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Sarah Hankin wrote a new post, Beachcomber Fabric Review – Makower UK 7 years, 9 months ago
I was fortunate enough to be sent ten 10″ squares of fabric from the Makower UK Beachcomber range and some white on white background fabric.
After browsing online I decided to try my first disappearing nine p…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Planning your Creative Business 7 years, 9 months ago
Over the next four weeks Fiona Pullen, author, crafter, founder of The Sewing Directory and all round nice person, will be treating us to her knowledge and advice on how to start your own business. In her o…
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Great read Fiona – I look forward to next week!
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Thanks Abigail, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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I’m going to keep up with this if only to decide to cross the idea off completely!!
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Have you entered the competition over at Competition Corner? Its never too late to start a new plan either Cathryn, just be brave!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gütermann creativ Sew All Thread Pack 7 years, 9 months ago
New from Gütermann creativ is a Sew All Thread Pack containing ten x 100m reels of very useful colours. Sew All is a high quality, 100% polyester universal thread range that is totally reliable and suitable for both…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Sew Easy Ruler and Template Organiser 7 years, 9 months ago
There have been a few strings on social media about how to keep rulers and templates tidy. Sew Easy have come up with a clever, affordable idea for us all.
The ideal storage solution to keep rulers and t…
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Sharon Reid wrote a new post, In The Shadow of Bygone Quilters 7 years, 9 months ago
Did you know that the American Museum in Bath has visiting quilting groups to take part in quilting bees in the quilt exhibition room throughout March to October, once a week on a Tuesday?
Rose of Sharon…
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Corinne Curtis recommended the post . 7 years, 9 months ago
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Corinne Curtis recommended the post What to do with orphan blocks 7 years, 9 months ago
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Corinne Curtis recommended the post Keeping my sanity – Nina, an introduction 7 years, 9 months ago
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter Christmas 18 QAL :: Under a Week to Go!! 7 years, 9 months ago
With just under a week to go before the start of the Christmas QAL 18 I thought I would share some alternate colourways with you – it doesn’t have to be all about Christmas!!
Whilst I made my quilt in…
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Joy Morgan wrote a new post, Quilt Kits 7 years, 9 months ago
Quilt Kits- Why I sometimes use them.
Well, my Quilty Friends I’ve sewn all my life and been Quilting for more than 20 years.
I’ve been to many a workshop and tried numerous techniques.
I have more quilting…
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Gosh, the kits are great. I would only be able to buy on line so I am wary about the quality of the fabric. (They don’t sell hem here in Spain in the Fabric Shops near me). Wonder which ones people would recommend?
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Hi Sue, the fabrics in the kit I got from Sewmotion were good quality and exactly the same fabrics that were in the sample picture. So I would recommend https://www.sewmotion.com
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Thank you Joy, for getting back to me. Will havea look at their site. x
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Hi Sue, Sewmotion is my baby, if you haven’t already guessed. The fabrics I include in the kits are top quality, mostly Makower these days to be honest. I will be adding more products to my shop on here very soon 🙂
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Hello Joy! I’m sorry I haven’t found your wonderful and very kind blog before now, I’m so happy you’re enjoying making up my All Squared Up kit in those gorgeous Alison Glass prints. And you’re right, sometimes you just want to get stuck in and start sewing, and pre-cut kits are perfect!
Happy sewing Joy, I look forward to seeing how you quilt it 🙂 x
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Rebecca Nevard wrote a new post, N.S.F.W. – No Sewing For Weeks (Tales of a Part time Quilter) – Take me home, Country road! 7 years, 9 months ago
Hey all
I recently went on a half-day course teaching Free Motion Machine Embroidery. Although I have been using sewing machines for at least 25 years (probably more like 30!) I have never used it for anything other…
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Looks great 🙂
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Corinne Curtis wrote a new post, My First Quilt Show entries 7 years, 9 months ago
This year I entered a quilt in a show for the first time – and not just any show or any quilt – it was Festival of Quilts, and my entry was in the 1718 coverlet challenge. I’ve already blogged about the making of th…
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You should be very proud Corrine! I saw your quilt and wish I’d met you there, all the 1718 quilts were great xx
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Thanks so much Lynne. Yes, it did make me very proud to see it hanging there with all the others. Such a special thing to do in this the tercentenary year.
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Wow, well done, the 1718 quilts all looked amazing, your Ice one looks cute too 🙂
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Well.done Corrine, you did really we
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Mosaic Piecing – with Stripes! 7 years, 9 months ago
English paper piecing (also known as mosaic piecing or just “EPP”) is becoming really popular at the moment. This is a very old technique which was used to make the wonderful 1718 coverlet, which you may have see…
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Joy Morgan wrote a new post, Pictures of People Taking Pictures – At The Festival of Quilts 2018 7 years, 10 months ago
So many of us will be writing about The Festival of Quilts 2018. And I didn’t want to write just another review of the quilts, so…
One of the things that really struck me while I was at the FoQ’s this year. Was pe…
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Just had to say I love this – well done. Sometime you just have to roll with what you can get! Lol!
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Thanks for you comment Amy. It wasn’t my original plan. But sometimes the un planned things work out better. I was really pleased with the pictures but as I’m so close to it, it is hard to judge what others will think. So pleased you enjoyed my post. Joy
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Love this!!!! People watching through a lens, through another lens looking at quilts!! Great piece and also some pics of quilts I hadn’t seen!
