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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Applique revisited 4 years, 4 months ago
I’ve been having a sort out of my cupboards and finding all sorts of half-finished, or even barely-started bits and pieces left over from 30-odd years of teaching. My most recent find has been a bag full of applique…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Log Cabin 4 years, 7 months ago
New Year, new term, new students; but hopefully into the second month and second of our monthly classes we’re all beginning to settle back and relax a little.
We always start the year with simple rotary cutting f…
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Nice blog – good to be reminded that log cabins aren’t just squares!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Eye, Eye 4 years, 7 months ago
Back in August 2020 (seems a very very long time ago now, doesn’t it?!) I had a bit of a fright. Well, ok, I admit it – a major panic. I can panic for England, if not the UK, or even Europe, given half a chance, and…
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Having recently needed laser surgery myself,I appreciate your feelings,but it is great to know you are doing well.
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How very scary Chris..glad you’ve come through it well.x
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Corn and Beans for Christmas 4 years, 7 months ago
I’ve been burbling on recently about units and blocks and grids and other arcane patchwork stuff including blocks that don’t appear to have a grid but are pieced on the diagonal instead. I thought I would have a loo…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, What is . . . this block and how could I make it? 4 years, 7 months ago
I’ve been burbling on recently about units and blocks and grids and other arcane patchwork stuff including blocks that don’t appear to have a grid but are pieced on the diagonal instead. I thought I would have a loo…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, What is . . . . a block? 4 years, 9 months ago
Those of us who have been patching (or quilting) for far too long blithely use all sorts of terms that may not be quite so obvious to those just discovering quilting. One of those is ‘block’. A related term is ‘un…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt – Joining the blocks and adding borders 4 years, 10 months ago
Last time we looked at making mini quilt sandwiches and the different ways to quilt some of the blocks for our Puzzle Quilt. Once the quilting is all done it is time to join the blocks or sections together. Lay the…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt – Quilting the blocks 4 years, 10 months 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 4 years, 11 months 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 4 years, 11 months 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 4 years, 12 months 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 . . . ? 5 years 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 5 years, 1 month 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 5 years, 2 months 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 5 years, 3 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 years, 3 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 5 years, 4 months 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 5 years, 5 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 5 years, 6 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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Chris Franses posted a new activity comment 5 years, 6 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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