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Finished! I spy a rainbow quilt

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 Hello everybody, It's gone pretty close to the wire, but I have finished my I Spy a Rainbow quilt! As I mentioned in my previous post , this was already basically a finished top, it just needed quilting and binding. I hand quilted - here's a couple of shots of it in my hoop. Once that was done, I cut off the excess batting so it was ready for the binding. I chose a stripy rainbow fabric for the binding, to give it a distinctive frame. It's similar to the fabric used in the central hexagon flower, but much thinner stripes. I made the binding strips on the grain rather than on the bias so that the stripes would come out horizontal/vertical rather than diagonal. I am very pleased with the job I did on a couple of the binding strip joins - look how neatly pattern matched these are! I stitched the binding on to the front with the machine and then hand stitched it down on the back. On a suggestion from a friend, I added in a last-minute I-Spy image into the binding. This quilt w...
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Focus cutting sewalong 2026 roundup month 6

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 Hello everybody! This is just going to be a quick post. This month has been so busy that I have only made 3 blocks, and they were all from one week. As you can see, the colour is purple. I made three blocks for week 21, identifiable motifs. First up, Peppa Pig. As you may recall, she also featured in pink month . My middle child is currently revisiting his Peppa Pig obsession, so this block is inspired by him. Second, little wizards. I love this fabric, I think the wizards are so cute. And finally, some flowers. These Japanese-inspired blossom print jumped into my bag at the fabric shop because as I write this for you, I am in Kyoto, Japan! Me at Chion-in Temple Next month's colour is my favourite blue. I will have to try and not go too crazy on my return to England, as I really have to finish my I-Spy A Rainbow quilt in time for the Festival of Quilts at the start of August. It's in my quilting hoop with about half the quilting finished. So lots going on at the moment!  Than...
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Focus cutting sewalong 2026 Month 5 Roundup

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Hello everybody! It's the end of a very hot and sunny month here in Oxfordshire, and it is once again time to round up the blocks I have been making for the #focuscuttingsewalong. This month our theme has been red. I made 9 blocks in total. Week 17 started up, as always, with identifiable motifs. I made three blocks. First up, deliberately timed for Star Wars day on May 4th, Rey. Getting this one out on Instagram on time is the reason I didn't finish all three identifiable motif blocks together for an outside photo. I have quite a bit of this Force Awakening fabric, so it has featured a lot in my #focuscuttingsewalong blocks. You can see Rey in 2023 ,  2022 , 2021 , 2019 , 2018 and also in the I-Spy Rainbow quilt I am currently finishing off. I did consider arranging these blocks so I had four Reys standind to attention, before settling on this spinning windmill effect. And secondly, with all this lovely weather, strawberry season is nearly upon us. This fabric has several di...
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I spy a rainbow

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 Hello everybody! I have decided to finish up one of my long-term WIPs. Moving house has made me look at and sort through everything I have on the go and it means I am itching to finish up some stuff (as well as start another 50,000 things, but I am resisting for now). So I pulled this quilt top out of my pile. I made this quilt several years ago, intending it as a cot quilt for my second son (who is now 10 years old, and way too big for a cot). It was the first big EPP project I did, I designed it myself and I mostly basted the hexies and stitched it together on my train commutes to work in 2017 (see these old IG posts from the time here and here ). There's a fun print in every single hexie, the vast majority of which are fussy cut. Many of the fabrics were gifted from the generous community on Instagram, and as for the rest, this is where I started to build my lovely collection of bright, colourful fabrics that I love working with so much. I really want to enter the Festival of ...
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