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Well it’s been a bit of a while since I’ve done a lot of sewing. In January the family and I took to the slopes of Bulgaria for a ski trip and, you guessed it, I was taken out by a snowboarder on the first day and broke my wrist.. Had to be the right…
Wonder Clips from Clover are now available in multi-sizes within one pack! Already available in separate Regular, Mini and Jumbo sizes, they now also come in a variety pack. Wonder Clips provide a whole new way to hold project work in position while you sew and are an ideal alternative to pins. They are a great…
Gütermann creativ has released an exciting new Sew-All Thread pack which includes a Textile Glue stick. The pack contains 10 x 100m reels of Sew-All in popular shades of yellow, blue, green, red and grey to give you all the perfect standby colours for numerous projects. This great all-rounder is suitable for both machine and hand-stitching. Superbly versatile, this…
Working together to safeguard our planet is the way to go! Making environmentally friendly decisions isn’t always easy which is why we are doing our best to help your choices with the Vlieseline Fashion ECOllection. Using natural or sustainably sourced materials in our product development means you can make stylish creations without sacrificing fashion or…
Take the hassle out of cutting patterns with this new *Pattern Cutting Guide from Clover! With a seam allowance of 0.3 to 3.5cm (¼” to 1 & ¼”), this handy new tool makes it easier to follow the stitch line while cutting out paper patterns. Predominately for dressmaking we think it could be used…
Hi Everybody!! Where does the time go? Hard to believe I’m sat here writing this on New Years Day 2024! Hope you’ve all had a fabulous 2023 patchwork and quilting? It wouldn’t be New Year for me if I didn’t have a new Mystery Quilt BOM (block of the month) due to start this month, so…
Create a whole range of unique and special projects* by combining waddings and interfacings from The Patchwork and Quilting range from Vlieseline. Made from natural, sustainable materials such as wool, cotton and soya, there is sure to be something for everyone! The fusible non-woven Quilter’s Grid and the natural blend batting 279 Soft Cotton work…
Towards the start of this year I was hoping to host a Sew A-Long (SAL) series of blogs on my website Strictly Quilting. Well, sometimes life gets in the way by throwing the odd curve ball and I found things didn’t quite work out the way I’d planned. I’d started the design, based on star…
A tool for pressing seams – it’s that simple! No frills, no tricks, a simple little tool that gets the job done but can be used in a multitude of ways depending on the project. Made from hard, sturdy plastic it has a slanted end with a round indentation on the top to rest…
It’s my bet we all have a favourite piece of equipment .. a notion .. that we would not be without. Something we use over and over without giving it a second thought, but which makes our piecing and quilting so much easier. I am a bit of a lazy person, so in the past…
Gütermann is one of the most popular thread producers having been around for decades. As a girl, the chap that used to service our sewing machine always recommended Gütermann thread and I still use it for a lot of my piecing and dressmaking. They have a wide range of threads and one is Deco Stitch.…
It’s the time of year when everyone is whispering about Christmas .. so why not drop a few hints for this! Gütermann creativ has once again teamed up with PRYM to create another must-have sewing set! Featuring 8, 100m colourful shades of Sew-all thread and a handy Needle Twister, you’ll soon be wondering how…
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