My Expedition
I am best known as a maker of teddybears, but I have another new passion - patchwork and quilting. This blog is my online diary to myself. It will chart my learning journey and I hope, will document my mistakes and successes in this expedition to 'teach an old dog new tricks'. I have been learning to quilt for about 9 months, so the first few posts will be a summary of the journey so far. The Beginning While going through my loft last year, I came across a brown manilla envelope containing a bear paw patchwork block that I hand-sewed over thirty years ago. Somehow, life got in the way and my patchwork never progressed any further. Summer 2012 - First quilt Ignorance is bliss. Last summer I decided to make a patchwork quilt for my bed...this time using a sewing machine. In my ignorance, I decided to make a large quilt using half square triangles. How hard could it be? I would be cutting up material and sewing it back toge...