Dear Daughter Another block complete to add to your Dear Daughter quilt. This one is called Periwinkle. I like the name, although the pattern reminds me more of the compasses found on old maps. The ones where only the North is labelled. With 111 quilt blocks to choose from the […]
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Dear Daughter: About the Sunday Blues
Part of my Dear Daughter Quilt project. A letter and a quilt block Dear Daughter It is time to name and shame the Sunday Blues. Too long it has run riot and ruined hours of our weekend, only to be joined by the Mondays. Like a mischievous sprite it jumps […]
Read moreDear Daughter: About being tidy
Dear Daughter It has been a while. I have written a few letters in the meantime, but somehow, they’ve not made it to my blog. These may make it into an appendix one day. Or maybe even an e-book containing the missing blocks. The good news is that, not only […]
Read moreDear Daughter: About not giving up
(only half the paper templates removed. Causing some wrinkles!) Dear Daughter I have created another patchwork block for your Dear Daughter Quilt. Something very satisfying about adding it to my pile of completed pieces. All waiting to be sewn together. I very nearly abandoned this project. It would’ve been easy […]
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