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Bees, Fast Women, Hulala and a Surfeit of Monkeys

quiltaholic ― I haven’t posted for a while as I have been otherwise engaged moving house and decorating . Not that I personally have moved house but it amounts to the same thing timewise. Then I started on the Spring cleaning. I say started as although I...

Tags: Kangaroo Quilt, Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Applique, Australian Quilt

Quiltaholic ― 1 week 6 days ago

Dyeing to Show You

quiltaholic ― If you read my last blog you will have seen my first attempts at dyeing fabric. Since then I can’t stop myself. I have dyed a fabric in every colour I bought and some in more than one. Behold. I have also started using them in my applique. ...

Tags: Fabric Dyeing, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Applique, Baby Quilt, Boys Quilt

Quiltaholic ― 13 weeks ago

Bow Acquires Colourful New String.

quiltaholic ― As if I didn’t have enough hobbies and hobbies in abeyance I have started down the road to bancruptcy with yet another. I bought some rather beautiful hand dyed fabrics at two separate quilt shows. They are fantastic for applique as each ...

Tags: Fabric Dyeing, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Applique, Christmas Stitchery, Christmas Wall Hanging

Quiltaholic ― 15 weeks ago

The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Chrissie Down Under.

quiltaholic ― I have finally started my Mckenna Ryan quilt. I think the one I have chosen – Chrissie Down Under – is probably one of the better ones for my purpose. It is a personal opinion but, art quilt or not, I cannot get my head round the idea ...

Tags: Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Applique, Australian Quilt, Easy Quilting, Kangaroo Quilts

Quiltaholic ― 20 weeks ago

An Obsession with Orchids

quiltaholic ― I have just spent a few days away from home and found an obsession with orchids. They used to be expensive and I used to kill them. Now they are relatively cheap compared to other flowers, they last a long time and I have discovered how to get ...

Tags: Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Orchid Embroideries, Orchid Quilt Patterns, Orchids

Quiltaholic ― 25 weeks ago

Having a Masked Ball

quiltaholic ― Aren’t these just the bees knees? When I saw them over on Tiramisues blog I just had to have a go. I survived 30 years in Africa, amongst other places and whilst there were a couple of close calls and not all the memories are happy ones, ...

Tags: Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, African Artifacts, African Masks, Applique

Quiltaholic ― 28 weeks ago

Shoes, Glorious Shoes

quiltaholic ― When my family go travelling their suitcase interiors stay sparkly clean. This is due in part to the bright idea thought up by Daughter Number One several years ago. Shoe bags are the secret weapon. In fact they are not only for shoes. I use them ...

Tags: Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Applique, Easy Quilting, Learning Applique, Patchwork

Quiltaholic ― 29 weeks ago

The End of the Monkey Business

quiltaholic ― Herewith the final part of the sock monkey extravaganza. The alphabet bags. I embroidered sock monkey appliques from designs by juju onto cotton bags. I did two sets but here is a selection. If you are interested in the other sock monkey blogs or...

Tags: Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Alphabets, Appliqued Alphabets, Children's Bags

Quiltaholic ― 30 weeks ago

Sock It To The Baby

quiltaholic ― As promised in my last blog , herewith pictures of the quilt with the girl sock monkeys. Both quilts come from appliques demonstrated in the blog before that. I divided them into two quilts. These links have links to the original digitising pages. ...

Tags: Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Applique, Baby Quilt, Boys Quilt

Quiltaholic ― 31 weeks ago

Monkeys From The Emerald Isle.

quiltaholic ― I decided to divide the monkeys from my last blog into two sets, boys and girls. Conveniently there are six of each. With the first one I decided to do a variation on an Irish Chain. If you want to do a traditional tried and tested one see this ...

Tags: Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Applique, Baby Quilt, Boys Quilt

Quiltaholic ― 32 weeks ago

More Treasures from the Sock Drawer

quiltaholic ― I spent the afternoon flicking my wrists trying to dislodge fragments of fabric from my finger ends. That is what you get when you decide to do a bit of digitised machine applique . However, it uses up the bits of fabric I can never quite throw ...

Tags: Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Baby Quilt, Designs By Juju, Digitised Applique

Quiltaholic ― 33 weeks ago

Getting All Your Ducks In A Row.

quiltaholic ― I was trawling the internet mainly to see where links to my blog had come from when I came across yet more inspiration from a fellow crafter. Vicki’s Fabric Creations had a blog on a quilt made from embroideries by Embroidery Connection. ...

Tags: Machine Embroidery, Patchwork, Applique And Quilting, Baby Ducks, Baby Quilt, Embroidered Ducks

Quiltaholic ― 33 weeks ago

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Bees, Fast Women, Hulala and a Surfeit of Monkeys

Dyeing to Show You

Bow Acquires Colourful New String.

The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Chrissie Down Under.

An Obsession with Orchids

Having a Masked Ball

Shoes, Glorious Shoes

The End of the Monkey Business

Sock It To The Baby

Monkeys From The Emerald Isle.

More Treasures from the Sock Drawer

Getting All Your Ducks In A Row.

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