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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Block Drive 6 years, 6 months ago
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Bloggers on Retreat 6 years, 6 months ago
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan 1969 6 years, 6 months ago
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Easy Second Time Around 6 years, 6 months ago
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Block Drive 6 years, 6 months ago
I recently participated in a block drive for Q4CL – the charity working with the Gold from the Stone Foundation. Many of you will already know this charity provides careleavers with a dinner at Christmas, and Q…
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, The Bloggerati on retreat 6 years, 6 months ago
Friday 15th November – the date had been set for some months, and the day came and quilters made their way to the venue. However, in my mind, the retreat had started a few days before. This year I was ready for it: t…
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It was a great weekend Christine. I with you on the ‘sewing in shoes’ – ironing too! See you in 2020!
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Sewing for my Mental Health 6 years, 6 months ago
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Bloggerati retreat – foot wear… (and a game of sort) 6 years, 6 months ago
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, GEESE FLYING HOME 6 years, 7 months ago
Each month the Q4CL Group are encouraging their members to send just one extra block .. and these are being put together as single pattern quilts for donation at Christmas to the Gold from the Stone Foundation. …
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A really clear, well-illustrated explanation. Thank you. That “tad to the right” explains why they have been so difficulty previously.
I even bought a book on flying geese. It didn’t help as much as this.-
Thankyou so much Maggie, so pleased it helped x
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Churn Dash 6 years, 7 months ago
Just lately I’ve been involved with a block drive for Quilts For Care Leavers. There’s more information about the project here in this website. The issue has been not everyone has the time to create a full qu…
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What a superbly well explained and illustrated piece!
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Gosh…thankyou Maggie x
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Malvern Revisited 6 years, 7 months ago
It has been a very long time since I last went to the quilt show at Malvern. So I took the opportunity to get a door to door lift from our son in law who could visit a relative living just around the corner from The…
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Thanks for that view of the UKQU quilts Lyn Butler. Recognise most of them from the previous competitions. A cornucopia of wonderful ideas and talent .
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Thanks Teresa x
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, Learning to love my walking foot 6 years, 7 months ago
How’s your day been? On the day I wrote this, mine had been a touch frustrating, so I thought I’d write a blog. Not about my frustrating day, you understand, but about quilting. I suppose my day prompted me to wri…
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Lyn Butler 6 years, 8 months ago
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Gütermann Variegated Thread 6 years, 9 months ago
I was very happy to be given the opportunity to review some Gutermann threads which eventually arrived in a neat pack of 10 premium quality cotton in some lovely colours.
I was working on a rainbow theme…
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, Playing the ‘What if’ game… Part 1 – What to do with charm packs 1 6 years, 9 months ago
Have you ever played the ‘What if….?’ game with fabric? You may well be asking yourself “What is the ‘What if…?’ game??”. Let me explain. You start by following a pattern, following instructions, and then having got…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Mix & Match Cushions 6 years, 9 months ago
We’ve had our Ercol dining room table and chairs for over 50 years and thought it needed a ‘service’.
I left school at 15 ( yep I’m that old!) and went straight into work at Ercol Furniture in the accounts departm…
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And very nice too! I have 4 swanbacks and the original cushions-long past their date-which press stud under the seat. I really should follow your example…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, UKQU MINI SWAP 2019 6 years, 10 months ago
A few months ago I decided to join the UKQU Mini Swap 2019, this was my 3rd mini swap. Not only is this great fun with all the ‘stalking’ but it pushes you into making something very special for your swa…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, CLOGGIES FOR BLOGGIES… 6 years, 10 months ago
Last year my friend bought me some Cloggies for my birthday and I loved them.
When I opened them and tried them on, I was very surprised to find how comfy and roomy they were…but hang on…one was roomier than the oth…
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What a good idea, I might make some new insoles for my winter boots although I think using Insulbrite left over from oven glove making might be taking the thermal properties a step too far!
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Haha! Thanks Teresa.
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Great use of Bosal off-cuts. Pretty neat Lyn.
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Brilliant!!
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