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I’m not on Facebook @Ouryve , but I just shut down the box where it asked me to log in , using the X in the corner and I got in. :D

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Great to see @Sara-S . I think I recognise your Halloween quilt  :loveit: Lots of inspiration for everyone from all those lovely quilts.
I’ve only been to one quilt show, but I must try to find out if there are any locally.

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A Good Yarn / Re: sanquhar glove
« on: April 14, 2024, 22:44:41 PM »
That was really interesting. I’d never heard of Sanquhar gloves and I’ve lived in Scotland all my life. The woman recording the patterns seems to be a quilter too, from the picture of the cushions on her sofa.

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In the wardrobe / Re: Wardrobe switchover time?
« on: April 14, 2024, 17:02:48 PM »
I’m indoors today, but I’m wearing jeans, thermal vest, cotton jumper, fleece and pure wool neck scarf 😂 I don’t wear jeans etc in summer , but that’s still at least 6 weeks away!

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I finished my 3rd scrappy quilt last night. What will I do now?

 It is backed with the narwhal fleece remnant that I used on the flannel quilt and I still have lots left. I’m going to keep this quilt and will eventually give it as a gift to a baby. It’s a simple pattern, but I like the way you can see squares in the pattern or big stars and it’s a good use of all those tiny scraps. :D There are a few non perfect point joins, but hopefully a non quilter won’t notice!

I did some straight quilting first and then used various forms of simple fmq to stabilise the tiny scrap squares.

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Vintage Machines / Re: Singer 431g
« on: April 08, 2024, 17:08:29 PM »
Oh dear, but at least you know how to look at the innards. I wouldn’t have a clue and as to fitting a new motor!…

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A Good Yarn / Re: Or give up
« on: April 03, 2024, 16:34:35 PM »
Oh dear @Sewingsue , I sympathise. I have several times almost finished baby cardigans and then not liked the colour or the pattern and have ripped them out to knit something new. I have also sometimes knitted the back of a jumper and thinking it’s going to work out too big, have just done a fudge by knitting the front a bit smaller, but the same length . It’s frustrating to rip things out, but no point in knitting something that’s not going to be right.

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Sewalongs and Competitions / Re: Weekly Sewing Club Wednesdays 2-4pm
« on: April 03, 2024, 15:41:12 PM »
I’ve started quilting my 3rd scrappy quilt. This one I’m going to keep to give as a present eventually. The design is so geometric that I’m , unusually, doing lots of straight line quilting with the walking foot. I might do a little bit of  fmq in each block, I’ll see.

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Looking lovely @Stitches . That’s a lot of scraps!

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Here’s my finished scrap flannel quilt. It has cotton wadding and is backed with fleece that I bought as a remnant on EBay. I still have lots of it left, though I’ll back the other scrappy quilt with it too.The narwhals turned out to be bigger than expected, but it’s fine as a backing. It’s a lovely soft cosy quilt to the touch. I was tempted to keep it, but what would I do with it? :laugh:

The 2 scrap quilts I’ve finished will be off to the post office and Project Linus later with another one I made last year, but don’t really love.

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Amazing @BrendaP , what a lovely use of scraps. What do you plan to do with it when it’s finished?

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Current Projects / Re: Log cabin Star
« on: March 30, 2024, 08:54:21 AM »
Love the log cabin design and the quilting: it’s beautiful  :loveit:

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That’s a beautiful cushion @Starryfish . It must have taken ages to make.

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I usually make them between 36” and 40” square @Lowena . The flannel one is just 25” square, but apparently they do use smaller ones for babies.

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Thanks for the comments :D. I now have the fleece backing for my second scrappy quilt. Yesterday I had a bit of a tidy up and found a bag of flannel scraps left over from making burp cloths, so I quickly ran up a simple baby quilt, which I might put in my Project Linus bag if I get it finished quickly enough. Here it is so far.
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