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A largely UK based blog about my adventures in jewellery making with resin and features and interviews with other jewellery artists.
Bag Making
2021-01-13 22:07
I’ve been making a few bags lately and thought I’d show you because there’s some newer patterns on the market if you fancy making one yourself! The ones at the top of th… Read More
Painting And Punch Needle
2021-01-06 17:57
I recently played with using my paint by number quilt patterns in different ways. Firstly, I used the same methodology to create outlines which became some paintings… And then… Read More
50% Off Patterns!
2021-01-02 17:28
I have a new pattern in my pattern shop for a new year, so I thought I would offer a big discount until January 10 to celebrate! You can get 50% off my new pattern Diaspyros or any other… Read More
New Online Course!
2020-12-31 19:53
Hello, happy new year! It’s been a busy one for me and I don’t want to just throw everything into one post so there are a few posts coming up from me this week. I know, I know… Read More
2020-10-13 20:51
Oh I have a bunch of quilts I have still not put here, why am I so bad at sharing my work? I do know the answer to that, it’s because I can just whack it on Instagram and call it d… Read More
2020-06-12 15:17
I must have spent three weeks deliberating over how to fasten up my patchwork Grainline Tamarack jacket before I came up with this Gambeson-esque design. I didn’t think I wanted a z… Read More
2020-06-11 15:01
Can you believe this was the first quilt I ever designed when I started learning to quilt and got EQ7? I think I designed this in 2012 but it took until October 2019 to actually make it!… Read More
A Finish – Improv Your Own Adventure
2020-06-08 15:40
I wish I had written this post earlier, that way I would remember what it was that inspired this quilt. The idea was that with the pattern, each interpretation would be different. You create… Read More
A Finish – Helsinki Square Dance 2
2020-05-25 17:20
This quilt is simply called Square Dance for it’s appearance in Annie’s Twist & Turn Block Quilts. The Helsinki part was to do with the fabric line I first made it in. I m… Read More
My Free English Paper Piecing Class
2020-05-07 16:38
Oops, didn’t mean to disappear for several months…. that’s the longest break since starting this blog TWELVE years ago. I am behind on showing my makes, and I am not su… Read More
A Finish – Pencil Pusher
2020-01-07 19:45
So I’m now caught up to July (what was I doing?!) and here is Pencil Pusher! This lone star quilt and also an article on the aggregation of marginal gains was published in Make Modern… Read More
A Finish – Frost
2020-01-03 18:41
Oh wow, so it turns out I have four unblogged quilts for 2019, so I guess I’ll post about them in quick succession! Coming up soon – Pencil Pusher, Helsinki Square Dance 2 and Hi… Read More
A Knitting Update!
2020-01-01 04:15
A lot has been knitted since June and my first class! I frogged the seed stitch scarf in the end, but I have got a back and a front panel done of a five panel cardigan. It’s a bit bori… Read More
Under $100 Art Show
2019-11-25 19:01
Hello, I’m still here! What a few weeks it has been – I’ve been busy at work, I’ve been doing a night class, I’ve had some issues with illness and palpitations… Read More
Finish – Two
2019-10-22 15:24
This quilt is my first to feature two animals. I intended to enter it into the Opposite Attract contest with SAQA, but I decided it wasn’t good enough, and then failed to get new photo… Read More
Dressmaking Gone Good!
2019-09-19 23:51
This time I succeeded with my Yoyo Dress, behold my magnificent sock photos in my #honestkitchen! I made it in a heavier, non-slidy fabric (possibly a linen blend) and I’ve worn it abo… Read More
A Finish: Vive Le Retriever!
2019-08-26 21:00
Happy international dog day! I realised that I needed to increase the number of pet quilts I’ve made for the purpose of attracting future commissions, and so what better breed than one… Read More
Dressmaking Triumph- And Another Disaster!
