Author Archives: liljabs

The Hunger Games

I listen to a lot of audiobooks while I sew. But very few have captured me like the Hunger games did. I literally just couldn’t stop listening to them until I had finished the whole series. So being up in … Continue reading

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TABABOM and other things :D

Just reminding everyone that there is a new Block today on There and back again a Hobbit block of the month over on Fandom In Stitches. This is my first block in the TABABOM but definitely not the last 😀 … Continue reading

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Leppalúði

The last of my Yuletide lads collection is here. Leppalúði is 7″ If you missed any of the other patterns they are all in the Free patterns page Happy sewing Liljabs and don’t forget there is a new There and … Continue reading

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Santa Claus is coming to town

he’s been reading a list and checking in twice. and probably thinks that I’m very very nice 😀 santa is here and he is 10″ to match Rudolph I should probably add that they eyes are not paper pieced. I … Continue reading

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SewCalGal’s 2011 Christmas Quilt Show

If you follow my blog you must know that I love Christmas. And I love quilting. Of course that brings on a lot of Christmas themed quilts. So when Jennifer pointed out to me the SewCalGal’s Christmas Quilt Show I … Continue reading

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You could even say it glows

New pattern you say 😛 I’ve been in a festive mood lately and decided that this one just had to be made 🙂 I don’t think there is a child alive that doesn’t know who he is 🙂 Rudolph Is … Continue reading

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Gríla

Gríla is the mother of the Yuletide lads. It is said that she collected naughty children in her bag and took them to her cave where she cooked them in a huge pot for all her children. (13 yuletide lads … Continue reading

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Eve

I’ve been working on this one on and off for a while now and finally got it right 🙂 (this pic is from an earlier test so the seams are not as the final pattern is but they look just … Continue reading

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Jólakötturinn

This is the the Yuletide Cat It is said that if you don’t get new clothing for Christmas (it is enough to get a small thing like a sock) you ‘go to the Yuletide cat’. He was a giant of … Continue reading

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95 – Lightning McQueen

Every day is a good day for a new pattern, right? I was playing around with some more cars patterns the other night when I couldn’t sleep. This one came around two in the morning 😛 Cars 95 is 10″ … Continue reading

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