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This H640 Fusible Wadding review is courtesy of Vlieseline and to show it off I will be making a Tote Bag from the fabric producer, Riley Blake. H640 is Vlieseline’s medium loft, fusible, soft wadding and made of synthetic fibres and is about 4mm/ ⅜ inch thick. It great for use with light to medium…
I have been very busy recently working on my Modern Improv Medallion quilt. This quilt came about from a sample I made 10 years ago for my City & Guilds Certificate. It was inspired by a Japanese Woodblock print, The Whirlpool at Awa, by Hiroshige Utagawa. Of course, having designed it based on fabric that I…
Ginkgo Feather is a variation on the Ginkgo Grid, it is a intermediate / advance tutorial. I created this in two colours and it is great for Whole Cloth quilts or a small to large blank space in your quilts, sides of your bags. Enjoy, have fun . Subscribe to my channel, it is free. …
Last year I had a word of the year for the first time – my word last year was ‘FOCUS’. This year I’ve chosen ‘FINISH’ as my word for the year. It may seem strange to have such a word as my word for the year – a word that can seem rather negative, a…
Sewing, whether it is patchwork piecing or garment sewing, is all about the accuracy. The more accurate you can be, the more professional the finish. When starting out, this can be the most difficult thing to grasp. Clover Stitch Guide Quick recap on the 1/4″ seam allowance – by sewing a ‘scant’ 1/4” seam, a…
If you enjoyed the first video showing howto graffiti FMQ then you will love the second part of the Graffiti Sampler with lots of different stitches for FMQ Enjoy have fun https://youtu.be/FI8xw0d_3kY
Lots of us aspire to FMQ to decorate our piecing, and you know its not always easy, but so long as you are happy with what you achieve then thats enough! However, sometimes its know where to start. This video of Graffiti stiches will refresh you with all the stitches you have learnt from my…
Every year we who blog (often called the Bloggerati for some reason) meet up at a location near to Birmingham for a weekend in November, times allowing, and just sew (and eat). I was extremely lucky to be given a 5 fat quarter bundle from the Craft Cotton Co. I don’t normally buy fat quarter…
New Year, new term, new students; but hopefully into the second month and second of our monthly classes we’re all beginning to settle back and relax a little. We always start the year with simple rotary cutting for new students – just a few strips to start with and then how to cut those strips…
2 weeks before Christmas back in 202I decided to write a Christmas story for my grandsons, who were staying from the 21st. Aged 6 and 4 I couldn’t find a story I thought they would like, a story that had a few more words and less pictures to the page. So I decide to write…
A special child needs a special present – here’s an idea for a personalised and unusual gift which will be useful for years. This card hanger can string along a wall, or over a door, and because an alphabet is included, you can add any name you want. A video course is now available, showing…
I collect antique quilts, mostly from EBay, and some of them arrive showing plenty of evidence of a hard life. If they are in good condition structurally, but very dirty, I usually wash them. People often ask me how I do this, so I though that I would share the process with you. Basically, I…
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