2019-08-07 20:05
So since my last post I’ve actually made two quilts, neither of which I think I can show for months and months yet. Isn’t that always the way! Between lots of this and that, I&rs&hell…Read More
A Finish: Baby Murray’s Baby Quilt
2019-07-02 20:16
I haven’t named this quilt (I have a great name for one of my next quilts, don’t you worry), but I can tell you a bit about it. I work with a lady, who left on maternity leave at… Read More
2019-06-21 14:23
Whilst dressmaking and I are still in a love/hate relationship, I do have some finishes, mostly because knits are usually good to me and are easy to fit. A couple of weeks ago I made a Tabo… Read More
2019 Calgary Festival Of Quilts
2019-06-17 15:03
I almost forgot to share photos from the show a couple of weekends ago! (Above is my Blue Jay quilt) Saturday it rained, and Alex had a migraine on the way over, so we had to go home and go… Read More
2019-06-16 14:51
I know it isn’t the same for all people, but I find improv means I can switch off areas of my brain and reduce the number of things I have to think about when sewing. Recently I’… Read More
2019-06-07 16:28
T Michael Martin, author of The End Games, bought my End Games mini quilt! I can’t think of a more appropriate place for it to live. And whilst it took a lot of work to make, I learned… Read More
Dressmaking Disasters
2019-05-24 21:50
I’m not sure what it is about sewing items in 3D, but it rarely goes well for me. Well, maybe bags go well most of the time. About 8 – maybe even 10 – years ago, I took a d… Read More
A Finish Along Finish – Squiffy
2019-04-29 16:37
I finished up another Squiffy bag (the one I started in a class I was teaching some months ago now) and put it in my Etsy shop this past week, which is the first thing checked off my Finish… Read More
A Finish: Triangle Mountains
2019-04-24 21:03
Back in October, I was putting my 60 degree triangle ruler to use making a quilt for Precut Patchwork magazine (used to be Quilting Quickly). It is made from fat quarters and a jelly roll, a… Read More
Finish Along – Heading Into Q2
2019-04-16 14:03
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have been evolving into a “see a project from start to finish” kind of person. I’ve fixed or disposed of the darning projects I had, al… Read More
A Finish: Our Song
2019-04-09 15:11
This pattern is Called Our Song Your Reflection, half of a musician and quilter collaboration by Andrea Tsang Jackson. I had to rush to finish it so it could make the brochure and open house… Read More
Central Alberta Quilt Show 2019
2019-04-08 17:47
I went on a solo drive to Red Deer this Saturday to take a look at the Central Alberta Quilt Show. I probably shouldn’t have spent money – but I did, and I got a milkshake from P… Read More
A Finish: Singularity
2019-04-01 15:45
I did a finish! I was planning on hanging it on my wall at work, and I even reduced it down in size so that the starting HSTs were only 3/4″ finish as opposed to 1″, moving up to… Read More
A Finish Along Finish – Carter Bags
2019-03-25 15:28
I ended up switching out the whale fabric for a floral, and also making TWO Carter Bags! One for me, one for my Etsy shop. This pattern is by Swoon from the Carried Away Collective, and is t… Read More
2019-03-19 21:32
I’m pretty sure you’ve read posts from other bloggers that are clearing out their craft rooms after being inspired in part by Marie Kondo. That stuff is kind of catchy, it has to… Read More
2019-03-06 19:51
Today I want to talk about juried quilt shows, specifically, being rejected. It wasn’t that long ago I got my rejections for Quiltcon, and to be honest, I always expect to fail there… Read More
2019-03-05 16:02
A couple of cool things have happened for me south of the border this year. Firstly, it’s been a few years, but I got published in a US magazine. You can find my Triangle Mountains (re… Read More
What I’ve Been Up To This Month
2019-02-26 16:21
This month has had quite a bit of handsewing. I’ve made an EPP/hand applique cushion project for a future issue of Make Modern (so I will show you it properly then), plus I quilted it… Read More
2019-01-31 16:14
I made this mini quilt for the MQG Mini Swap this year. I was paired with Velda who likes bright jewel tone fabrics and low volume backgrounds. I can show it now because I know she has recei… Read More
A Finish: Potato Hank
2019-01-30 16:08
It only took three weeks from start to finish, I dropped everything and made my latest animal portrait, Potato Hank. Here is the original photo it is based on, Hank in his tightest curled up… Read More
What Pattern Next?
