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I have recently joined a small group of ladies on Facebook to do a Downton Abbey KAL (knit-along). The aim is to knit something inspired by the TV Show Downton Abbey while watching the TV show. I have decided to knit this Downton Cowl by Shannon Cook with Madelinetosh Tosh DK Baroque Violet. The yarn is so soft and the colourway is gorgeous! Need to buy more Madelinetosh Tosh DK for my stash :). This is my first serious attempt at lace knitting. I dislike frogging/unpicking so to minimise that, I had placed a stitch marker at the end of each pattern repeat. This has saved me a lot of time and heartache as all my mistakes were discovered really early. My finished Downton Cowl! Now to get some wool wash andblock it. Not going to try it on yet as it’s Summer here at the moment but I can not wait until winter to use it. I found the pattern very easy to follow and a joy to knit. The cowl took me roughly 10 days to knit as I was only knitting it during long car rides. Obviously I was not knitting and driving at the same time! Now to find something else to keep my fingers busy :)....
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Happy New Year! My first born baby will be turning 12 years old in a few days and he has asked for a Minecraft quilt. I have put everything on hold and hope to get it done in time! I could not find any pattern online so I googled for a picture of Creeper that was made up of 100 pixels/squares. From the picture, twenty of the squares were black for the eyes and mouth. That left 80 squares for the shades of green. Luckily Spotlight had a sale on and also had 8 different shades of green available i.e. 10 squares of each shade of green. I took pics of each of the fabric and moved them around until I was happy with their placement. Here’s my Minecraft quilt layout plan. Spotlight only had charcoal fabric which I do not think is black enough. What do you think? I might have to buy another black fabric and compare. I plan to add a thick sashing in dark grey fabric across the top and bottom to make it longer. My son has asked for Minecraft to be spelt out. Not sure yet whether I would spell “Mine” at the top and “craft” at the bottom or just “Minecraft” at the top or “Minecraft” at the bottom. Now to cut out the squares :)....
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Wow! I can not believe today is the last day of 2013! Where has December gone! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year :). This month is the sixth and last month of the Easy As ABC QAL. Again I ran out of time to do all the blocks and only managed to do 2 of the blocks that I had already calculated in earlier months i.e. for “E” and “S”. I am making a smaller version of the Easy As ABC QAL quilt i.e. reducing the blocks/quilt by 50% so it will be a cot quilt or a nice lap sized quilt for a toddler :). My 11yo son is turning 12yo in just over 1 week and has requested a Minecraft quilt for his birthday present. I am busily trying to get it done before his birthday and hoping that I can finish the rest of this Easy As ABC QAL blocks and the quilt top by January 13th 2014 :). Please visit Blossom Heart Quilts to find out more information about the Easy As ABC...
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November have flown by so quickly. I can not believe there is only 2 weeks left of school before my kids go on summer vacation. Lots still to do and so little time! For the fifth month of Easy As ABC QAL, I have calculated and cut out all the letters but only found time to sew 2 of the blocks. I hope to finish the other 3 next week :). For more information about the Easy As ABC QAL, please visit Blossom Heart Quilts....
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Wow! Where have November gone! I can not believe there’s only one day left of November. This school term have been crazy busy with lots of school events and birthday parties. I did manage to finish my Piece of Cake 3 quilt for my 7 years old daughter’s birthday this month. Quilting is not perfect but a big improvement compared with my first 2 quilts. My daughter loves her quilt and started using it as soon as it was dry :). More info and photos of this quilt can be found at these past blog posts: My First Quilt Top – Piece of Cake 3 My First Quilt Sandwich Quilt Details: Finished size is 60″ x 71″ Pieced and quilted by me Binding was done by sewing machine (binding sewn to back first then front of quilt) Piece of Cake 3 pattern by Camille Roskelley available at Thimble Blossoms Fabric used is a layer cake of CHERRY ON TOP by Keiki I have decided to link up with Sew Cute at Blossom Heart Quilts, Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts and TGIFF....
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I have finally finished the Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt for my 4 years old daughter. This is my second completed quilt. My daughter loves it and started using as soon as it was washed. More info and photos of this quilt can be found at here: Completed Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt Top Quilt Details: Finished size is 48″ x 66″ Pieced and quilted by me Binding was done by sewing machine (binding sewn to back first then front of quilt) Two of the chosen fabric used in the dolly quilt is from the fabric range Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman. The purple print is D#11500 and the yellow print is D# 11485. I’ve decided to link up with Anything Goes Mondays at Stitch by Stitch, Sew Cute at Blossom Heart Quilts, Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric...
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