UK Quilters
I’m a marketer’s ‘dream consumer’. Put it in a attractive bottle, give me a good reason to buy it, tell me it’ll make my sewing a whole lot better and there’s a good chance I’ll buy it! It wasn’t long before I discovered starch sprays and Best Press is my favourite. When I saw that…
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,…
Rainbow Bubbles ( background filler) A great little filler, easy and fun to do, use verigated thread for a great look. But will be just as effective in a solid colour. Have fun and enjoy https://youtu.be/V2ZKOWv1_R
PANSIES (background filler ) This is a great back ground filler, easy to do and fun. no set method just follow along and enjoy. Can also be done is self colour for texture. https://youtu.be/3-ezUUuMsrs
Some of you may have read some of my stories in the past, stand alone episodes about breaking an Olfa cutting mat, how to tackle a Moda scrap bag, a festive garland with sprouts, shrink-wrapping a Christmas tree, and a charity quilt that got taken to Kosovo on an aid convoy. There was also the…
GRID CATHEDRAL WINDOWS 2 TONED A quick alternative video on doing a Grid and Cathedral windows together in different colours . https://youtu.be/keZM_aF4z8w
SETTING UP YOUR DM MACHINES FOR FMQ This video is to help you set up your domestic machines for FMQ https://youtu.be/UnHMX6f3j4M
Turn on those expensive Sit Down, Midarm-Longarm Machines. Then turn your Stippling to Feathers In this video I encourage you to turn on those expensive machines. Then I show you how to turn the Stippling motion into Feathers, so that your lose the fear of them. https://youtu.be/fNU_7xB9xUQ
This spring I think lots of us have had more time on our hands and I’ve seen many posts on the Facebook group talking about setting up of dedicated sewing rooms. As I work from home I have an office come sewing room, small but perfectly formed. Well, if I actually tidied up a little…
Free Motion Quilting, Whole Cloths. This is a video challenge that I set myself, of using 3 stencils, 3 colours of thread and 3 designs. which could be a mixture of one part of a stencil, or a full stencil. As with the designs using parts of or all of the design. Which where (straight…
Which blocks work best together when making a Sampler Quilt? Some people would say that you could choose any blocks, but I think that the finished result will be more pleasing if a bit more thought goes into your decisions. (It doesn’t matter if you don’t agree with me by the way – you can…
How small a scrap of fabric do you keep? The answer is different for everyone. Some scraps I have are tiny but I might just need that particular shade of blue for an appliquéd eye at some point. So during lockdown I have vowed to tackle my scraps and reduce the ever-expanding bags/boxes that grow…
Keren Baker
Carolyn Gibbs
Sandra Pearson
Teresa Barrow
Helen Kent