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Welcome to Week 2 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 1 …. So today’s the day that cutting, and maybe sewing, begins. Block 1 of the cut&alter Christmas 18 QAL is released today and, if you have signed up, will be in your inbox shortly. We will be learning how to make…
Thank you and welcome to the people who have bought my Christmas 18 pattern and are joining in with the QAL. This week we are starting off with Introductions and a Full Cutting List, should you wish to cut it all out in advance. If you have sourced fabric to the requirements or bought the…
With just under a week to go before the start of the Christmas QAL 18 I thought I would share some alternate colourways with you – it doesn’t have to be all about Christmas!! Whilst I made my quilt in the Makower Silent Night range, which has been kitted up by The Cotton Patch for…
I do hope the many of you who downloaded the free templates for this hand sewing project have enjoyed making this gorgeous cushion – if you haven’t had a chance, you can grab your own copy here – and if you’re totally new to this project, my last blog includes links to all four parts…
I was recently given the opportunity to review the Footloose Quilt pattern, by Jenny Haynes of PapperSaxSten. Curves are always something of a challenge, so I was really keen to give this new design a try. The pattern features the Footloose Blueberry Park kit in ‘Melon’, but I was working with a different colourway. Jenny…
In the fourth part of my series of tutorials on making this lovely curved English paper-pieced flower cushion, I’m going to show you how to hand quilt your cushion panel using big stitch quilting. This is by far my favourite method of hand quilting, as not only is it easier than sewing teeny weeny stitches,…
The competition to celebrate the launch of my Christmas 18 QAL quilt has now closed and a winner has been picked ….. Congratulations to Jane Nicholls!! The fabric bundle from the Silent Night range by Makower will be shortly winging it’s way to you. Don’t forget that the early bird discount of 20% applies until…
To say thank you to UKQU and its members, I am running a competition to celebrate the launch of my first pattern and QAL on the site, the cut&alter Christmas 18 QAL. On offer to one website member is: 1. the pdf pattern for the quilt 2. full access to the QAL – an exclusive,…
The day at last has arrived – and what a scorcher it is set to be. Rather inopportune to be releasing a Christmas pattern in the middle of a heatwave but you never can tell with an English summer. Ta-da!! I give you the cut&alter Christmas 18 QAL quilt pattern. Herbs and flowers are covering…
Way back last December, I was given the chance to work with the 2018 Christmas range of Makower fabrics. The brief was to design a quilt that could be run as a Block of the Month (BOM) or Mystery Quilt. Now I know a lot of you love your Mystery Quilts, but I can’t get…
I love making and to make to satisfy someone’s special needs and requirements is so very satisfying. Being asked to make this changing bag means a lot and I know it will mean so much to the recipients. If all the supplies had been delivered on time, I could have showed you the finished item…
In the third part of my series of tutorials on making this lovely curved English paper-pieced flower cushion, I’m going to show you how to hand appliqué your pieced ring onto the fat quarter of background fabric using a tiny slip stitch. The edges of the flower are already turned under and nicely pressed, making…
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