Tag: quilting
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Hoerdraad
This is a bit of a crass word in my home language, which loosely translates to ‘whore thread’. It doesn’t actually exist as a word and I doubt a lot of people would know the meaning of it, but in my family we know exactly what it means – I call it a ‘family heirloom’…
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Quilting in a small space
I guess the right way to go about creating a quilt would be to have a plan, or a sketch, or to roughly lay out all the pieces of fabric first to get a feel for the overall picture, and what the quilt would look like. However, I live in a tiny cottage (45m2 to…
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Quilt week #2
For as long as I can remember I’ve been making patchwork blankets for myself, family and friends. It consisted mostly of pieces of off-cut fabric, patterned in blocks or lines, machine stitched together and sown onto a backing, usually with an old worn out blanket sandwiched between the two outer layers, and finished off around…
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Sisters quilting project
As a source of inspiration and to keep us both motivated and accountable, my sister and I decided to each make a quilt by slow stitching. It will not be a joint project where we work together on one quilt, but rather each creating their own. When you live in the opposite corners of the…
Wouna le Roux 