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I originally made this at a Charity Sewing Day as a ‘personal effects purse’ for patients at the local hospice. The purse would also work great as a coin purse or to keep you credit cards and receipts in. Alternatively, you could use it to discreetly store some sanitary pads when you are out and…
This time we are going to make a circle scarf with a hidden pocket*; great for when you don’t want to bring a handbag. The pocket is large enough to fit e.g. mobile phone, money, keys, cards or other personal essentials. To make a scarf, you need a larger piece of fabric, ideally 1.5m (59″) long…
The UKQU Book Club is back by popular demand! Our book for March 2020 is For the Love of Quilts, the first in the relatively new series called Wine County Quilts written by Ann Hazelwood. The book is available in paper back as well as Kindle version. Join Lily Rosenthal as she quits her editing job…
Charm Spaces 4 This video treatment is more complex. I have used a second stencil which I have placed in the centre, then from another stencil I have just taken part of it and in the 4 corners another section. This shows that you need not stick to one design but intermix them. The area…
Charm Spaces 3 The same size of negative space ( 10″) and the same stencil will be used here as was in the Charm Spaces 2, but by treating it differently we get a brand new design. Around the outer edge of the centre design we are again using a design that we first came…
As I haven’t quite got to the making stage of my next challenge piece, I thought I’d write about a recent acquisition. I have a STABLE (Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy) that doesn’t appear to be decreasing in size. I have had a few months of tightening my belt, so fabric acquisition has not been…
Over the holidays and the last couple of weekends I had a bit of spare time, so went for a wander around a well known stuff shop. In our home it’s actually known as Stuff Shop, even though it sells clothing too. Mostly we shop for the stuff. It struck me as I was wandering…
Charm Spaces 2 We are again filing in the negative spaces on our quilt. In this second video we will be using a stencil showing you that by doing so you can expand your design to make a different pattern. We will be doing the Figure Eight pattern, Circles, and in the four corners Feathers.…
This is a tale I found in a very old book dated around 1364. I discovered the volume holding up a back leg of an old sideboard in a deceased relatives house, in the old fishing port of Whitby. It was very tatty and musty smelling, with many small nibbles, mould and fungi sprouting out…
The new Library of Birmingham replaced the Central Library and was opened in September 2013. Situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. There was an international competition announced to design the New Library and early August 2008, Mecanoo, and multi-discipline engineers, Buro Happold,…
It is time again for another stash busting idea – a bag holder and this make will be perfect for Fat Quarters. As each bag only uses one FQ, you may need to make a few of these… The bag holders originally were a great way to gather all freebie plastic bags we got in…
Charm Spaces The next Series I am introducing is Charm Spaces. There are 4 videos in this series. This is where we take the negative spaces in our quilts and fill them in. We will be working with 10 inch spaces but the first video can be transferred to any size. Charm Space 1 Any…
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