Thank you Stacey. I can see this being a really popular series. We all need to keep ahead of the crooks because they work so hard at being dishonest!

Thank goodness the weather was so bad…or I would have been off down the “stuff shop” fast as lightning after seeing all these lovely patterns.

There are some really helpful tips here. Thank you, Rebecca.

This is very inspiring Sandra. I think lots of us are blindsided by what feels like acres of open quilting, but you are helping us see through it.

Very successful too! I love your viewpoint: it really works. Nice to see varied techniques being used so well.

I love it! I was (almost)disappointed because it began as such a lovely spooky story…and I wanted it to go on! And a beautifully realised quilt!

What lovely quilting! It certainly complements your accurate design. Angles and curves all in one place. I really enjoyed reading this blog. It brought back many memories, as I used both the lovely old Reference Library ( when I was a student) and the Central Library. This was new then (when taking my Finals in 1974). I was rather shocked that…[Read more]

Challenging but fun! Lots of ideas spring to mind-weddings, births, special anniversaries. So nice!

What a brilliant bit of kit! Like all the best ideas-so obvious when you think of it….but you never do! You genius! I could have done with it before Christmas when I made a complete hsq quilt!

I find this happens too. My remedy 2 fold:
* get out my scraps and sort into colours-that really gets my creatives going
* if it hasn’t worked, sew crumbs if fabric together relatively randomly. I take bits out of the bag until one “ goes”, sew it to the last one and so on. No rhyme or reason, but….I am enthused!
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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!

I should have added that there are several sizes!

Thank You!

I too have rulers u used….I really look forward to some ideas!

Lovely landmark quilt. And it takes the fear out of curves.

Thank you!

Fantastic, clear instructions. I wish I had had this when I was learning!

This is really interesting to read, as I ordered a kind of “bondaweb” and got something very like this. At the time I did not know how to use it, so this is very helpful indeed!

How nice! More access to books without buying and storing them. Bring it on! I will be eagerly awaiting your blogs.