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Welcome to Week 10 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is the final block, Block 9 …. as you may notice this pic shows the block nearly made up – whoops! Having just gone back into my photos I can’t find a finished block – but you get the idea. I couldn’t even take…
In my last blog I discussed learning to use rulers on your machines and designing with them. The response was fantastic, so much so that I am going to have to look at repeating the class later in the year as this one has sold out. I have also been asked many times to put…
This three-triangle unit was, I think, given its name by Doreen Speckmann because the centre triangle resembles a mountain peak and the two side triangles are the spikes anchoring it to the ground. It is not the easiest of units to cut or piece and the most precise way to get those points really sharp…
I don’t know about you, but I am completely ‘Easter-ed’ out so I thought I would do something a little bit different for April’s blog/pattern. Our household was very lucky to have received a number of beautiful spring themed Easter cards, which prompted me to think about a fabric postcard. I belong to the UKQU…
Welcome to Week 9 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 8 …. Block 8 is another week of Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) to consolidate the skills learnt last week. This block is again a great introduction to FPP because it is easily constructed, with cutting instructions included, and the 4 FPP blocks…
It seems that the latest trend in the quilting world is the use of quilting rulers to use both on domestic machines and on longarm machines. They are being sold in various forms and various shapes and sizes, but once you have bought them, then what? If you are like a lot of people you…
Welcome to Week 8 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 7 …. Block 7 sees us learning Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) and this block is a gentle introduction to this technique. I have also included cutting instructions which means that there is virtually no waste when making this block. My pattern testers…
Welcome to Week 7 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 6 …. This week we are going to make flying geese with the 4 at a time no waste method. This method really changed how I viewed flying geese and is now my go to method. This block is available as a…
Once you move on from simple squares to more interesting patchwork designs, you may run into a few problems when stitching smaller units together into a block. For example, have you ever joined a square to a Flying Geese unit, and wondered why the square is sticking out at the bottom…….? It’s tempting at this…
Welcome to Week 6 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 5 …. This week is about half rectangle triangles (HRTs) and is a quick an easy block to make up. There is still time to take part so if you do want to make the whole quilt and join in the fun…
This is another very useful unit which crops up in a number of blocks but can make some interesting designs just on its own. It can also be fun to add this unit into traditional blocks – substitute the HST units for this one, or 4-patch units and see what you end up with. There’s…
Well, firstly, yay for holidays. I’m off to visit family, which is nice, but I need to make sure I’m well prepared for waiting at airports, and have small things to do while relaxing with family. I fly because my family are either overseas or like 17 hours drive away, (that’s the nearest child, the…
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