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I did manage to make some progress on a few UFO’s at our guilds retreat on the weekend. The first project was a Ragtime quilt that I had cut out using my GO cutter last spring. The flannels have a winter theme with snowflakes and mitts and will look great on my couch all winter. This UFO was taking up a lot of space in my fabric bins so it was good cleaning those out. I was able to quilt all the blocks at the retreat but then put it away to work on another project. When I got home I knew I couldn’t just put the blocks back in the bins so on Sunday I got to work piecing the quilt together and it is now DONE! I love that all the fringes are done with the GO cutter, that is such a time saver. My other UFO project was my Scrappy Jewel Box blocks that were given to me by my guild members when my term as President was over. You can read about this quilt here. I was able to finished this quilt top…what do you think? Well to be honest …I love how the center looks and the inner navy border but am disappointed in my other two border choices. I’m picking them off tomorrow! It needs a much darker outer border as the second and third borders just blend together too much and when I laid it on my bed the borders just didn’t look right. So now I’m on a mission to find new fabrics for the borders and that’s not easy when the nearest quilt shop 150km away. I’m thinking a dark navy with a pop of bright colors in it for the outer border. I was hoping to quilt this one in December but it will now have to wait until my border issues are solved. I don’t want to rush with this quilt as it is very special to me and I want to finish it right. Now on another subject, the bay finally froze over yesterday at it was getting down to –15’c at night. It has been slowly freezing in sections and you can see the layers in the photos how the older ice is whiter and the newer ice clearer. I’m hoping the clear sections stay clear so I can start using the ice as a backdrop again for my pictures. But don’t worry it will be a few weeks before I venture out there :)

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I realised that I haven't added many of these photo's here, so thought I would. These are of my Crazy Quilt with Grandmother's Fans. It took 4 years between 1992-1996 and I sold it in 2009(ish) for $70000AU.

Acrylic on canvas, 95 x 51.5 cm - Samuel Miller - ninuka

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TAST week 30 Oyster Stitch What a peculiar stitch this was. I had trouble getting the 1st part (the twisted chain) to stay down, but I think I eventually got it to BEHAVE enough for a fairly unison finish. Here is the Oyster Stitch on my CQJP block for July. Coton A Broder 16 in black on the left and white on the right of this seam. And here is a little "playtime fun" on my Stitch Journal page Love these scallops or swags. And a flower burst This is my Stitch Journal page for the last month or two. Not all the stitches are on here as I did some of them straight on to my CQJP without trialing them first, but I shall probably add them to the Stitch Journal at a later date as I want them all together in one place. CQJP July Block WIP I have been gradually adding seam treatments and embellishment to the July Crazy Quilt block, and working through some problem areas with it. Remember this from last week Well, I didn't like it so I frogged it...... rippit, rippit,rippit. And in it's place is this.... I'm not sure what it is meant to be haha.... but it was fun to do and it's staying. It's possible that I got a little bit influenced by the Olympics. The crocheted trim that I added last week has had it's ribbon embellishment added, and I used a tiny cross-stitch in a light green metallic thread to anchor the ribbon in place rather than weaving the ribbon like I first intended. As usual though, the metallic thread does not photograph well. I wanted this trim to have a gentle and delicate look, as there are already too many 'chunky' seams on the block. One more freeform stitched seam this week is this one that is not finished yet. I'm not going to think about what it needs yet, just have to wait and see what happens on the end of my needle on the day it gets it's topping. Lots of beads to be added to the July block over the next couple of days hopefully, and then it will be finished before next weekends reveal. I hope you have a great stitching week ahead. Bye for now. Happy Stitching

It is nearly time for this month's Saturday workshop! Altered Books. On the 23rd May in Boxmoor we will be making, starting and learning new techniques to make unique little works of ART from old, unloved hardback books. It is such a happy experience to see beautiful things emerging from the pages and seeing how everybody interprets the techniques that I'm showing them into their own personal artwork. This time we are going to be working with Acrylic mediums. Crackle paints, moulding paste, iridescent mediums and paints, and resin. We are also going to play with openings and put little doors with hinges into our books. Each person can choose to work to a theme or just to play with the techniques. Have a look through this blog for photos of Altered Books and there are lots on my website too. www.paulawatkins.co.uk if you'd like to see examples of this lovely art for. Here are a few more to show some of the techniques we will be playing with. This first one shows some of the different mediums used with iridescent paint effects, It also shows a window cut between the pages to showcase a vintage optometrist lens which has been treated with resin and wired between the pages. This little heat treated copper door has brass hinges and a fastening. It opens to reveal the vintage dresses hanging in the wardrobe by a chain and little wire hangers. The fairies on the other page a peeking in. This is a stitched panel on a book page using some of my collection of buttons and lace. As you can see, an Altered Book can be anything you want it to be. Let me know if you'd like to join us on this workshop or one in the future. We have such fun!

This summer, I'll be teaching a Crazy Quilting 101 class at The Loopy Ewe in Fort Collins, CO! This is the sample block that is goin...

This Block of the Month still has me excited. I love the fabric and I get some practice with different block units that I wouldn't normally use. Block # 4 is called "Beautiful Joy". It was designed by Sandy Gervais of Pieces From My Heart. You can see some of Sandy's projects and her own fabric lines at www.PiecesFromMyHeart.net This particular block took me a little longer than it should have but a little thing called "focus" was not happening this afternoon when I was assembling the units on the side of the center square. I put the tan dots on each side instead of 2 dots and 2 prints so there was a lot of ripping out going on. In the end, I LOVE how the block turned out even though it took twice as long to assemble. After dinner I cut out Block #5 which is called "Brilliant Lissa" which was designed by Polly Minick and Laurie Simpson of Minick & Simpson fame. You can see their fabric and projects also on www.MinickandSimpson.com. This block, although it looks challenging, it was really a quick one to cut out and assemble. I am doing this Block of the Month with Fat Quarter Shop. They ship the kit promptly on the 10th of the month and when you sign up you get all the fabrics you need for finishing it off at the end. I have seen a few girls have started cutting and assembling their blocks but I am going to wait at least till after the holidays to look at the finishing kit. With Thanksgiving, my first grand baby coming and then Christmas, well, I don't need anything extra to think about. Here's a picture of the first 5 blocks I have finished. Gorgeous....just gorgeous!!! Peggy

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Rachel Wright is an artist who specializes in embroidered textiles. She studied fashion and textiles at Birm...