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Thank you Sharon. I had great fun taking pictures of people taking quilt pictures.
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It is great now, love the photos and the video is very apt! Glad you were able to sort it out. Best wishes x
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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, How one thing leads to another 7 years, 10 months ago
Do you ever wonder how do people develop a body of work for an exhibition? How they come up with the idea in the first place?? I’m now working on a series of quilts for an exhibition which will travel with G…
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What lovely examples of your design process. Really great to see how designs can develop from a single idea and a common process.
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Fabulous work and great to hear how the theme developed over time. Thanks for sharing your lovely work.
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I’ve loved your work since I attended a short workshop at Harrogate earlier this year and will definitely look out for your exhibit in Harrogate!
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I saw your miniature at FOQ. Astounding. I could not make out whether it was the tinyesy applique or paint, it was so small.
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Stunning, wow
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Sue Burford wrote a new post, Another take on a Thread Catcher 7 years, 10 months ago
I have made several Thread Catchers over the past years and non of them have been that successful.
When I saw this idea on the main Facebook page, I just had to make one….. it is really cheap, and easy to make and…
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Brilliant!
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Not idea as I said but it is clever…
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That would be great to hang over the arm of the chair in the evenings, hopefully I’ll then walk around with less thread hanging from my clothes and most of it on one of these. Also to keep one in my bag for back and forth to groups. The smallest of things………………………………………Thanks Sue.
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Great idea. What size is it, please?
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What eversize you like really, My fabric was A4 size and I folded it over the sides and ends by about 1.5inches each…..to encose the wadding….say 8 x 5 finished. Hope this helps….
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What a simple-genius-idea! I keep a thread jar (I also embroider) but the pesky things want to go anywhere but in: and it is always on the wring side because I need my pincushion, my scissors etc. I shall be doing this NOW!
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Sharon Reid wrote a new post, Environmentally Friendly Beeswax Covers 7 years, 10 months ago
I saw these wraps on line many moons ago and purchased my beeswax months ago ready to have a go and I have only just found the time to have a dabble.
I had a quick look on line at how people have been doing this…
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What a fantastic idea instead of using cling film etc. A very cost effective way of using up scraps of material. I think these could be made and given as part of a present. Great write up with clear instructions.
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Thank you Emily, hope you get to make some too.
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These are fantastic! Thank for taking the time to write a tutorial. Do you need to overlock the raw edges of the fabric? Would they be washable?
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No need to overlock as the wax holds everything in place, although I think next time I shall use my wavy edge cutter to alleviate the initial fraying from cutting to making. All advise I’ve seen on washing is a warm wash or wipe over with a damp cloth. You just need to ensure the water is not hot enough to melt the wax. Doing them stacked on top of each other was a great stumble on making, you just have to work fast to separate and get onto a flat surface but the great thing is once they harden put back in oven for a minute or two. Such a quick and easy make, let me know how you get on and thank you for your post here.
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Thank you, I will give it a go and I do have a wavy cutter too!
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Hi Sharon, thank you for this. Would you say that a dessert spoon of pellets would be enough for one 12 1/2” square? If not, roughly how much would you recommend ?
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Morning Anne, hard to judge, I really didn’t use many. A dessert spoon I think will be plenty, just have some extra fabric at the ready to cut up and use just in case you find it is too much. Would be interesting to hear how you get on with that amount. A tip from using ours, after using a fair amount both mine and his through the summer, they are now ready to have another coating, I think where they are used daily and wipe/dunked in water they are no longer at their best. It’s time now to freshen them up and get back to good condition. The other two that haven’t been used so much are still fine and do the job.
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Thank you Sharon, haven’t tried this yet as not sure when I will be using them, but it’s good to know x
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Juliet's Cross Block Swop swop 7 years, 10 months ago
From time to time there is a madness that develops amongst facebookers who start to develop a need to swop. It’s a great way of meeting new people, enjoying others interpretation of a theme and a brilliant way of c…
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Ah, well done you 3. Sterling effort. I still haven’t found the blocks I made lol. I can’t think of a film title (as I don’t watch films)
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Bravo ladies! Now if we were going for.drinking songs i could come up with a few… have a well deserved rest!
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Well done! I loved participating in my 2nd swap, and will enjoy mixing the swapped blocks with my remaining blocks, you ladies take a breather! Before you all put your heads together for next swap ideas 🙂
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – Boro, Boro, Bin it, Threads that is! Final Boro Part 7 years, 10 months ago
My blue on blue Boro inspired project is finally finished, it took longer than I anticipated with life and procrastination getting in the way. With enforced rest time, I was able me to complete…
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Lovely finished Boro piece Denise. What I particularly love about Boro is the ripples you get (front and back) which adds fantastic surface design. Your photos show this beautifully.
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Thank you. There was a point I was going to bin the lot as it seemed to take for ever, but I am glad I carried it through.
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Sometimes things seem to take forever. But it’s always worth persevering and good job you did with this one!
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Thank you
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Sarah Hankin wrote a new post, Goddess Sheet & Misty Fuse 7 years, 10 months ago
I was really excited to try these things out as I have lots of applique quilts planned. I read the instructions that came with the Goddess Sheet and gave it a first go, well I can tell you that using freezer paper to…
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