So true about the hand quilting – in fact any sewing for me lol – I am a slow sewer, so use my resources very slowly. Advantage is that it saves money and keeps me amused in a less expensive way

How interesting to have been a chemistry teacher. I am fascinated by the sciences and would love to learn more – it wasn’t my area of interest w…[Read more]

Thank you for this very helpful guide. I am a great admirer of your beautiful work. I am a keen patchworker but a novice quilter – so every tip is very useful indeed.

I just wanted to mention, as an aside, and I hope you won’t mind this, but now that we know more clearly just how very harmful polyester is to our environment, how it d…[Read more]

Thank you Sharon, haven’t tried this yet as not sure when I will be using them, but it’s good to know x

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 ?

Even little three inch blocks can be quilted, bound, and used as cute coasters

Thank you Sylvia x

Has anyone tried this ?

I have one of these and find it absolutely invaluable. Small enough to put just about anywhere while sewing and as you say large enough to accommodate the iron. A bonus for me is how efficiently it reflects heat, making the job of pressing very easy, if a little hot on the fingers when chain pressing, lol. Mine was on my Christmas wish list a…[Read more]

Thank you x would you use cotton thread if asked ?

This is a really useful and helpful review Lynda, because it would never have occurred to me to ask for the long arm service to use cotton – I had assumed that they always did. Now I know to always ask.

Gutterman makes quite a lot of fluff on my Juki domestic – although not so much that cannot be easily cleaned at the end of each of my…[Read more]

Good idea Jayne