The Barefoot Crafter

inspiring a playfully creative life

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Stage Two!

24 hours on, and the fabric is cut!   One’s missing you say? After making up a mock-block to test the colour scheme, I wasn’t happy with the cream & blue fabric. The other fabrics are so rich that it looks stark, and very jarring when added into the block. So I’ll put that fabric away for another project, and head back down to the

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Jacob’s Ladder Quilt – The Fabrics

I’ve been shopping! Aren’t they yummy?!! The dark blue will be one triangle, and I am trying to decide whether to use the yellow, or the cream & blue for the other triangle. I’m about to cut the peices for one block, and see what they look like made up, then decide!   ~~~   On the curtain front, they are completed, and DH has

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Mmmm…muffins

I had a few very ripe bananas in my fridge, so decided to whip up a batch of muffins. Super easy to make, and I didn’t have to chuck the bananas (well, except for half of one that was way too far gone!) Also on the to-bake list is some biscuits if I get a chance, but for now, curtain duty calls! Hopefully I’ll be

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The Bonus Quilt

Why the bonus quilt? I was rifling through my mum’s scrap stash, looking for fabrics I could use for an applique of Maisy Mouse for a library bag I was making for my toddler, who is madly in love with “Maise, Mummy!”. I came across 18 completed, trimmed, ready-to-be-joined blocks from a “crazy log cabin” class my sister and I did many years ago, more

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One Little Word

…choose…

This year is going to be a big one for our family. There are a lot of changes … [Read More...]

My tutorials

…knitted Christmas trees :: advent blogalong day6…

A few days ago, the kids were playing around with some yarn crafts as part of … [Read More...]