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  • Off to join the Circus...

    Can you remember the first time you saw a circus tent magically appear in the park, transforming a once Inspired by old circus posters and vintage toys, the Vintage Circus Sampler has a whimsical cast of circus Noble Lion & Circus Wagon Our lion's magnificent mane is, in fact, a classic Dresden plate, with a tiny The Big Top Our circus characters are collected together beneath the Big Top - flanked by fussy-cut The Vintage Circus quilt is made with two background fabrics: a neutral - Tilda solid in dove - and a

  • Vintage Circus Block of the Month

    you into the Big Top and introduce you properly to the Got Kwilts 2023 Block of the Month, Vintage Circus As I mentioned, the Vintage Circus blocks have been inspired by old circus posters and vintage toys to Richla has created a magnificent kit for the Vintage Circus Block of the Month participants in Tilda's Bloomsville collection: it's exotic prints and saturated palette are combined with Tilda doll fabric for the circus The Vintage Circus Pattern book will be published in July, either as a printed book - available from

  • Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 5

    Welcome to the last month of our Vintage Circus sewalong! And what could be more appropriate for a circus-themed quilt? Our first idea is to add 2" Suffolk Puffs - a.k.a. fabric yoyos - to the circus balls. And a couple of ideas for adorning your wheels were shared in the Vintage Circus Facebook group: Lauralee Finally, thank you for joining us to create the Vintage Circus quilt.

  • Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 4

    Welcome to month four of the Vintage Circus sewalong! Richla, from Got Kwilts, and I are putting our hands together for the final pair of circus characters

  • Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 3

    Welcome to month three of the Vintage Circus sewalong!

  • Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 2

    Welcome to month two of the Vintage Circus sewalong! When cutting out the circle for the seal's ball I found it helpful to audition my fabric motif with a , but the placement template technique we used to create last month's circus podiums is used again here

  • Vintage Circus Sew-along: month 1

    Welcome to the Vintage Circus sewalong! Magician's Rabbit, Ringmaster's Dog & Circus Wagon We may be starting our sew-along with the smallest The circus podium is, essentially, a pair of Triangle-in-a-Square units. PIECING THE CIRCUS WAGON... Strip piecing: The bars of the circus wagon are made using the strip-piecing technique.

  • Something magical coming soon...

    We have chosen a circus theme using the upcoming Bloomsville collection from Tilda Fabrics and, trust The blocks have been inspired by old circus posters and vintage toys and I know Richla and her team are

  • Celebrating Tilda Fabrics

    Nesting - the £5 February PDF pattern of the month - Jubilee would be the perfect replacement for the Circus

  • Spring has sprung...

    I made my quilt with a favourite Tilda collection, Circus, rounded out with a few prints from their new

  • Introducing the Spring Cottage block of the month...

    Spring Cottage photographed circa 1930...

  • Introducing Northern Lights...

    inspiration from the aurora borealis that trip the light fantastic across the ink blue skies of the arctic circle

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