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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Strictly Quilting HQ – The Log Cabin is finally finished., on the site UKQU 1 month, 1 week ago
Well, at last the Big Build Strictly Quilting HQ is complete. My new workshop from Dunster House is up and running. The furniture is in, the lights and electrics are on and, other than those little jobs whic…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Tassel Maker from Clover, on the site UKQU 2 months, 1 week ago
Make gorgeous tassels with your own thread or woollen yarns with a Tassel Maker from clover.
They are very easy and fun to create and can be used for adding fun details to bags, scarves and other fashion…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Fiskars Tabletop Seam Ripper, on the site UKQU 2 months, 3 weeks ago
We’ve all done it, sewn a seam that turns out to be wrong and have to ‘deconstruct’ – frog the stitching (ribbit, ribbit), get Jack out (Jack the Ripper). There are many funny comments we use to try and make light o…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Sweet and Sharp Macarons , on the site UKQU 3 months, 1 week ago
Do you have a sweet tooth? I know I do but these might help keep the calories at bay.
Keeps needles sharp
Newly added to the Clover range are these rather delicious looking macaron-shaped magnetic needle…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Hemline Easy Grip Pins, on the site UKQU 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Pins are often underestimated when we consider the equipment we use for sewing. How many of us have pins which we have had so long their origins are lost in the midst of time? I know I have some that were probably…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Crease Marker from Sew Easy, on the site UKQU 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Do you ever get to that moment when you’ve finished piecing a quilt top and get a little bit daunted by the next stage – the quilting?
When quilting, I sometimes quilt by domestic machine, using both the walking f…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Graph Paper for Quilters and Papercraft from Sew Easy, on the site UKQU 5 months ago
Have you ever been struck with a quilt idea – a new layout you’d like to try? You doodle on a pad, then try and draft it out on some graph paper which is metric rather than Imperial. Get mixed up and confused and s…
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Helen Kent posted a new activity comment 5 months ago
Thanks Maggie, that’s really kind!
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Sew a Fine Seam – Beginner Piecing Part 3, on the site UKQU 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Dark Side – What is this mystical Dark Side and why do we want to go there?
I’m sure you have heard of the particular space film legacy where the “Dark Side” is of such importance. At Strictly Quilting headq…
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A super series! If only I had been able to read this when I started.
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Thanks Maggie, that’s really kind!
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Quilters Ruler Handle from Sew Easy, on the site UKQU 5 months, 2 weeks ago
I frequently get asked how to make rotary cutting easier for the beginner or for the experienced quilter who has joint issues. This can strike anyone at any age as someone who suffered RSI throughout my 30s and 40s…
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Helen Kent posted a new activity comment 6 months ago
Thanks Ami, glad I could help. Just writing the next instalment of Seam a Fine Seam – To the Dark Side…..
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Sew a Fine Seam – Beginners part 2, on the site UKQU 6 months, 1 week ago
Welcome to my next instalment of the Sew a Fine Seam series of blogs.
In my previous Sew a Fine Seam blog I mentioned the ‘scant’ seam. You will hear this quoted as the only way to get accurately pieced blocks but…
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This clearly explains what I need to do to get an accurate 1/4″, thanks Helen
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Thanks Ami, glad I could help. Just writing the next instalment of Seam a Fine Seam – To the Dark Side…..
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Helen Kent posted a new activity comment 7 months ago
Thanks Nina. It was cute.
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Balloons! #CBH2021, on the site UKQU 7 months ago
Like most this year my family had some celebrations planned. My son’s 18th in the first lockdown, our Silver Wedding anniversary in July and then, my own big 5 0 in the second lockdown. This time last year I would n…
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Perfect fabric with balloons for one of the balloons!!
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Thanks Nina. It was cute.
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Wonder Pins from Clover, on the site UKQU 9 months ago
This new “pin concept” from Clover holds layers of fabric together in an instant. The benefits of both straight pins and safety pins are now integrated into this single pinning tool.
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Pony Black Sewing Needles, on the site UKQU 9 months ago
Pony Black Sewing Needles
Pony Black brings you a new generation of sewing needle that is innovative as well as meeting the highest international standards.
They are nickel free, ultra-smooth and have…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, 1939 Singer Restoration , on the site UKQU 9 months, 2 weeks ago
A couple of weeks ago I read on the UKQU Social Group Facebook page a message regarding an auction which was happening in which there were some old sewing machines. It was said they rarely reach more than £10 or so…
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Helen Kent posted a new activity comment 11 months ago
Thanks
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Helen Kent posted a new activity comment 11 months ago
Almost…
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Helen Kent posted a new activity comment 11 months, 1 week ago
Thanks Lyn.
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1 month, 1 week ago
Looks fabulous Helen, green with envy though! I can see many happy sewing days in there.