When someone says “Don’t think of blue elephants”, you can’t help but think of at least one blue elephant. Colour combinations can be the same for me. This month’s Australasian Bee block for Jo was to be Olive, black, grey and white. All of a sudden I was seeing the colour combination everywhere.The feature fabric had a little ochre in it, so I...

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I have been catching up on my bees recently. If you look to the left side bar there is an updated list of the bees and links to all the lovely ladies sewing along. 3 Bees just kind of crept up on me. I’m really enjoying running the Anzac Bee. I feel honoured to be an international member of the U.S. Stash Busting...

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Sometimes I am so sensible it is stupid. I fell in love with Gwen Marston’s Liberated Quiltmaking when I first started quilting. I was so proud of myself for resisting the urge to buy it. How was I to know it was going to go out of print?When I heard that there was a Part II, I was in giddy liberated love. I...

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Check these out. I was recently given some vintage shop samples of Onehunga Blankets. Beautiful little tabs complete edging ribbon and with a sample of the edging ribbon. If you look closely you can see that some still have a little sticker bearing their names – Dusky Pink, Imperial Red, Sunset, Champagne, Maize and so on.What on earth am I going to do...

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