2019-01-24 22:10
I’ve had a few people ask for patterns to be released that didn’t make it into my book, and I’m trying to see what to add to my shop next. I know I’m not sure quick a… Read More
2019-01-23 18:39
I was on the Pat Sloan American Patchwork and Quilting Podcast this week! Did you listen in? Let me know what you thought. I was a bit nervous but that wavering in my voice at the start can… Read More
Confidence
2019-01-08 17:37
I’m not one for resolutions, or words to live a year by, but I know it works great for others. This year already however, it seems things have kind of organically gone that way for me… Read More
2019-01-02 16:24
I had two targets for Q4 of 2018 and I achieved them both! So it’s time to set goals again. I’m in a real applique mood, so it could be the time I get the Quilt Workout Applique… Read More
Denim Weaving
2019-01-01 16:44
Happy New Year! While browsing through Google Drive for pictures for my last post, I came across photos of my woven cushion and realised that I hadn’t shared that project here! It was… Read More
A Finish: Sockeye Run
2018-12-27 17:56
I designed this quilt after we came back from the Okanagan Valley at the end of the summer. Every four years, there is a “dominant run”, where the sockeye salmon that swim upstre… Read More
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2018-12-17 22:02
Opening image is a quilt by Catherine Croucher. Originally published in Popular Patchwork in 2015, I thought this was still relevant today, the day when many people find out if they’ve… Read More
2018-12-10 15:52
I designed this quilt solely with the intent of entering Quiltcon. I did enter two other quilts too (Scallops and Arlecchino) but this one was the only one with that agenda from the start. E… Read More
Cotton And Oscar
2018-11-29 15:14
A month or two ago, our neighbour came over to look at my pictorial quilts after my husband had been talking over the fence about them. She wanted a picture of their two dachshunds for their… Read More
2018-11-27 15:17
I’ve simply named this mini quilt “left”. I’ve tried to incorporate arrow signs pointing left, after the Speed Date With Improv class with Krista Hennebury last month… Read More
A Finish: Blue Jay
2018-10-21 22:54
Here’s my Blue Jay quilt! I’d say it was my latest finish, but that’s not exactly true. It’s been a while since making a pictorial, since I made so many for the book… Read More
Finish Along Q4 2018
2018-10-16 18:19
I was in two minds about whether I link up for this quarter or not. I have lots of new things I want to make, and I know it won’t be a finishing kinda quarter – a bit like the la… Read More
2018-10-01 19:59
Thanks to everyone who has supported Paint By Number Quilts in some way so far! I will be receiving my shipment tomorrow and I will have a few copies in my Etsy pattern shop once they’… Read More
Welcome Aboard The Book Tour!
2018-09-17 13:16
This is the first stop! Today, I want to give you an honest story about the book that nearly wasn’t. I’ll try to keep it short. I came up with the idea for Quilt By Numbers &ndas&hell…Read More
2018-09-10 16:39
I’m hoping that early next week my book(ette) will start arriving around US locations and to Amazon… This would be great news since the two week blog and Instagram tour starts o… Read More
Getting Back Into Patchwork!
2018-08-21 14:59
It’s nice not having deadlines. I’m doing some magazine writing, but not making right now. At first, it meant I could take a guilt-free break from sewing. We moved the mattress i… Read More
A Finish – Arlecchino
2018-08-20 14:54
I have been working on this quilt for months, which slowed down making anything else and also my video creation because this one I definitely had to keep a secret, under the MQGs orders! It… Read More
Finish Along 2018 – Q3
2018-07-12 19:23
Ooh goal time again! Since I don’t have ANY print deadlines on the horizon, I’m thinking about my WIPs more. Maybe that will mean more success, or maybe it will be more thinking… Read More
The Showcase Quilt – A FREE Pattern!
