The wedding quilt was delivered to the long arm quilter today. Here’s just a small peek of it. It wouldn’t be fair to show it off before the bride and groom get to see it would it?I didn’t think it could happen, but I might be over red and white for a while. ...

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My knitting on a train has come to a halt, but I did manage to get some projects finished. I’m not the fastest knitter and sometimes I’m not organised enough to have things ready when I run out the door so the progress was a little slow.The year started with some afghan squares made up of leftovers from this fishy jersey. I’d love...

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It’s the only quilt I’ve ever been given and it’s my favourite quilt.This quilt was lovingly put together for me by the Stitching Sisters. We met every fortnight to sit, sew and gossip. Sometimes we’d have block swaps, sometimes birthday blocks, but always fun.When I was expecting Little e, they started on her quilt. The only hand I had in it was choosing...

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I’ve signed up for the Spring Quilt Festival. While it’s not spring here, I love the idea of a virtual festival. Look out for the button on the sidebar that will take you to a collection of bloggers' favourite quilts. I’m currently putting pen to paper about my favourite too. ...

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The work on the spare room is continuing. We have moved beyond sorting out the two bookcases in there and are now tackling the numerous boxes of books in the garage. The boxes have become an unexpected wonder. Little e is having a fantastic time with the empty boxes, especially as she had recently discovered “hiding”. It often takes the form of opening...

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Yesterday was a whirl wind of crafty goodness. In the space of a day Mum and I took in Craft 2.0, the Quilt Wellington Exhibition and quilt symposium vendors mall. While there are no pictures to illustrate my busy day, I’ll try to point you in the right direction for some more information. It was my first Craft 2.0 and I was impressed....

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I was treated to an indulgent day to myself on Saturday. Almost 6 hours of just me, the sewing machine and a few projects to work on. At the moment everything is looking very red, white and yellow. The first was Little e’s new curtains. We are in the process of moving her into a new room. I have a weakness for ticking...

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We’ve been talking about birth plans in the midwife appointments. These sorts of plans include words that you never think about until you have to have a baby, for example placenta, episiotomy and pethidine. I can think of some nicer plans, involving things that I have some semblance of control over. The plan goes like this: After giving birth to my beautiful baby,...

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