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It’s was purely by coincidence that my new pattern and class, You Touched My Heart, was ready for release in National Pet Month. Everyone that has a pet will know how much they become a part of your life, and no matter how hard you try, they fill a big space in your heart. This…
We’ve reached Block 4 of the Puzzle Quilt and you will be half-way through when you have made these ones. This time the block is based on a 9-patch grid (the earlier ones were 4-patch) and has two new units to tackle – the quarter-square triangle (QST) and a stripped unit. Just for a change,…
If you have read my quilting blog or follow me on Instagram you will know how much I love scraps and using them for scrap quilts, you will also know how much I love Tula Pink and that every single tiny piece gets saved ‘just in case’ and that curating fabric pulls for quilts is…
Quilt-Pro is a quilt design program for your computer. It works in similar way to EQ8 but there are a few differences particularly in the drawing functions. Both have pre-loaded blocks and fabrics and both offer further blocks and fabrics via their websites or blogs. Both have excellent technical support – you can email them…
I thought I would show you my Mosaic no.13 blocks that I have made as part of the Puzzle Quilt as I took some photos as I went along – I often find this helps in designing and colour placement. So my first confession is that I didn’t make the gazillions of half-square triangles by…
The third block for our Puzzle Quilt is another one based on a 4-patch and has the exotic name ‘Mosaic Number 13’. It is very similar to the first block we made – Clay’s Choice – but has a few more half-square triangles. One thing that is certain is that by the time you have…
Don’t deny it, we all have them, those unfinished quilt projects, those part made blocks, quilts and orphan blocks and what do we do with them? If you’re like me you just stick them in a box or bag and forget about them until, months, years later, you’re looking for that piece of fabric that…
Like last month’s block (Clay’s Choice) this month’s is based on a 4-patch grid and is made just from squares and half-square triangles. Take care when you are making these triangle units – accurate cutting and accurate quarter inch seam allowances are a start but there is a reason all patterns tell you to press…
Last month I burbled on about the Rail Fence design and how different it could look if you used strips of different widths instead of the usual equal ones. But I couldn’t just leave it there and went on with my playing around. What if, I thought, I added squares to the corners? All corners?…
I have chosen my fabrics . . . This may not sound much but I have had my stash tipped out all over the floor, I’ve rummaged through it. I’ve held up various fabrics together and wondered ‘do they go?’ and ‘how much does it matter?’ and ‘oh I really like this one’ which is…
There are thousands upon thousands of envelopes used every day, for business and personal use and a vast array of envelopes of every colour and size. They’ve certainly come a long way since they were first used as earliest records say that the Ancient Chinese and the Babylonian’s used clay to protect messages. Around 2,000…
Long story short.. well probably not, ……. ok definitely not, but I do sometimes at least try, and then go off on one of my bonkers meanders. This one is probably one of the most bizarre ones to date, and believe me that takes some doing! Topics in no particular order include …… Poppies, Face…
Jane Galley
Chris Franses
That's Sew Kerry
Carol Lightburn
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