Jude CharlesworthI was idly browsing through Pinterest the other day when I came across an article called “No waste Flying Geese” by Pattie R. Anderson. I was just about to start a quilt that used flying geese blocks so I thought I would give it a try. Traditionally flying geese blocks are constructed from 3 45…
Category Archives: Patchwork
MMMM… Mildred’s Marvelous Meandering Musings. “A Giraffe called Geraldine.”
Teresa Barrow
Mildred is my bright blue Citroen C3 Picasso, who used to be driven by my late 93 yr old mother. Mildred is a bit like me ….getting on a bit in age, strange shape, usually reliable and has attitude with a capital kick ass “A” …. Mildred is more than somewhat tetchy at the moment…
Christmas Bunting
Carolyn Gibbs
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…
Pony Black Sewing Needles
Helen Kent
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,…
Drawing in Word 2 – Triangles
Chris Franses
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…
Drawing in Word 1 – Squares
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,…
MMMM…… Mildred’s Marvellous Meandering Musings….. “Recycling”
After 6 epic blogs called “Controversial? Moi?” featuring a somewhat tongue in cheek approach to quilting and things you are not allowed to put on pictures of quilts on most international FB pages, blogs or quilting forums, it is now time to move on, after featuring babies, dogs, cats, kittens, ducks & even snakes and…
Our Patchwork Heritage – Triangles
Historically, much of what we think of as “traditional patchwork” has its origins in the USA. Their “block” style is not really found in British patchwork quilts apart from a few designs such as the basket, which became popular in late Victorian times. This example comes from Cumbria. It was only with the American inspired…
MMMM… Mildred’s Marvelous Meandering Musings….. “Are We There Yet?”.
Long story short.. well maybe not, but I do sometimes at least try! Mildred is my bright blue Citroen who used to be driven by my late 93 yr old mother. Mildred is a bit like me ….getting on a bit, strange shape, usually reliable and has attitude with a capital kick ass “A” ….…
Fat Quarters, Skinny Quarters, Long Quarters? What are they?
Jane Galley
It seems every craft has it’s own language and, for an outsider, this can be confusing. When you’re always mixing with quilters, it can be easy to forget that there are some that don’t know what we’re talking about. I was reminded of this the other day on my Facebook page. So here is a…
Skilful Skyful Part 2: Quarter Square triangles
After learning how to make and use half-square triangles in the first instalment of this series, in this blogpost, we will move onwards, discovering how to make quarter square triangles. As usual, this will be illustrated by two traditional blocks: Ohio Star (an easy one well known to many of you already) and Silent Star,…
Meeting old friends
The other day was fine – dry, warm, not raining – so a friend and I met up for a suitably socially-distanced picnic in my garden. I’d been over to visit Ann in her new garden (but not house!) just after the lockdown was eased and we had a picnic in her garden, wandered around,…