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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Monet for you, my dear! 5 years, 2 months ago
That’s nice I thought, and then I look through his catalogue. Oh my, hundreds of paintings the same. Lots of splodges of colours, lots of brown paintings and, did you know, Monet even painted his wife in her c…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 2 Schoolgirl’s Puzzle 5 years, 3 months ago
Like last month’s block (Clay’s Choice) this month’s is based on a 4-patch grid and is made just from squares and half-square triangles. Take care when you are making these triangle units – accurate cutting and acc…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Dresden Plate Ruler Review 5 years, 3 months ago
Dresden Plate is a traditional quilt pattern from the 1920s, using the appliqué technique.
Dresden Plates can be flat, point, rounded, fancy or arty!Made for me by Annetta Cossey
This r…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Flying Geese Ruler Review 5 years, 4 months ago
There are many methods for making flying geese, but the most common mistake is in the working out the sizes of the blocks to use. At first glance you would use corner blocks half the size of the main block, but as…
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The Maths for this block are tricky. I even bought a book about it that didn’t help! I can see the ruler would be great.
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I have avoided flying geese until now because all of the sensible methods I could see were either a) too hard or b) too wasteful. This ruler appears to eliminate both.
Oh dear – my bank balance!
Thanks for the clear description.
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Progress 5 years, 4 months ago
I have chosen my fabrics . . .
This may not sound much but I have had my stash tipped out all over the floor, I’ve rummaged through it. I’ve held up various fabrics together and wondered ‘do they go?’ and ‘how much…
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So much nicer, colour based quilts. You are very disciplined.
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Reading this really made me chuckle, you could be me or I you! I’m the same, muttering and telling myself off and to just get on with it. Anyway, your blocks are lovely and I look forward to seeing pics of the completed quilt.
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, English Paper Piecing, A Bit of History and a Tip 5 years, 4 months ago
English Paper Piecing (otherwise known as EPP): The technique of folding fabric over paper templates and hand sewing together. The paper template makes sure that the blocks are accurate and makes it easier for angled…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle quilt block 1 Clay’s Choice 5 years, 4 months ago
Welcome to the first block of our month-by-month Puzzle Quilt. As explained in previous posts the idea of a puzzle quilt is to make two (or more) identical blocks but move the colours around so the blocks look…
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I should think this will be very popular!
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Thanks, Maggie – I hope so too!!
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Hi Chris, I follow UKQU using ‘Bloglovin’, and thought I’d like to have a go at this puzzle – is intriguing, and thank you for putting it out there.
However, when ‘ordering’ the worksheet, it seems that where I live – Melbourne, Australia – is creating a technical problem with the process. I’ve submitted an eticket, but have not had a response. Is there a way around, can the worksheet be directly emailed to me?
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Hi. Sorry to hear that – I know the website does sometimes have problems with ‘overseas’ stuff. In the meantime I am also posting this quilt-along on my own blog – Meadowsidedesign.wordpress – and you should be able to download it from there as well if the UKQU download isn’t working for you.
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Quilt-Along 5 years, 5 months ago
I feel we all probably need something to sew, something to keep our minds and fingers occupied while locked down, in a high tier or whatever, wherever, we happen to be at the moment. To which end I have dug out the…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Life is Like a Box of Chocolates… 5 years, 5 months ago
This my entry for CBH2021, Celebrations Blog Hop.
My initial thought was a heart and this gradually morphed into a celebration box of chocolates.
As Forest Gump said ‘Life is like a box of chocolates’ and how tru…
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Thank you Lyn, I’m going to have a go at making this for my brothers wedding, it’s lovely
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What a super 3d design.
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Great block for showing off that special fabric!!!!
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Love the big reveal of the chocolates, fabulous Lyn.
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, We All Need A Community 5 years, 5 months ago
I think this year,more than any other, has highlighted the need of community. Whatever we are going through, or whatever we are facing, it is always so much better when we have the support of a community. One of t…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, CHRISTMAS PAST 5 years, 5 months ago
Over the years I have made a lot of Christmassy things and looking through my old photos brings back some lovely memories…so I thought I would share them with you.
Cute little advent s…
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What lovely keepsakes!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Christmas Pattern Books 5 years, 5 months ago
I have a lot of books – and magazine ’specials’ – with a Christmas theme. Most of them were bought in my early patchworking years when I felt in need of ideas, inspiration and patterns and many were acquired second-…
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I think it is some kind of rule; the more books you have, the fewer you use!
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Second Year of Loopy's Safe Haven 5 years, 5 months ago
When I opened Loopy’s Safe Haven Group on Facebook last year, I had thought it might be a one off. However, 2020 has been such an unusual year, bringing lots of different challenges to people, I’ve been asked to…
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What a super idea
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Thank you, I’m glad it can help a few
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Where history and quilting meet 5 years, 6 months ago
My favourite subject at school was history. I never retained much about the dates, but I loved the stories. Over the next year, I am combining my love history with my love of quilting. For the last two years, I’…
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What a nice viewpoint!
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I love thinking about all the people that practised our craft before we did 🙂
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Show Gallery Minis 2020 5 years, 6 months ago
For the last few years. members of our Facebook group have been making A4 mini quilts which went on display at shows in South West. Since 2020 has turned out to be so… complicated, there are no shows on this year, a…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Books for inspiration 5 years, 6 months ago
Sometimes you feel an urge to design something different – an applique pattern or a quilting pattern perhaps – but where to start? As I keep telling everyone – I can’t draw; I never got beyond third year in art at sc…
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What a lot of lovely books from a time when experience and skill took the place of a computer. Serious book envy!
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What can I say? I’ve been a book-aholic since I was knee-high!
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What inspirational books. Thanks for sharing them and how you use them.
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I’m enjoying sharing my books with you all – it has made me take them off the shelves, dust them down, and really look at them.
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Sue Griffiths wrote a new post, Snowflakes: Christmas table runner and bunting 5 years, 6 months ago
After making a few snowflakes for the ‘fire and ice’ quilts we created and which are still available in the Project section, I became fascinated by their potential. They are beautiful, each individual, symmetric but…
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I agree with Carolyn. A blog on using the Scan N Cut for fabric would be verywelcome.
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, CLOVER WONDER PINS 5 years, 6 months ago
I was given the opportunity to review these lovely Clover Pins for quilting.
As you can see they are a little chunkier than the usual pins so this makes handling much easier.
I also liked the fact…
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I must look out for these.
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Drawing in Word 1 – Squares 5 years, 7 months ago
You don’t really need expensive sophisticated programs to design a simple quilt – although they do help – as hidden in Word are a set of drawing tools. I’ve still got an older version of Word so my screen may look a…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Books of machine quilting patterns 5 years, 7 months ago
Having discovered machine quilting I felt there would be no stopping me. Except for one teeny-tiny thing . . . I can’t draw very well. Not only that but I don’t really ‘doodle’. I do sort-of doodle in that I fill in…
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What a treasure trove of designs! Absolutely great for inspiring us.
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5 years, 2 months ago
thank you, my first thought was it was going to be easy, then it wasn’t, lol