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Ruth Garner recommended the post New! Pony Certain Stitch Needles 6 years, 11 months ago
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, New! Pony Certain Stitch Needles 6 years, 11 months ago
Take out the guess work with Certain Stitch Needles! These brilliant needles have been developed to give consistent length stitches that are evenly spaced, just like a professional.
These exciting new…
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Brilliant idea!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Clover Needle Threaders 6 years, 11 months ago
Every sewing basket needs a good Needle Threader and Clover has a great range to choose from! I, for one, could not manage without a needle threader of some sort these days, but I didn’t realise there were so…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Vlieseline – Responding to the need for change 6 years, 11 months ago
Vlieseline are committed to reducing carbon footprint, offering products made from plastic bottles and other recycled polyester materials. There are many positive reasons for reducing consumption of new and…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, 'Home Fires' 6 years, 11 months ago
It seems a life time ago that we attended the Bloggerati Retreat and already there are plans afoot for the next one. The last retreat was precious time for me to concentrate on sewing, something I don’t often…
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I missed this earlier. A lovely warm message.
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Thank you Maggie. Her husband has since passed away, so very poignant for her
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, I Spy quilts 6 years, 11 months ago
What is an I Spy quilt and how do you make one? Well, this question has many answers – and I can provide you with my take on the I Spy quilt, as I have made a few. The feature that all I Spy quilts have in common i…
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I love your I Spy quilt and you have inspired me to have a go and make one too.
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I’m glad it has inspired you – and I hope to see a picture of your I Spy quilt at some time!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Somewhere over the Rainbow with Stuart Hillard 6 years, 11 months ago
Look who I was talking to recently, and he is really encouraging to speak with. I asked Stuart about his lovely Rainbow Etchings range of fabrics that the Craft Cotton Company have donated as the first prize in o…
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He has come a long way since the sewing bee
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Little Boxes 6 years, 11 months ago
Many years ago I organised a sew day for our W.I. group. I arranged a room in our local pub and organised a pub lunch. About 15 ladies turned up and we had great fun making these lovely boxes…and of course enjoyed t…
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I am not in the WI but would love to attend one of these workshops. They look amazing especially with the Folded flower pulls and butterfly bows.
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Ruth Garner recommended the post UK Quilters United by a second thread – our second book 6 years, 11 months ago
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Templates from Sew Easy 6 years, 11 months ago
For a long time, I’ve wanted to do a triangle quilt so when the request went out to review some templates I was quick to volunteer. I didn’t know what I was going to get but I was hopeful that there would be…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gutermann Sew All Thread Set with Sewing Needles 6 years, 11 months ago
The new 10 reel, 100m Sew All Thread Pack includes a free pack of 5 universal sewing machine needles plus an assortment pack of 30 hand sewing needles. The excellent quality and versatility of Sew All Thread…
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Ruth Garner recommended the post Recycled Sewing Box 6 years, 11 months ago
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Patchwork Chair 6 years, 12 months ago
A few years ago I had the opportunity to have some curtain fabric sample books. I managed,with some difficulty, to remove all the sticky back, and stored them, colourways, in a few boxes and there they stayed for a…
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Stunning! I love the fact that the patchwork is so well balanced, the red and gold one is particularly beautiful!
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Thankyou so much Chris
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Fabulous that you have provided a pattern. You have made such a professional job of these, it tempts us to have a go!
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Thankyou Maggie
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Inspirational
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Thankyou very much Gavin.
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Recycled Sewing Box 6 years, 12 months ago
Many, many years ago hubby bought me a lovely sewing box. Overtime it began to look a bit tired and dare I say, a little dated.
I had an idea, so checked to see if I could remove the tapestry fabric easily.…
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Love it.
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Modern Quilts – Improv 6 years, 12 months ago
Where to begin on the journey that is improv? It can be improvisational piecing which has myriad forms or improvisational quilting which is another topic all together!
Improvise is defined as:
to create…
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Thanks , it is nice to see the back of your work and to know that one can mix and match e.g. seams open or to one side
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I love seeing the back of work and had always steered clear of open seams for fear of weakening the quilt – they don’t!!
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Ruth Garner recommended the post Reduce, Reuse or Recycle 6 years, 12 months ago
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Recycled Cardy 6 years, 12 months ago
A while back this lovely home crafted fairisle waistcoat took my eye in a local charity shop…do you see cats or swans?
I took it home, but it didn’t suit, so it hung in the wardrobe…until now.
I decid…
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Love it, it’s makes a super cushion. I saw cats but now I see swans!
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Thanks Judith..it’s gone off to a friend in Cornwall who has 4…cats not swans
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I saw swans but they make a lovely cushion!
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Thanks Karin
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Judith Clarke wrote a new post, Second Hand Rose 6 years, 12 months ago
Recycling has been in my blood since before I was born. My mum was a great recycler, long before it was termed recycling. She used to call us ‘second hand Roses’, Maybe it was being brought up during and after the…
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So much patience…love it!
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Thank you Lyn, I’m happy recycling is in my blood. All those memories.
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What a lovely, warm post. I too, felt the need to use clothes to remember my mum, and found it incredibly helpful in grieving. I wish I still had things if my dad’s but it is too long ago. I shall look at Gulliver with renewed interest now!
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It’s a lovely way to remember and keep some physical contact with them isnt it. Thank you.
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Ruth Garner recommended the post Recycle curtains to bags 7 years ago
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