Sue Griffiths
@susiana
Sue Griffiths
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Perfect seams for squares 6 years ago
Beginners often start with stitching squares together to make their first patchwork quilt.Many experienced patchworkers know a simple trick to help get the seams lined up nicely when the squares are stitched…
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Marijke Van Welzen wrote a new post, Textile artist on holiday 6 years, 2 months ago
Last time I told you about my visit to the Art Couture exhibition.
Of course a Textile artist needs some new fabrics!
I love to participate in the Cherrywood Challenge. In 2018 in the Prince…
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I am thinking there is no such thing as a holiday for a textile artist, judging by your lovely purchases.
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On the other hand each day working on my wearables feels like having a holiday each and every day.
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 7: Transferring the design 6 years, 7 months ago
There are three main ways to copy a design onto your fabric:
Tracing the design onto the fabric from a paper copy. This must be done before layering.
Drawing the design through the gaps in a stencil (purchased or…
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Marijke Van Welzen wrote a new post, Book review – Poetic Cloth by Hannah Lamb 6 years, 8 months ago
The title is quite intriguing. I didn’t quite know what to expect.
I am somebody who is inspired by fabrics, so I would love to know what this book is aboutWhen I received this lovely book for review, the f…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 8: Layering 6 years, 8 months ago
A quilt is made up of three layers – the top (which may be wholecloth, pieced or appliqued), the wadding and the backing. These three layers are held together by the decorative quilting stitches.
It’s imp…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Sew Easy Rulers – a review 6 years, 9 months ago
I was lucky enough to be chosen to review a product recently and I duly received a package containing two rulers, Sew Easy 60 Degree Triangle and Sew Easy Half Diamond.
Like most quilters I have more than…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Festival of Quilts – Modern Quilts 6 years, 10 months ago
If you have visited here before you know that I am rather partial to modern quilts, so of course my review of Festival of Quilts 2019 had to be about the Modern category didn’t it? In fact it really did because it…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Festival of Quilts 2018 – from the other side of the stand 6 years, 10 months ago
With just a few weeks left until Festival of Quilts 2019 opens I thought I would share some experiences from last year with you.
So what can I say about working at the Festival of Quilts? It is amazing, it is…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Modern Quilts – Improv 6 years, 11 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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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Modern Quilts – Asymmetry and Alternate Gridwork 6 years, 11 months ago
After a rather long break I am back today with the next instalment in my mini Modern Quilt Series. You can find the previous post by following these links:
Modern Quilts – An Introduction, Modern Quilts – Fabric…
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I haven’t experimented with alternate grid work outside of EQ8 but will be doing so when I get to join the blocks on Helen’s Modern Sampler.I do like the idea though…
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Hope you enjoy it! When I got EQ7 I found it difficult to design in an alternate way so I still use paper and pencil or a design wall!!
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If this doesn’t inspire us, nothing will!
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 6: Marking methods 7 years ago
The quilting design needs to be marked onto your fabric, so that you can see where to stitch.
The ideal marker is one which shows a clear line until you have quilted along it, but then completely disappears!…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Quilts for Comfort 7 years ago
Earlier in the month I wrote about the generosity of quilters. We all know what comfort a quilt can bring and that is why so many of us quilters make for others. There are many different charities you can support t…
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Wonderful but heart breaking, especially regarding the 3 children who lost their father, which you took quilts to recently. Like Abigail many of us make quilts for various charity initiatives and it gives us comfort too as well, just to make them to try to make a difference.
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It really is heartbreaking, but it is great to know that there is a whole load of quilters out there from all over the world ready to make quilts for comfort.
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Quilts UK 2019 :: A Review 7 years ago
Quilts UK has just finished and what a show it was. It is held over four days at the Three Counties Showground set at the foothills of the stunning Malvern Hills. People come from all over the country and quite often…
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I saw several of your quilts there Abigail, and very nice they were too! I had a good day shopping and viewing there and it was lovely to be at the young quilters exhibit when the two girls came with their mum (I assume) after school. The younger one’s joy at finding her rosettes was really heartwarming. Great to see young quilters doing well, though I guess not many get a chance to long arm!
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 5: Equipment, Needles & Thimbles 7 years ago
Needles
The type of needle you use for hand quilting depends on which stitching technique you use. I stitch in the traditional way using the “rocking stitch”. More details about how to do this will be in the last pos…
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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years ago
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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years ago
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Sue Griffiths
@susiana
Sue Griffiths