Snippets 'n' Scraps

Some of this week’s Fat Mum Slim Photo a Day prompts really set me thinking. Here’s what I came up with. Day 15 – An ordinary moment. ...

If there’s a single theme running through my favourite bloggers’ posts this week it’s that of finishing up those UFOs . Everywhere I look we...

Do you remember this quilt ?  It’s been quite some time since I’ve given my Roebuck Quilt an airing, but last week I brought it out for a sm...

Being a quilt detective comes naturally to Dr Annette Gero , who is also a scientist working in the University of New South Wales  School of...

The original Roebuck Chintz Quilt has been described by quilt historian Dr Annette Gero in her book "Historic Australian Quilts" -...

All those large plain triangles called for appliqueed hexagons, and I (and my quilt buddies who were also making Roebucks) had such fun fuss...

At this point there remained only two borders to complete the quilt - a straight strip, and an outside border of hourglass blocks. This woul...

Today I had my second lesson in a series of four, making a reproduction of the Roebuck Quilt , originally made by sisters Margaret and Lizz...