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HAND QUILTING or MACHINE QUILTING Today I want to talk to you about my thoughts on Hand Quilting and Machine Quilting Let me get one thing straight up front. Personally I Love Hand Quilting And I love Machine Quilting (All kinds) Do you Hand Quilt? Look at those fabulous hand quilted spirals on my Welsh…
Welcome to 2019. I hope you are feeling inspired after your Christmas celebrations and ready to start the new Stitching year. I usually start off the new year by trying to finish one U.F.O. But I’m afraid this year I have so many new projects running through my head that I haven’t even looked to…
Here we are again my Quilting Friends at the end of another year. And it’s been a really productive year for me. Not only have I been Blogging here once a month, I have also created my very own Blog Joyofquilting. http://joyofquilting.blog It’s been the year of the steep learning curve for me. The Quilting bit…
A Christmas Gift for those in need. This month’s gift is a gift to charity. Or to a friend or loved one. Like most quilt groups ours often get involved in making charity quilts. We have made Quilts for Linus, Latch, Prem babies, Angel Babies, Fish & Chip Babies, Old Age and that’s just off…
Do you want to build a Snowman? Yes, well I recently treated myself to a new Sizzix Die (But don’t panic if you don’t have a Sizzix Die cutter. I have a plan to include you too). So, I have been playing with my new Sizzix Snowman Die. I cut out a few Snowmen and…
First of all let me just say these are Festive Hearts – So not just for Christmas but for any celebrations. Machine Stitched Hearts Sometimes a quilter just wants a quick fix. Something to make in an evening, an afternoon, a morning or an hour. My Festive Hearts can give you that fix. They are…
Quilt Kits- Why I sometimes use them. Well, my Quilty Friends I’ve sewn all my life and been Quilting for more than 20 years. I’ve been to many a workshop and tried numerous techniques. I have more quilting supplies than I would like to admit to. And for a few years now I’ve been trying…
So many of us will be writing about The Festival of Quilts 2018. And I didn’t want to write just another review of the quilts, so… One of the things that really struck me while I was at the FoQ’s this year. Was people taking pictures. There was a frenzy of picture taking, and I…
Hi there my Quilty Friends. The Festival of Quilts 2018 is almost upon us. I go every year to this Four Day Extravaganza of Quiltiness. It’s the largest Festival of Quilts in Europe. A what a spectacular Feast for the eyes it is. People travel from all over the world to visit and take part.…
With Summer sending us tempting samples of Sunshine, I thought I’d share with you all some Simple Bunting to make for your garden, summerhouse, walls, wherever you fancy really. All you need is some surplus fabrics and some string/cord/ribbon to attach them to. A pair of scissor and sewing machine or needle and thread to…
I hadn’t heard of Fidget Quilts until last year. I was intrigued and wanted to find out more. A Google search quickly educated me about them. They are small lap sized quilts (about 20″) with items such as zips, buttons pockets etc securely stitched on for the recipient to fiddle with and so sooth restless…
This month we are looking at Three basic utility stitches on your Sewing Machine that can be used for Machine Quilting. There are others but I thought three was a good starting point. Machine Stitches You Can Use For Quilting Here is a link to my Easy Strippy Cushion where I use this method with…
