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Jane Galley wrote a new post, A project for using fabric scraps 5 years ago
No matter how hard I try, my scrap mountain just keeps growing. I feel another scrap quilt may be on the way, but I had some small pieces of fabric to use up too. These fabric key rings are great for using small…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, MAKOWER UK SCANDI 2021 5 years ago
I am delighted to be able to review Makower’s Scandi 2021 Christmas fabrics. These xmas fabrics come in reds and greys and they are particularly gorgeous with a delicate touch of metallic detailing.
Makower f…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Tassel Maker from Clover 5 years 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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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Deadline is looming for Festival of Quilt entries 5 years ago
Entry for Quilts Deadline extended to 11am Monday 7th June 2021
With two weeks left to create and enter your quilt into the 2021 Festival of Quilts, it’s worth considering why you might want to do that. …
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Big Charmer Quilt featuring Tula's True Colours 5 years ago
One of the popular designers of both fabrics and quilt designs – there is a growing cohort of quilters who hoard, crave, lust after the Tula Pink designs. This one features her True Colours range (True Colors if…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Makower 'Joy' designed by Lynn Goldsworthy 5 years ago
Designed by Lynn Goldsworthy for Makower UK, Joy was originally released for Christmas 2020 using their Joy fabric collection. It’s a pattern that could be adapted to either a range of fabric, or even make use of…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Hemline Gold Quilting Collection 5 years ago
Quilters are in for a real treat with these luxurious new tools from the new Hemline Gold Collection!
Rotary Cutter
The new Hemline Gold 45mm rotary cutter has a premium brushed gold blade made from…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Clover Stitch Dome 5 years ago
Clover has released this clever piece of equipment which some may say bears a resemblance to the old darning mushrooms our grandparents might have used to darn the heels of socks or replace the knee of a worn-out…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gutermann creativ release new Sew-all Thread Pack 5 years ago
Gütermann creativ has released an exciting new Sew-All Thread pack which includes a Textile Glue stick.
The pack contains 10 x 100m reels of Sew-All in popular shades of yellow, blue, green, red and grey to g…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, HEMLINE GOLD 5 years ago
I’m delighted to be given the opportunity to test these lovely sewing notions from Hemline Gold…
The generous pack of sixty pins are plastic head pins and a nice long length for han…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Last call for Quilt Entries for 2021 Festival of Quilts 5 years, 1 month ago
Our friends at the Festival of Quilts really are hoping for a great event this year after having to cancel everything in 2020. I am sure many of us will still be reticent about attending but there’s still time to…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Fiskars Tabletop Seam Ripper 5 years, 1 month 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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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 5 5 years, 1 month ago
Block 5 is called Mystery Flower Garden. It includes the quarter-square triangle units we had in last month’s block (London Roads) and another unit consisting of two quarter-square triangles and one half-square t…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Rare Orphanage Sampler goes up for Auction in the recent Tennants Textiles Sale 5 years, 1 month ago
A very delicately embroidered 19th Century Sampler sold for £6,000 plus buyer’s premium in Tennants Auctioneers’ Costume, Accessories and Textiles Sale on 7th May. The sampler is worked in red thread on white back…
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I adore this. I still have quite an extensive collection of French and German Redwork samplers but this is exquisite. I used to design and teach Blackwork embroidery which are also known as Holbein embroidery with the back looking exactly the same as the front.
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, TILDA WOODLAND 5 years, 1 month ago
I am delighted to review these very pretty Tilda fabrics. This is the ‘Woodland’ range and Tilda haven’t disappointed with this delightfully fresh 100% cotton fabrics.
The fabrics are a really good quali…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, 'Circles' 5 years, 1 month ago
Not content with the challenges set by ‘The Webmaster’, I decided to take part in a challenge week over in a Facebook Group. Most of the people in the group are paper crafters, but I decided I’d take part and…
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gorgeous!
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thank you
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Hemline Gold 5 years, 1 month ago
An exclusive new collection inspired by the rich history of the haberdashery industry; Hemline Gold is fused with sleek, modern finishes. Drawing its influence from traditional Victorian aesthetics and…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Sweet and Sharp Macarons 5 years, 1 month 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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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Topping Marathon 5 years, 1 month ago
In January I volunteered to be the monthly block host for Q4CL (Quilts for Care Leavers). This Charity Group creates quilts to donate to the Gold from the Stone Foundation set up by Lemn Sissay to offer Christmas…
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What an amazing result!!!! Great choice of block for the block drive. Quilty hugs
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Thanks Nina..loved it!
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Fabulous. Just giving a little can have such big results.
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Puzzle Quilt Block 4 London Roads 5 years, 1 month ago
We’ve reached Block 4 of the Puzzle Quilt and you will be half-way through when you have made these ones. This time the block is based on a 9-patch grid (the earlier ones were 4-patch) and has two new units to t…
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5 years ago
What super little gifts. Thank you.
4 years, 11 months ago
a pleasure