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Juliet Nice recommended the post Sampler Quilts 7 years, 1 month ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Gullivers Adventures 7 years, 1 month ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post cut&alter :: Not the blog it was supposed to be! 7 years, 1 month ago
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Sampler Quilts 7 years, 1 month ago
Sampler quilts are a great way to learn a lot of different techniques and still end up with something useful rather than a random collection of blocks stuffed in a drawer (or a folder with notes if you are truly…
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Wow those are gorgeous!
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Thanks, Juliet! I’ve had fun dreaming up different ways to put blocks together so students feel they are getting something new if they return each year.
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Some amazing ideas, particularly useful because I am in a group making charity quilts from sometimes donated orphan blocks.
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Thank you, Teresa. Orphan blocks can be a challenge (and I have quite a few myself) but the settings can often bring quite different blocks (and colours) together.
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Yours quilts are fabulous, I have never made a sampler style quilt and you have inspired me to have a go when I have time
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, London Town Continued 7 years, 1 month ago
You might remember I said in my previous blog that I had more plans for the London Town Fat Quarters from the Cotton Craft Co. As promised, I’ve come back to share my next make using the f…
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That is a really lovely piece if work. I have some of this fabric, so now I am inspired!
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Would love to see a photo when you’re done 🙂
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Very nice !
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thank you
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Skimpy seams 7 years, 2 months ago
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Skimpy seams 7 years, 2 months ago
That moment when you are pressing a quilt top – from the back – removing stray threads and preparing to layer it up for quilting . . . and you find a seam that is hanging on by a few threads. What to do? There’s no…
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Most excellent tip! Thank you
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This is such a good tip and I will make sure that I remember it, I’m rubbish at keeping a consistent 1/4 inch seam, thanks for doing this blog!
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, MAKOWER SCANDI 7 years, 2 months ago
Once again I had the privilege of reviewing some Makower fabrics.
This is their new Scandi range and it has some very pretty designs in classic red and modern grey.There are also some lovely patterns, cute…
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What a clever and effective idea, to make placemats. Now you just have to remember where you store them for Christmas!
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, London Town 7 years, 2 months ago
It’s always lovely to get fabric sent in the post to test and being a London girl, I suppose it was appropriate that the fabric I received were these London Town Fat Quarters from the Craft Cotton Co.
These…
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What fun fabric and such an innovative use for them! Visiting relatives in Hannover in May, might need to make them a London based present as a memory of a great visit to London last year.
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Sounds like the perfect plan. I’ve just done a passport wallet using some more of the fabric. Doing a blog post now 🙂
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Drafting, Making and Using Templates 7 years, 2 months ago
There are many reasons for needing to make templates for cutting shapes. Some shapes simply cannot be easily cut with a rotary cutter and although you can buy acrylic templates for many of these shapes it can get a…
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Here’s Miffy by The Craft Cotton Company 7 years, 2 months ago
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, April fool day…Just for the craic🤣… 7 years, 2 months ago
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Craic washedand ready.
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I don’t think I can improve on Judith’s comment!
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Love it, made my smile 🙂
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I adore this! So Clever!
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Who has been in my bathroom
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Sewing for a Leftie? 7 years, 2 months ago
Oh wow…as a left hander this made my day…anyone know where I can get one,please?
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Wow, that’s interesting, glad I don’t need it. Could be confusing!
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You might get one from the same shops that sell sky hooks, tartan paint, and left opening pillow cases.
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I have seen these in commercials 🙂 sewing at speed and backwards……
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Classic!
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Lyn Butler replied to the topic April 2019 – the book is…. in the forum
UKQU BOOK CLUB 7 years, 2 months agoJust downloaded..thankyou
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, My Grace frame is up! 7 years, 2 months ago
Isn’t it what every quilter wants, their own longarm and frame? It’s mostly a question of money and space, and I have very little of either but I am a determined little bunny, so here goes…
I was lucky enough to…
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Love it…go Juliet.
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🙂 one step at a time 😉
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My mum always said, “ Where there’s a will, there’s a way!” And you certainly prove that, Juliet. I can’t wait to see your work on it, so I really hope a machine comes up soon.
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🙂 thank you, if I can wish it into working out I will!
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So glad I’m not the only one using a Grace quilting frame for storage. I won’t show a photo just yet – I’ve got the wooden one which I set up 10 1/2 years ago in my sewing room, and it is heavy. One day I would love to have a dedicated long arm machine on it – I’ve used my Elna 7200 on it, but that means I would need to get the workshop machine out to use for piecing – doable but…! Anyway – well done, and one day maybe both of us will get round to quilting on our frames!
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I love that we’re in the same boat!!!
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I’d love to learn to long arm quilt my tops too. You were wise to get this when you could even though you don’t have a machine for it yet. I’m sure you’ll have one soon and look forward to hearing all about the journey. Good luck!
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Awesome 🙂
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Octagon quilts 7 years, 2 months ago
The octagon and its tessellating square was a popular design in tiled floors as well as quilts – the kitchen floor in my last (Victorian) house had such a design with terracotta octagons and black squares. In Hannah…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, How obsessed with quilting are you? 7 years, 2 months ago
How can you share your love of quilting with the rest of the world?
Well you could get a quilty t-shirt – there are loads and the best way to find one is with a Google as there are so many different places you can g…
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Can’t believe you didn’t show any of my t-shirts 😉
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Making it work… wonky panel time! 7 years, 2 months ago
I finally decided what to make my mum for her 70th birthday. I ran out of time to get a big quilt done (and I’m still working on Xander’s from 2 years ago…) but I found this gorgeous Bernatex orchid panel on our…
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Lovely gift Juliet and nice solution to a wonky panel.
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Mum said she liked it. To be fair if I gave her a dead frog wearing a hat she’d still send me a thank you card of course… 😉
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Juliet, I loved reading this, it really made me chuckle because I sometimes struggle to picture things in my head too.
Plus, I’m going to try your version of mitred corners, I think you might be onto something here!-
It was soooooo much easier to fake the mitre Ami, and it ends up exactly the same as if you’d done it the right way and ironed the seam allowance to one side anyway.
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Great Wall hanging, and love your choice of weights during the blocking process
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Mysteries 7 years, 3 months ago
I was counting down the days to half term. For me, that’s a week off work where I can concentrate on being creative. I had two quilts lined up for finishing as well as a crochet blanket to design and make. I co…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, How to draft a block 7 years, 3 months ago
Where to start?! In my last blog about re-creating a quilt I looked at the stars quilt I had made using lots of left-over bits and explained how you could deconstruct it to work out how it might have been made. I…
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What an interesting post! The Bramble Patch have certainly had the pads of 12″ square paper for drafting in the last year or so, as they used to send them out for their BOM projects for us to cut our own EPP shapes.
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Thank you , Karin. It’s good to know that the graph paper is probably still available – I only have a couple of sheets left!
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