Tumbling Blocks have landed.

I have finally finished a quilt that I started a few years ago.  I have posted previously about this particular quilt and you can check it out here and here. I spent a wet weather day recently hand sewing the binding to finish off the quilt.  I decided to make the binding out of scraps…

Another ottoman

I have finished making another ottoman.  The fabric came from my younger daughter.  I posted previously about the other ottoman I made so this one has been made in the same way. It took an incredible amount of stuffing but I now know to get pillows from the thrift shop and use the stuffing from…

Material possessions in their finished state

I have managed to get a bit of sewing done lately and these pieces are the results of some of the material I bought at Rosedale.  I had a bit of hand sewing to do before they were finished. Note I need my cup of coffee while doing hand sewing. These were the first finished,…

Material possessions!

I am absolutely hopeless when it comes to keeping my hands in my pockets when I visit any kind of fabric or wool shop.  I know I shouldn’t buy anything as I already have plenty of fabrics and wool but I am always tempted by the beautiful fabrics and yarns.  This was the case when…