2018-07-07 18:18
Oops, I’m a few days later than I promised! If you have some neat large prints, or panels or just fabric that you love and want to use large pieces of, this layout could work for you!… Read More
A Finish: Canada 151
2018-07-03 14:18
Here is Canada 151, named because I used fabrics that were released to commemorate the Canadian sesquicentennial last year, and then didn’t actually make anything until just before Can… Read More
2018-06-06 21:41
Recently, I’ve been working on a project (to be shared soon) that I’ve not been able to blog or Instagram about, but it’s been that much of a long slog, that it looks like… Read More
2018-05-29 19:58
I don’t feel like writing much at the moment, but I do want to share some quilts from the Heritage Park show this weekend. I showed some of my book returns and rejects and they were mo… Read More
Metal & Vinyl – A Soft Launch
2018-05-15 22:08
Today I’m introducing Metal & Vinyl! Metal & Vinyl is my newest Etsy shop (that makes three now), and I plan to supply local sewists and bagineers with cool stuff that you prob… Read More
2018-05-08 17:22
It’s sad to say, but Popular Patchwork will be no more after the June issue (pictured). I’ve enjoyed working with the magazine for five years as a writer, and then for a couple o… Read More
2018-04-18 18:21
It’s been a while since this last happened – my Scallops quilt is the cover star of the latest (May?) issue of Popular Patchwork! It’s in most large newsagents in the UK. M… Read More
Block Donations
2018-04-15 20:18
There have been a couple of things I’ve made blocks for lately. It nice as a rest for my brain between projects and for using up a few scraps. In case you’re looking for some cau… Read More
Finish Along 2018 – Quarter 2
2018-04-11 20:50
Maybe I should try and get one of the historical finishes done…. it might be hard as we are doing some home renovations (read: my husband is ripping out doors and door frames, meanwhi… Read More
A Finish – Wildflowers
2018-04-09 14:05
This was a race to finish this weekend, but it is now in the post and it’s another thing off my to do list! It’s very different to my usual colour scheme, and is quite small, bu… Read More
2018-03-20 14:11
Sorry for the disarray, my blog (and website) are not quite performing the way I’d like them to, I need to spend a serious amount of time working on my online presence and patterns bef… Read More
A Finish: Scallops
2018-02-23 17:01
I do have another finish from before this one, but in my haste, I forgot to take proper photos, so this one will have to come first! Scallops has gone to the UK to be in the May issue of Pop… Read More
Guess Who’s Back With New Things?!
2018-02-21 15:19
You may not have noticed, but I disappeared for a little while there. My blog has been rebuilt as a larger part of www.pennydog.com – yes the www now exists so I can have an all in one… Read More
2018-01-09 15:13
Does anyone visit this blog anymore? I’m going to continue anyway, It’s a good record for me to look back on, but I’m not sure if anyone else is here. I’ve had s… Read More
2017-12-28 17:39
I hope you are having a nice peaceful holiday season! I’ve been back at work since Boxing Day, but trying to get back into the swing of things, blog wise and all. If you’re anyth… Read More
2017-11-27 15:46
Things didn’t quite go to plan as I booked on to do a craft fair before Christmas and needed to make stock! I’m now making for a craft fair in under two weeks! Read More
2017-10-30 21:41
This quilt is Paraffin, and it was designed to look like a lava lamp. I learned about how they work while making this quilt – that carbon tetrachloride is added to the paraffin to mak… Read More
2017-10-05 15:15
This is Banana Candy all done! It’s all raw edge applique, appliqued onto Kona Parchment at the quilting stage. That is pretty much how I roll with applique always, whether turned ed… Read More

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