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A roundup of odds and sods

I seem to have made lots of little things, many of which have gone unreported, so thought I’d add them to one post, which may turn out to be quite big. I made a girl pirate tee shirt for my granddaughter to wear swimming for a safety week. I finished up having to handpaint the […]

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Fibremood Havana

Edition 30 of the Fibremood magazine is now out and it has so many lovely patterns that it was hard to choose one. In the end I went for the Havana, which is basically a pinafore dress and I thought it would be useful in the spring. It has a subtle bust dart for shaping, […]

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Kawandi style quilt

Back in May I did the Making Zen retreat and one of the workshops was with Jennifer Strauser from Dizzy Quilter making a Kawandi style quilt square. Apparently a Kawandi quilt has its origins in both Africa and India and is a hand stitched quilt made from scrap fabric, including silk saris. Basically you cut […]

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