Tag Archives: grey

School Memento

Posted on 26/06/2014 by bluesquarequilting

This week, my lovely neighbour Tara asked me to make a pillow cover for her son’s primary school graduation using his school uniform to keep as a souvenir. What a lovely idea ! So here is what I made out … Continue reading →

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Colour inspiration

Posted on 25/04/2014 by bluesquarequilting

Recently, what started as some play between grey and other colours evolved into a series of cute baby quilts : Or if you want to see the full thing :  I really love grey as a colour to mix with … Continue reading →

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Bad stitches

Posted on 24/03/2014 by bluesquarequilting

I was happily quilting the third quilt in the Hearts on grey series when I ran out of filled bobbins. I dismantled everything to fill up a couple more, enough to finish this quilt. In doing so, I folded the … Continue reading →

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Finish #2 – Pink Heart Quilt

Posted on 01/03/2014 by bluesquarequilting

Here is a pink variant of the Heart Quilt : And of course, Daisy is never too far away ! One more colour variation on progress – red on grey ! ~ Catherine

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Zig Zag Custom quilt #2

Posted on 22/03/2013 by bluesquarequilting

Step 3 – Squaring up the blocks – 1.5 hours Unless you can sew the perfect 1/4in seam allowance every time, your blocks are likely to be slightly wonky and may not assemble perfectly once you start forming your lines. … Continue reading →

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Zig Zag Custom Quilt in progress #1

Posted on 22/03/2013 by bluesquarequilting

I was delighted to be contacted by Kirstin through my Etsy shop about making her a Zig Zag Quilt similar to this one. This post is a way of keeping her informed of my progress (I promised to deliver the … Continue reading →

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The best toy ever !

Posted on 17/11/2012 by bluesquarequilting

During our mid-term trip to France, we came across this great toy called Geomags. It is basically a set of small metal balls and magnet sticks that you can assemble into any 3-D shapes you like. Kids and adults alike … Continue reading →

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Preview for my Pay It Forward partners

Posted on 26/10/2012 by bluesquarequilting

Two of my three Pay It Forward packages are now on their way – to Australia no less ! Here is a little sneak preview… ~ Catherine

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Baby quilt and gender colours

Posted on 14/10/2012 by bluesquarequilting

I wanted to make a quilt for baby H but not knowing if it was going to be a boy or a girl proved a bit of a challenge. My first attempt was this – trying to tone down the … Continue reading →

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Colour Wheel wall hanging – a special birthday present

Posted on 19/04/2012 by bluesquarequilting

This quilt has now been gifted so I am free to blog about it. My mum turned 70 this month and I wanted to make her a wall hanging quilt. Enter Rachel Hauser of Stitched in Color and her great … Continue reading →

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