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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 6 1 week, 1 day 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 1 month, 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 1 month, 4 weeks 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 2 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 2 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 4 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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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Progress 4 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 6 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 6 months, 2 weeks ago
What can I say? I’ve been a book-aholic since I was knee-high!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Books for inspiration 7 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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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Drawing in Word 1 – Squares 7 months, 3 weeks 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 8 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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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 9 months ago
Thank you , Maggie
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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 9 months ago
Good to know we’re not alone . . .
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