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Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Chevron Evening Clutch

Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Chevron Evening Clutch

by Katy Cameron | 05.01.2015 | Bag Makes, Bag Making Basics, Finish Along 2014, Finish Along Tutorials, My Makes, Tutorials

This wasn’t the tutorial planned for today, but a last minute emergency caused a change of plans, so I’m doing a little new year recycling of a tutorial I wrote for the Village Haberdashery early last year (apologies for those who may have seen it before)...
Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Make A Cotton And Voile Pillowcase

Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Make A Cotton And Voile Pillowcase

by Katy Cameron | 04.01.2015 | Finish Along 2014, Finish Along Tutorials, Other Makes, Other Tutorials, Tutorials

At some point last year I felt an urge to make some pillowcases.  It was all part of the grand ‘Princess and the Pea’ type approach to bedding, where all the quilts were made by me, and I thought I shouldn’t just sleep under handmade, but rest...
Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Linking Up From Instagram

Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Linking Up From Instagram

by Katy Cameron | 03.01.2015 | Finish Along 2014, Finish Along Tutorials, Other Tutorials

Welcome back to tutorial week, and this time I’m going to take you through linking up from Instagram through your PC/laptop.  Since Flickr has now somewhat gone the way of the dinosaur a lot more of us are using IG to record our progress and finishes, so the...
Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Single Fold Binding

Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Single Fold Binding

by Katy Cameron | 02.01.2015 | Finish Along 2014, Finish Along Tutorials

Hi, I’m Leanne and I blog at she can quilt. Some of you might know me from the 2013 FAL, which I hosted. Today I am sharing a tutorial for adding a Single Fold Binding to your quilted project. I use this binding for mini quilts and smaller items as the regular...
Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Planning Your Creative New Year

Finish Along Quarter 4 Tutorial Week – Planning Your Creative New Year

by Katy Cameron | 01.01.2015 | Finish Along 2014, Finish Along Tutorials

Happy new year everyone, I hope it’s a good one for you! Firstly I have a little gift for you, and then we’ll get on with the planning, but this could help you with that… I had a little fun in my photo studio yesterday, using one of my Christmas...
Finish Along Quarter 3 Tutorial Week – Rescuing Your Mojo With Katiemae Quilts

Finish Along Quarter 3 Tutorial Week – Rescuing Your Mojo With Katiemae Quilts

by Katy Cameron | 06.10.2014 | Finish Along 2014, Finish Along Tutorials

Hi all, don’t forget this is the last day to link up your finishes for Quarter 3 of the Finish Along! Now, apologies, because this should have gone up on Saturday, but a small time difference and technical hitch prevented me from getting it to you until today,...
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One of the most famous landmarks on the ferry rout One of the most famous landmarks on the ferry route between Oban and Craignure on the Isle of Mull, Duart Castle sits on its own little peninsula south of Craignure, with the Morvern peninsula on the mainland in the background.​​​​​​​​
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#duartcastle #isleofmull #scotland #uk #migrationmonday #migrationmondaylt #travelphotography #canon7d #mycanon #canonuk
No #saturdaynightcraftalong for me tonight, we're No #saturdaynightcraftalong for me tonight, we're a bit preoccupied celebrating a grand slam 😁 🇮🇪🏉☘️

#sixnations #sixnationsrugby #ireland #irelandrugby
Swimmers line up to dive off the top platform of t Swimmers line up to dive off the top platform of the Piscine de la Plage Bon-Secours in St Malo one sunny June afternoon.  Behind, a sailing school is coming home after an afternoon of racing, with the wee island of Grand Bé and the English Channel/La Manche in the background.​​​​​​​​
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#stmalo #brittany #france #migrationmonday #migrationmondaylt #travelphotography #canon7d #mycanon #canonuk
Taking a little time out from Alice, The Red Queen Taking a little time out from Alice, The Red Queen and my Divide And Conquer Bag tonight for the #saturdaynightcraftalong with @charmaboutyou by knocking up a little something with this pile.
My Zeil Shopping Centre in Frankfurt has a rather My Zeil Shopping Centre in Frankfurt has a rather wild and crazy roof (there's a giant glass tunnel through the middle of it!) and this is looking up at one part of the tunnel from the ground floor.  From a shopping point of view it held little interest for me, but from an architectural point of view it fascinated me!​​​​​​​​
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Intricate stone work at Cong Abbey in County Mayo. Intricate stone work at Cong Abbey in County Mayo.  Most of the abbey has fallen down/been demolished, but odd bits like this still stand.​​​​​​​​
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#congabbey #countymayo #ireland #migrationmonday #migrationmondaylt #travelphotography #canon7d #mycanon #canonuk
A wee pile of bag pieces to quilt tonight as part A wee pile of bag pieces to quilt tonight as part of the #saturdaynightcraftalong with @charmaboutyou 

I did a wee bit of cleaning before I started, swipe to see what came out after putting my puff quilt together (and it's not even quilted yet 😳)
For me, this picture encapsulates cause and effect For me, this picture encapsulates cause and effect for global warming, an Easy Jet flight taking off from Geneva Airport on a very warm, sunny, early February day as it flies over the OMM/WMO building (the World Meteorological Organisation)  At the start of 2020 there hadn't been anywhere near the usual snow levels in the area, which was clear both as you flew in/out, as well as talking to the locals.  Whilst the pandemic that arrived very shortly after this severely curtailed world and even local travel, I'm sure the planet heaved a huge sigh of relief.​​​​​​​​
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This was my view at this time yesterday when I bro This was my view at this time yesterday when I broke down at the M74/M77 merge (big thanks to the fully loaded car transporter lorry who drove a foot from my back bumper while leaning on the horn as I discovered I couldn't get above 28 mph, really, it was a big help 🙄) As there's no hard shoulder at the point I discovered this, I limped the mile or so to this first bit of hard shoulder on at the start of the elevated section of the M74.

Huge thanks to the RAC who left me standing there for over 3 hours waiting for a tow truck in 60+ mph winds at a point higher than the Kingston Bridge (below and behind me on the M8) with live lane traffic right next to me and a 50+ ft drop behind the concrete wall I had to stand next to.  I only phoned you 3 times saying just how terrified I was after 3 lorries nearly took me out (let's not go into the subsequent lorries and of course all the vans and cars playing junction chicken over the chevrons and hard shoulder just behind me). The absolute disinterest of your last call handler was evident.

Big thanks also to the highways guys that came up minutes after I broke down, stuck 3 cones behind me, and buggered off again and to the numerous police Scotland vehicles that drove by without batting an eyelid, really, it was so appreciated, especially when I found out from the guy who eventually turned up to get me that there had been a 3 car accident exactly where I was standing only the day before. 

Genuine thanks to the 911 Rescue driver who let me thaw out in his lorry, dropped the car at the garage and took me home, I hope you enjoy your retirement from Friday!
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