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After making a few snowflakes for the ‘fire and ice’ quilts we created and which are still available in the Project section, I became fascinated by their potential. They are beautiful, each individual, symmetric but also flawed, each growing differently but under the same constraints. To make the patterns for my snowflakes, I first looked…
Okay, maybe not cutting edge, but the topic definitely is cutting. A week or two ago there was a question on the social group of Facebook, asking about who likes cutting fabric. I answered it, and I thought I’d share some further thoughts on it here. I quite like cutting fabric. Currently, my back and…
Do you like to decorate your home for Christmas? Each year we look for something different to decorate. How about making an unusual project which also has a practical use – it holds Christmas cards! This short video shows how it is used (give it a few seconds to get started – this was one…
If like me you find quilting a big quilt too daunting here’s the solution…QUAYGO! Quilt as you go. I’ve been dabbling in free motion quilting recently and I find smaller pieces easier to manoeuvre than the weight of a larger quilt. So when I was accumulating the recent blocks for the Garden Flower Blog Hop…
Last month the Blogeratti team were asked to do a Garden Flower Blog Hop for the ukqu.co.uk website. This turned out to be great fun as we started to contribute a daily blog/pattern. In case you missed them, here are some of the contributors.. Lupins by Juliet Nice Hollyhocks by Nicola Hills Dahlia by Margaret Hamilton…
Love them or hate them a Christmas Candle Wreath is so easy to make and, with Christmas just around the corner once again, I wanted to show you how I made mine last Christmas. There are lots of examples on a range of internet sites so I thought I’d have a go at writing some…
Pony Black Sewing Needles Pony Black brings you a new generation of sewing needle that is innovative as well as meeting the highest international standards. They are nickel free, ultra-smooth and have perfect points for superior performance. They are offered in the largest range of hand sewing needle sizes for every conceivable craft including sharps,…
Janome UK launch The BIG JANOME Skill Share with Jenni Smith The aim, together with Jenni is to create more quilters in the world and to celebrate the pride and joy that comes when you share a skill with another person. This collaboration is a development of Jenni Smith’s ‘Just One Quilt’ campaign https://www.janome.co.uk/just-one-quilt…
Most quilts need a binding and there are several ways to bind a quilt, this is my favourite way showing half an inch on the front when complete. Cut strips 3 1/2″ wide and join strips diagonally. Trim off at 1/4″. Press seams open. Fold in half and press. Calculate roughly how much you need…
Last time I just showed you how to draw and colour a straightfoward square before turning lots of these squares into a simple 9-patch block and quilt. If you haven’t read that blog yet you might like to read it first before trying triangles as I am likely to assume you know a few things…
You don’t really need expensive sophisticated programs to design a simple quilt – although they do help – as hidden in Word are a set of drawing tools. I’ve still got an older version of Word so my screen may look a little different to yours, but search and you will find the drawing tools,…
“You are Wardrobe, aren’t you?”. It may not get down in history as the best pick-up line ever, but it was the first line spoken by Alfie to Gwen. Nonetheless, it started their friendship which soon also involved some flirting, touching and kissing when they could find some privacy. The book for November is House…
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