UK Quilters
Today I took Sarah, a non-quilter (yes I confess she was) along to the new Grosvenor Show in Newark to see what this brand new Exhibition had to offer. We had thought about whether it was worth a day out of the office [as a quilter I didn’t need a second asking of course] but…
Rotary cutters are a very versatile piece of equipment and suit both left and right handed people. My son is left handed and I know in some circumstances, you can adapt to doing things the right handed way. Sometimes you can’t. We have one pair of scissors that just don’t work for him. Wherever possible,…
I’ve been quilting since 1992, after seeing wonderful quilts made by friends and neighbours when I worked in Japan, and stitching sashiko since New Year 2000. Although my background is originally in Fine Art and stage design, I’ve had several changes of career direction and started designing and teaching patchwork, quilting and sashiko in 2001. …
Do you ever discover a nasty little pleat on a diagonal seam where it hasn’t opened out properly? Here is an ironing tip to avoid this:
Seeing the beautiful Japanese fabrics at the Edinburgh Quilt Show in 2015 was the trigger point that inspired my passion for patchwork and quilting. How could I possibly resist working with these fabulous fabrics? I’m Val Brooks, born in Abingdon too many years ago to remember, and I learnt to sew at school by an inspirational…
