UK Quilters
Every so often a member of ‘Our Quilty Pleasures NL’ quilting group puts out a call to make a group quilt of a specific block and size. This time the traditional Log Cabin block was chosen, and, although I’ve been quilting for a few years now, I have never made one! I got so carried…
Reviewing notions, fabrics or even thread is one of the happiest elements of my role as a Blogger for this website. So when a package arrived in the post I was intrigued. This fabulous Maker’s Workbook – Quilting popped out of the package courtesy of www.patterntrace.com . It was certainly more exciting than the 10…
I recently saw this super cool Jean quilt and thought that I really wanted to give it a go. Image from: http://apassionatequilter.blogspot.com/2010/06/finished-denim-quilt.html I don’t own may jeans that I wanted to cut up, so I did a shout out to all my friends and family. I was in luck as my sister donated a whole suitcase…
Challenge accepted and I get given the landmark, Houses of Parliament. Thinking cap on and was certain that what I make I would use and not put to the back of a cupboard or in a drawer never to be seen again. The decision to make a clock was a very quick one and with…
When I was asked by Sylvia to write about Bluebells, I was intrigued and so set about finding as much information as I could. As most people in the UK who are Gardeners will tell you – the UK has been inundated with Spanish Bluebells, sometimes to the detriment of the traditional English Bluebell! Whilst…
ROPE DESIGN This was requested for me to show you how to do the rope design without a stencil. It has the full explanation in the tutorial. A great little video I will follow this up with doing the corners as this was highlighted to me. So watch this space
It’s almost May and time to reveal our next book, or actually the next TWO books as last month I mentioned that the next two books have exactly the same title. The books are both called A Single Thread. Our book for May was written by Marie Bostwick back in 2008. Bostwick’s version of A…
I don’t know about you, but I feel as if I’ve missed spring. The last time I went driving anywhere, the snowdrops and crocuses were carpeting the green spaces. Then came Covid-19 and I seem to have missed the daffodils. Fortunately, for my spring challenge was Daffodils, now I can have my fill of spring…
Who’s up for another challenge and my name is put forward before I’ve even finished the last one which was Landmarks. This one is Months and I have been given April. Lovely April showers and umbrellas immediately spring to mind. Off to my Tuesday group with no idea what to take when I suddenly remember…
Hi All just a quick blog for you all today. Spoiler alert: Its not quilting so please forgive me!! Before COVID-19 became the big bad wolf I was going to submit a mixed media piece to a local Eisteddfod (that has now been cancelled) . I decided that even thought it was cancelled due to…
It’s a very strange time we are living in right now. Wether you are working as one of our wonderful key workers or doing your bit by staying at home. We are lucky, in at least we can occupy ourselves with our stitching. So I have been keeping a diary of sorts, stitched and written…
Like so many of us, either working from home, self-isolating or shielding I’ve taken some of my ‘out of work’ hours to reduce some of my fabric ‘scraps stash’ – this stash includes those pieces that were cut wrongly, odd shapes etc …. some of them even make their way into special little boxes as…
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