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National Patchwork Championships at Sandown 2014

Had a great time with lots of visitors and both Jennie and I enjoyed meeting so many of our viewers - thanks for taking the time to stop by. Also bumped into many of our contributors, but a couple of new people we will be following:  first Shirley Bloomfield who is an embroiderer with a new bok out Beyond the Applique Garden, which we will be featuring on the site as well as a delightful tablerunner - so keep an eye on the shop: and Nancy Adamek, who is passionate about paper piecing (!);   lovely work and a new supplier to the patchwork world: here is an idea from her stand (it's just 7" across)       and if you want to know more, and/or order paper pieces just visit her website: www.linapatchwork.com (we love to support home grown industries)

2014-06-27T00:00:00+00:00June 27th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Community|Comments Off on National Patchwork Championships at Sandown 2014
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What rotary cutting equipment should you buy?

This is such a personal choice it's difficult to answer however there are a few things to think about that might help: Are you left handed? If so be sure that the rotary cutter works for you - most work both both right and left handed people but not all. What about the ruler? Well this should be a companion piece to your board - make sure that the ruler works across your board  in both directions (i.e.

2014-06-25T00:00:00+00:00June 25th, 2014|Categories: Community, Q & A|Tags: , |Comments Off on What rotary cutting equipment should you buy?
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Tumbling Blocks quilt get’s adopted

Jo's lovely handmade Tumbling blocks quilt was adopted by the newest addition to their household - good choice Ziggy!   If you want to know how to make this lovely quilt, you can enjoy the video with Valerie.
Handpiecing Tumbling Blocks or if you would rather work this by Machine, you can join Jennie:
Tumbling Blocks with Jennie Rayment

2014-06-23T00:00:00+00:00June 23rd, 2014|Categories: Community, Show and tell|Tags: |Comments Off on Tumbling Blocks quilt get’s adopted
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Needlepunch wadding

Question: Having watched the video for folded Japanese  items, can you please inform me where  I can buy needle punch wadding. Answer: most good quilt shops should have needlepunched (polyester;  however you can always get it from my friends at CreativeQuilting
email: isabelle@creativequilting.co.uk

I believe it is 60" wide

2014-06-14T00:00:00+00:00June 14th, 2014|Categories: Community, Q & A|Tags: |Comments Off on Needlepunch wadding
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Do you use Indian Floss?

Question: Could you please let me know, where I can buy Indian Floss.  It is used on the redwork Cockolly pattern. Our Answer: we thought it an embroidery product and directed the lady to the Embroiderers Guild: ww.embroiderersguild.com but if anyone out there has a better idea, do get back to us:

2014-06-12T00:00:00+00:00June 12th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Community|Comments Off on Do you use Indian Floss?
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Interested in Hand Embroidery?

Don't these look wonderful?     Learn goldwork from Hand & Lock and make shoes like this. Hand & Lock launch their festival of embroidery in July and they’ve got a fantastic offer for Mastered students. You can get any of their courses for a special concessionary price and if you leave a comment on this blog post you’ll be in with the chance of winning the course of your choice.

2014-06-10T00:00:00+00:00June 10th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: , |Comments Off on Interested in Hand Embroidery?
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More from Karen Nicol

Karen has had a piece of her exquisite textile work accepted for the Royal Academy Summer exhibition 2014!   Her name if Crystal and here she is:     Well done Karen;  and if you would like to see more of the Singerie we maade  a delightful video of them when we visited Karen at her home.   Karen also has an exhibition coming up on the other side of the Atlantic in New York - It will be at the Rebecca Hossack gallery 262 Mott Street, New York,
Between Houston and Prince Street
NY 10012, USA
+1 (212) 925 3500 running from 15th October to 5th November 2014 and  has the working title of 'On the Edge of the Woods' Here is a sample piece to tempt you:

2014-06-09T00:00:00+00:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: , |Comments Off on More from Karen Nicol
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coded; decoded – an exhibition by Prism Textile Group

This exhibition of contemporary textiles is on all week at the Mall Galleries in London and is FREE!  We will be there on Thursday with the cameras, so if you can't attend in person, you can sit back later in the year and enjoy it from the comfort of your own home.   More information on our events page. Update Information: Wow; what a great exhibition - well done girls;  huge variety of textile art on display and all of an amazing high standard.

2014-05-27T00:00:00+00:00May 27th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Community|Comments Off on coded; decoded – an exhibition by Prism Textile Group
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Exciting day spent at The Bramble Patch

Great day spent filming at The Bramble Patch a quilt shop near Northampton  that was founded back in 1987, and they made us so very welcome;  we got to interrupt a couple of the classes that were in session with Edwina McKinnon and Hilary Beattie as well as enjoy a demonstration on binding with Jane;  AND we met Beryl and Bertha - want to know more?

2014-05-24T00:00:00+00:00May 24th, 2014|Categories: Blog, Community|Comments Off on Exciting day spent at The Bramble Patch
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How to finish an old english patchwork

Answer: I guess your question is geared to the uneven edge of your quilt if you are using paper pieces;   and there are two ways of looking at this;  the first is to leave the edge uneven and add borders to which the uneven paper pieces are appliqued - this will give the look of the patchwork floating.

The other is to make half templates to fit in the gaps so that the paper pieced patchwork then has straight edges - you can also do this and then add borders by machine.

You would then layer, quilt and bind as usual(see our video on layering if that helps) Just a thought about the quilting - most of my students do this stitching a 1/4" away from the seams - and this can be done by hand or by machine

2014-05-03T00:00:00+00:00May 3rd, 2014|Categories: Community, Q & A|Tags: |Comments Off on How to finish an old english patchwork
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