UK Quilters
Well, following a suggestion from Sue Griffiths, from Australia, the call went out for volunteers from the Bloggerati who would be interested in taking part in a Sew-a-Row Quilt. I have never done this sort of thing before and thought it would be fun to take part, so up went my hand!!!! Due to the…
Whilst making the circles for my Sample Block Quilt – I was having trouble needle turning the edge of my central circles. I was trawling through the ‘net’ and came across this suggestion. I thought it was clever – what do you think?? Using a piece of kitchen foil about 1inch bigger in diameter than…
As some of you may already know – I live in Granada Province, Andalucia, in Spain. Our village here is very small with just over 1000 inhabitants, both Spanish and incomers from other parts of the world. Due to little work and an ageing population, the village is quite poor, and the incomers are certainly…
Although I haven’t been asked to review this set of Snap Poppers, I am so impressed with them that I thought I would pass on my thoughts. I treated myself to this set from Amazon in April. The pack was competitively priced and came with 360 T5 Snaps in 24 different colours. The Tool kit…
CAMDEN BOWL A great way of using all those narrow pieces of wadding that you have left over when you are sandwiching a quilt. My Bowl has a circular base with a diameter of 7inches. But you can make it smaller or larger and elliptical rather than round. For this Bowl you will need 6…
TOILETRY BAG – Easy make, in about half an hour. As the summer is just around the corner (well, maybe), I thought I would make and Blog a Zipper Pouch Toiletry Bag. I have made several of these, they are quite quick and relatively easy to make. Here goes: You will need 2 pieces of…
Have you ever started sewing together your quilt only to get cracking and then run out of thread on the bobbin? Then you have to unthread the machine to load another bobbin, rethread the machine and off you go again. Well, to stop this from happening, I load 4/5 bobbins at a time and…
Well, it is April already! This month I have decided to use the fabric that I made when testing the Twisted Pinwheel Template by ‘Crafty-UK’ for the Product Review. Requirements: Front Fabric with the Twisted Pinwheel design 18″ x 18″ …
With Easter just round the corner, I thought I would make a Squeezy Pouch to hold either Mini Chocolate Eggs or, perhaps, Ear Buds for the Phone. Requirements: 3 x Leaf shaped card shapes 3 x Fabric for outside 3 x Fabric for lining Length of Coloured Ribbon I made the leaf shape out of…
Make this sweet little cereal or pudding bowl holder in around 15 minutes. (Please note: If you have any concerns using this CADDY, please contact the manufacturer of the wadding. It is NOT recommended to place the Holder in the Microwave but to use this to remove the dish into for carrying to the table). …
Welcome to my 3rd Blog of 2018. For this entry I have decided to make a Squeezy Topped Holdall. I was playing Scrabble with my friend over the New Year and remembered that the bag to hold the ‘letter tiles’ was a bit tatty. I need a bag big enough to hold all the tiles…
Our life in Spain is just what we thought it would be – lots of food and drink in the local Bars and Restaurants. We especially enjoy having breakfast at our local Bar with a couple of coffees and tostada con tomate (toast with tomato). Here in rural Spain, near Granada, the Bars serve…
