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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt – Quilting the blocks, on the site UKQU 2 days, 23 hours ago
When we started out on this Puzzle Quilt adventure I suggested that it would be a Quilt-as-you-Go (qayg) project. This means quilting the blocks (or several blocks) as you make them and then joining them together. I…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Building Blocks – basic units, on the site UKQU 2 weeks, 2 days ago
In a previous post I looked at some of the queries that have popped up on the UKQU Facebook feed about blocks and quilts and where to find patterns or sizes. I thought I would take this a step further (and also back)…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 8, on the site UKQU 1 month ago
The final block for the Puzzle Quilt is called Hartford Hope and is a variation of the Hope of Hartford block. It has quarter-square triangle units (which we have come across in several of the previous blocks) and…
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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
Thanks, Carolyn. I do enjoy trying to work out how things go together!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, What is this . . . ?, on the site UKQU 2 months ago
A query that frequently crops up on UKQU Facebook posts is ‘What is this . . . block/quilt design called?’ and is usually followed by ‘Where can I find the pattern?’ or ‘How can I make it?’. Sometimes these queri…
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A really useful blog, Chris – so often the same units are hiding away, and breaking the structure down makes it much easier to work out how to make it
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Thanks, Carolyn. I do enjoy trying to work out how things go together!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 6, on the site UKQU 3 months, 1 week ago
Block 6 of the Puzzle Quilt has arrived. This month’s block, called In A Spin, introduces another unit – Flying Geese. But first a few words of apology and explanation. Last month I said there might be a random ext…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 5, on the site UKQU 4 months, 1 week ago
Block 5 is called Mystery Flower Garden. It includes the quarter-square triangle units we had in last month’s block (London Roads) and another unit consisting of two quarter-square triangles and one half-square t…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 4 London Roads, on the site UKQU 5 months ago
We’ve reached Block 4 of the Puzzle Quilt and you will be half-way through when you have made these ones. This time the block is based on a 9-patch grid (the earlier ones were 4-patch) and has two new units to t…
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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 5 months ago
Thanks, Maggie. Of course, having sorted out the wadding and assembled a backing I now can’t find the thread I was sure I had!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Joining wadding bits, on the site UKQU 5 months, 2 weeks ago
I had to join some strips of wadding together to make a big enough piece for a quilt top I had just finished and I thought I would take some photos to show how I went about it. There are lots of different ways to…
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I know a lot of quilters will find this really helpful, and – what a pretty quilt!
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Thanks, Maggie. Of course, having sorted out the wadding and assembled a backing I now can’t find the thread I was sure I had!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 2 Schoolgirl’s Puzzle, on the site UKQU 7 months, 1 week 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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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Progress, on the site UKQU 7 months, 3 weeks 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…-
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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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 8 months ago
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 posted a new activity comment 8 months ago
Thanks, Maggie – I hope so too!!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle quilt block 1 Clay’s Choice, on the site UKQU 8 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 posted a new activity comment 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks, Maggie. I hoped people would realise what a lot of work goes into writing a patterns and that is why we (often) ask to paid for them!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Quilt-Along, on the site UKQU 8 months, 2 weeks 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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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Christmas Pattern Books, on the site UKQU 9 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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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 9 months, 2 weeks ago
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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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 9 months, 2 weeks ago
What can I say? I’ve been a book-aholic since I was knee-high!
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