Pinwheels have me doing Cartwheels!

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Pinwheels have me doing Cartwheels!

Two days to go before packing and so, before our computer is whisked away and I have to sign off for a while, I just wanted to update you on my summer accessories project.  We have a couple of big occasions this summer, our youngest son's final Speech Day at school and our daughter's graduation from university, so I wanted to make some pretty things to use.  I am not much of a clothes person really, but accessories....I love.  So what do I have to report.  Well, first of all... Anna Maria Horner is a total genius.  The needlepoint clutch bag is quite simply the prettiest project I have ever worked on and its going to be really lovely. 

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Pineapples & Cream

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Pineapples & Cream

My big summer project this year has been a Pineapple quilt.  It's a very traditional block and having made a log cabin quilt last year, I decided that this year I would tackle the pineapple.  I used a pattern by 'Fig Tree quilts' and it was a dream to stitch.   I had originally thought I would use all orange pineapples, but couldn't resist adding some colour to keep it interesting to work on. 

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New York Placemats

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Last Christmas, a dear quilting friend of mine (thanks Karin in Aberdeen) sent me a small pack of four vintage New York quilt panels that she had found on her holiday in the US.  I was thrilled to bits with them and they have been sitting on my sewing table, squeaking at me for several months.  Finally, over the summer holidays, I thought they would be a nice project to work on.   After some thought, I decided to use them to make placemats and was pretty pleased with the result.

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