Waaaay back in the day, when Rachel was still living in Guelph, I offered to make her a Lord of the Rings quilt. I have the plans, and I remember vividly drawing up schematics... when we were living in New Zealand, in 2004-2005. Well, here is part one: Hobbiton. It seems a little shameful that it's taken me six years to get this one, tiny bit of a quilt done, but: there it is. I'm terribly pleased with it. The technique is one of layering each curve over top of the other, which I learned…

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I did play around a little bit during my grad school time, and I was able to make three tops for a hobbit wall quilt. It’s not Bilbo’s door, but if you look closely you can still find e…

And the ship went out into the high Sea and passed on into the west, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance in the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. and then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise. Lord Of The Rings Welcome to Month 12 of Not All Who Wander Are…

We have had an absolutely amazing response to our first pattern for our very first Block of the Month, There and Back Again! After just one week, Gandalf has been popping up all over the place. Check out these fantastic blocks from the Fandom In Stitches flickr group: by accroquilt by MariaRose3685 by Rigel<3sQuilting by harrypotter5freak by Mormormaxi by Gaya76 Do you want to play along? It's never too late to start! There And Back Again Block of the Month Pattern 1 You can join us on our…

Hi All! Ive been a long time reader of this community, but havent posted anything before. Being an artist professionally, Im big into all kinds of crafts, and I make things for a lot of my different geek fandoms. A few years ago I made a Harry Potter quilt, and since Im an even…