UK Quilters
This is new to me at Strictly Quilting – Quickscreen in both triangles and squares. I’ve not used it before so it was fun to give it a go. Quickscreen from Vlieseline is similar to a light interfacing, and has markings in either triangles or squares. The lines are to help you to sew fabric…
Hello and welcome to the third part of the UKQU Sewing Challenge; a challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create other things than quilts, such as for example garments, accessories, or things for the home. Please read on to find out what the next challenge is. I am not sure…
I love a good gadget – emphasis on “good” and this certainly is. I was lucky enough to have been given this tool to review – thank you Clover and UKQU Denise Inkson has already written an excellent review detailing how to use this so I won’t go through that again (see The Cheap Procrastinator…
I was lucky enough to be able to review some of these beautiful fabrics. They not only look good, they are lovely to work with. They are part of a much wider range and if you shop around you can get them for £18.50 for 5 FQ. The range is also available as a Charm…
It has been wonderful to see opportunities for getting together for classes opening up again. It may have been a year later than originally intended, but I finally got to do my community teaching. Being out of the studio and travelling to different venues brought it’s own challenges. Each week on a Monday, I had…
I’ve been designing a new sampler quilt recently for people that would like to expand their knowledge as a follow on from my beginner’s quilt workshops. Incorporating lots of different techniques in the blocks, I’m planning on running this on a monthly basis and I was thinking that perhaps creating a Quilt Block Keeper Bag…
Have you got too many fat quarters gathering dust? Two of them can rather quickly be turned into a really useful little bag. For newborns, the bag is perfect for a few nappies, wet wipes, bottle, muslin, dummy, nappy creme and a spare baby grow. When the kids get older, they love to use them…
Hi there everyone I hope you are getting the opportunity to enjoy all this lovely weather. I was recently researching new ways to use up my scraps, when I found a few articles about Boro. According to the V&A website, the word boro is “derived from the Japanese boroboro, meaning something tattered or repaired”. The technique…
I can hardly believe that Easter is nearly upon us, it doesn’t seem five minutes since it was Christmas! I usually like to make a little something for our smallest granddaughter as she isn’t a chocolate egg lover. This was made a few Easters ago and you can find the pattern here… …
It was on my birthday a couple of years ago that one of my friends had an accident. This was no ordinary accident. She is still (just) in her 40’s, although her big birthday is this month (and she will probably have had it by the time this blog is published), and – I hope…
I’m not a traditional quilter so my take on a bag, is to make the ornamentation first. So here’s how to make a panel that can be attached to any bag including the simple shopper in my next instalment. Create your design. My finished panel is approx 10 inches square. If you can draw your…
With your panel finished, it’s now time to choose the fabric for your bag. I have chosen a simple canvas, to show off my panel, you can choose a plain or patterned fabric. I cut my fabric to 38×19 inches. Yours could be smaller or larger depending on what you wish to use…
