct

Patchwork in the Peaks – The Quilt Retreat in the French Alps

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Pinching myself because I can‘t believe this is

Pinching myself because I can‘t believe this is actually happening.
Leaving the country and heading off for a long weekend of quilting fun at Patchwork in the Peaks.
#quiltingretreat #patchworkinthepeaks #thefunstartshere #anotherpieceornormalreturns #sewingonthetrain #epp #slowsewing #fusionproject

i get to enjoy a Swiss Alpine view from the Emment

i get to enjoy a Swiss Alpine view from the Emmental this afternoon as we visit my husband‘s parents. The sun is shining so we are all sitting outside, enjoying the time together and I’ve got some secret sewing to work on too.
#lastdayofsummer #beautifulswitzerland #emmental #alpineview #spotthealps #meadowsandmountains

Another blanket and another view. This blanket liv

Another blanket and another view.
This blanket lives up in the mountains and I slowly work on it in when I come up here for a break.
It’s not been out all summer but now that we are heading into autumn I feel it’s time to start adding to it again.
#knitting #knittedblanket #longtermproject #yearsinthemaking #escapetothemountains

I’m enjoying a lazy start to the day although I

I’m enjoying a lazy start to the day although I will admit it is not really by choice. I injured my foot somehow on Thursday so a day or two of almost complete rest were called for.
It’s thankfully almost back to normal now but I’m still easing very slowly into the day.
#lazysaturday #earlymorningknitting #sofaday #knitting #knittedblanket #justmeandthecat

It’s a damp and grey morning and it seems that s

It’s a damp and grey morning and it seems that summer is finally on the way out and making way for the arrival of autumn next week.
When the cooler weather arrives I know I’ll be pulling the knitting out again so I’m using this morning’s working from home coffee break to sort through my needles and get them back into order in my knitting needle rolls.
I got these two gorgeous rolls in swaps back in 2015/2015 and they have been much loved and used since then. Each year they slowly empty over the colder months as needles make their way into crafting bags with assorted projects, and then as the season begins again I reorganise them all ready to slowly empty once more.
#knitting #knittingroll #knittersofinstagram #timetoreorganize

I’ve been doing some pattern testing for Alyce @

I’ve been doing some pattern testing for Alyce @blossomheartquilts and using up some glow in the dark fabric scraps I had left over from making quilts for the boys a couple of years back.
Isn’t this little lollipop just the spookiest, I mean cutest 😁
He was fun to make and I’ve plenty more glow in the dark scraps left to use up so he might just get some friends to hang out with over the coming weeks.
#CandyCrewBHQ #BlossomHeartQuilts #patterntesting #sewingforhalloween #spookysewing #glowinthedarkfabric

I need to do a little pattern testing and Hallowee

I need to do a little pattern testing and Halloween sewing and I’d be lying if I said my fabric choices weren’t influenced by the thread that’s already in my machine 😂
#halloweensewing #halloweenfabrics #singer201k #vintagesewingmachine #sewingwithaurifill #makingthingseasy

Clearly geography is not Etsy’s strongpoint 🙄

Clearly geography is not Etsy’s strongpoint 🙄🤣

At least the post know better and made sure my little parcel of fabric was safely delivered 😁

#badgeography #switzerlandnotsweden #livinguptostereotypes #geographylessonsneeded

One son has the day off school so I rearranged my

One son has the day off school so I rearranged my working hours this week and finished my working week yesterday as we have planned a bit of a fun day together.

However, before all that kicks off there is time for an hour of #epp and take a rare opportunity to catch up with the weekly #sipteaandepp party hosted by Irina @nordiccrafter and Larisa @stitchingnotes

The theme this month is Books and Inspiration. I was initially inspired to try EPP when I saw a picture of a hexie butterfly on Pinterest. I made one and quickly decided that hexies were definitely not for me so I decided to try designing my own butterlies which then led me on to dragonflies, to playing with shapes and geometry and then I was hooked.

Nowadays I take my inspiration from the shapes I see all around me. Everything from tiled floors to diy tools and from the geometry in daffodils and other flower structures to the patterns printed on toilet paper have inspired me and continue to inspire me every day.

#sawwheelquilt #slowsewing #inmysewingroom #amomentofcalm #slowstarttotheweekend #theweekendstartsnow

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