Meet Janet Clare
Janet shares with us her secret of making sure that she stays focused on ‘working’ when at home; this was one of a series of short interviews we made with Janet on the launch of her Hearty Good Wishes fabric range (which was inspired by her book of the same title)
Workshops:
Paula Doyle is an award winning quilter and shares with us her simple tip for adding beads into her quilting stitch which adds even more texture than simple quilting alone (and don’t forget she is the mistress of Mini Mosaics too)
Exclusive Gift Pack Offer
If you’re looking for a gift for a friend or relative, or something to hint to your other half about!, take a look at our gift pack offer – a fantastic discounted pack of sewing related goodies together with a 3 month or 1 year membership. The gift package contains:
The Quilter’s Desk Diary for 2015, Ruby Red Charm Pack from Oakshott, 12wt stranded cotton thread from AuriFil, Xmas Hanging Hearts redwork kit from Mandy Shaw, Quilt Now magazine.
To which you can add either a 3 month or a 1 year membership. This is available to both new subscribers and existing subscribers, and the Membership Fairy will work the magic behind the scenes to make sure that any existing membership runs through.
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- UNLIMITED access to over 500 online high quality videos, available 24 hours a day on demand and now tablet/Ipad compatible.
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Valerie’s Blog:
We spent yesterday with Linda Seward getting to know more about her, her new book – The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting (which is our current subscriber giveaway below) – and then on to the London Quilters Exhibition where we met Tracey Chevalier (quilter and author) who had kindly agreed to do the honours at the official opening ceremony (which as we were there we got to film and you will get to enjoy in December.)
The exhibition entitled ‘Coming Home’ is free and runs through until 4th Jan – you can find more information on the Events page (and for all you event organisers, don’t forget that it’s free to get a mention; just contact us)
Free Subscriber Giveaway
Don’t forget that for this month’s giveaway we have three copies of the latest book from Linda Seward – The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting: Surface Design – Patchwork – Applique – Quilting – Embellishing – Finishing
For more information on the book, visit the Competition page of the website; but to enter all you need to do as a subscribed member is send an email, with the title ‘Art Quilt’, to the competition address:
Entries will close 30 Nov 2014
Book of the Month:
The Gentle(ish) art of Gelliping is the latest book from Hilary Beattie (textile artist extraordinaire);
Or how to create unique and personal prints with your Gelli plate; 131 pages of illustations and inspiration for you textile addicts.
This has free p&p in the UK for Nov 2014.
(and if you love this sort of textile thing, do check out her other book: Make it Personal)
Happy Sewing
Valerie & Jennie
