Alaine
@ala2js
Alaine
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff recommended the post VIEWS FROM MY SELVEDGE 8 years, 3 months ago
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff recommended the post Carol Munro -AKA The Quilting Procrastinator 8 years, 3 months ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Colour & Contrast 8 years, 3 months ago
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Backing Fabric Calculator 8 years, 3 months ago
Wondering how much fabric you need to back your quilt? – try this one found by Ruth Burns Warren.
Twin is what Americans a single bed. Why do they squeeze twins in a single bed? Bit mean surely?! 😉
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Anne Burke recommended the post Obsessive Compulsive Crafting Obsession – by Juliet 8 years, 3 months ago
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Obsessive Compulsive Crafting Obsession – by Juliet 8 years, 3 months ago
The Wandering Way quilt – or ‘how to make the best of a bad job’
Disclaimer – this is an old kit and the pattern and fabrics may no longer be available.
So Mo had me dig out some of my kits, I have a few This is…
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I feel your pain (with cutting it wrong). Great insight into others troubles with using lovely fabric. Thank you for sharing and being so honest
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I get downhearted when I see lovely quilts and imagine everyone is getting them right first time (unlike me!). Thanks for sharing Juliet. Lovely quilt you have there; even if not quite finished yet.
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A really interesting read and you can’t beat a good flange .. I am rapidly being converted to the idea of a kit, apart from the fear of cutting it wrong! Abbie Searle’s Mystery Quilt will be dispatched soon so I am looking forward to that .. but cutting the fabric will be a big thing for me. What tips would you suggest to avoid anxiety of that, apart from a large glass of vodka?
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The old measure twice! Take it slow, mark on your pattern as you have cut and cut as you go rather than cut it all out before sewing. Basically not what I did 😉 Cutting as you go forces you to slow down too so you are paying more attention.
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Perhaps avoid the large glass of vodka until AFTER the cutting LOL
With the 365 (not a kit btw, but enough pieces and very complex to make it feel like the chosen fabric is a somewhat scarce resource) I sometimes planned out the cutting into a chart, and ticked as I went, and had labelled paper plates on the floor around the walls of the room to put the various pieces on according to the chart ! Sounds a bit OTT ? Then I ‘challenge’ you to have a go at some of the more intricate 365 blocks ! !
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I enjoyed the way you write! Makes me feel better about my ‘bad’ cutting, if others have the same problem.
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Very comforting to know that I am not the only one to get things upside down, inside out, and back to front, some [most] days! Lol ! I reckon that your beautiful black and white butterfly quilt is going to look amazing once finished. How about some regular straight-line quilting to hold it all together, and then go back for some FMQ another time (in a few days/weeks/months) aaannnddd, meanwhile, your mini-flange-demo-quilt (and thank you for that too btw, brilliant) might be the perfect playground for practising your FMQ too – yay hey, win win x
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You are the queen of flange
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Hi Juliet – i normally do this type of Flange on my quilts! Great minds…..
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, February 2018 Competition – Trudy’s Quilt 8 years, 3 months ago
In January 2018 we set a challenge to the Six Administrators of UK Quilters United to choose a quilt from the ones the members posted onto the Facebook group feed.
They were transferred to Competition Corner and…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, February 2018 – Sarah’s Quilt 8 years, 3 months ago
In January 2018 we set a challenge to the Six Administrators of UK Quilters United to choose a quilt from the ones the members posted onto the Facebook group feed.
They were transferred to Competition Corner and…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, February 2018 Competition – Tara's Quilt 8 years, 3 months ago
In January 2018 we set a challenge to the Six Administrators of UK Quilters United to choose their favourite quilts from those posted by the Facebook Group members during January.
The six chosen are now part of…
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Anne Burke recommended the post Quilters are generous folk – they make a Difference 8 years, 3 months ago
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Jo Graham wrote a new post, February 2018 Blog – How To Do The Quilt As You Go Method (QAYG) 8 years, 3 months ago
Hello all you lovely UKQU members and fellow bloggers out there. Where has January gone? I can’t believe its been a month since I last blogged!
This time I thought it would be interesting to talk about the quilt a…
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This makes great sense to me, clear instructions and the pics help too. Thank you.
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Thanks for the kind comments Carol. So glad the it made sense to you and that the pictures helped. It’s surprising how difficult it was to break it down into step by step instructions!
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, The First UK Machine Quilting Academy 8 years, 4 months ago
I am so excited to be a part of the first UK Handi Quilter Academy. My goal is to open up a world of ideas and techniques to quilt antique linens, handwork and sentimental pieces from long ago. Let’s get those s…
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Cannot wait for this. Really looking forward to it.
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Expired: Our January Launch Competition 8 years, 4 months ago
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Anne Burke recommended the post Campaign for Creativity 8 years, 4 months ago
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Anne Burke recommended the post We are launched! 8 years, 4 months ago
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Anne Burke recommended the post New Year’s Resolution and my Works in Progress (WIP) 8 years, 4 months ago
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Anne Burke recommended the post Product Review – Doodle Days – Makower UK 8 years, 4 months ago
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Alaine
@ala2js
Alaine