We love it that you love it
I love it ! not much more to say except that it is all so much better than the majority of the American Quilting Sites, and your new inovations are GREAT ! Gillian
Comments from an inspired viewer
Hello Valerie, The issue of trying to view the videos has been resolved. My you are a whizz kid!! Have just viewed your stripey quilt "how to" and Valentina's painted landscape using Bondaweb and I am itching to have a go, I drove to my nearest stockist for Bondaweb earlier today through sleet and snow in the hope that I would see the video and know how to go about it.
Card Trick from Joyce
Block 7 Card Trick.(from the Your First Sampler Quilt series running on the site) It WAS challenging but at the end I was successful. Thanks a lot Joyce:
Lifted Star
So happy to send you the image of the Lifted Star. I am so proud of it. It took me 3 attempts to get it the right size but perceverance paid off. Thanks to Sylvia from Joyce and very nice it is too!
January 2013
2013 – the year of? Well we hope it will [...]
First Sampler Quilt – work in progress
It is my pleasure to send you my images of the first 6 blocks I did with you. It has given me great pleasure and am looking forward to finishing my quilt. Joyce Inguanez and what a nice job you are making of these too Joyce - well done.
Ipad Cover a great success
I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and also to share my completed i pad cover with you, which is a gift for my neighbour for Christmas.
I found the instructions easy and the end result looks a lot more complicated than it actually was. Fabrics found in the Lady Sew and Sew Warehouse in Henley.
Many thanks for the continuing inspiration, I've only been quilting for eighteen months and find your website very helpful for techniques, tips and inspiration.
Best wishes,
Roberta
Old Christmas Cards – what do you do with them?
Christmas cards in a pile ; what now? Check them off a list and then recycle? Well yes but I also check through them for inspiration - while I am still in the Christmas mood and all that Christmas fabric is still looking at me. Here are a couple that I know I will work on: I just love the curly papercut tree and reindeer: plan is to enlarge and then trace onto Heat N Bond and then just fuse onto a winter background.
Tote-it-all Bag in production
Just to say a big thank you for the tote bag workshop. I saw it yesterday afternoon and am now the proud owner of six new shopping bags. They were a great way of using up some very odd jelly rolls I bought on line and which had some very odd novelty prints in them. However made up as bags they look great!
Do I have to use cotton fabrics in my quilt?
We tend to use cotton fabrics in quilts as they are easier to use and wash and we have a huge range of wonderful fabrics now being commercially designed and produced just for us. But you can of course use any fabric you like; try to determine what the fabric is, as this will make it easier for you to understand how it will behave not only while you are sewing it, but also when the quilt/project is finished.
What to Watch in January 2013
Inspiration We start off with lots more inspiration from the Hope Quilters’ Exhibition with Sylvia Critcher acting as our guide. Workshops to enjoy The workshops this month include a really quick JR bag – that’s Jennie Rayment but it could be Jelly Roll; a really quick Stripey Quilts from Valerie and how to machine quilt it very simply; and Valerie shows you how to create a Tumbling Blocks quilt by hand - the display quilt is stunning.
Happy New Year
Do you make New Year's Resolutions? Well mine is to sort out and then use more fabric! As well as completing more quilts - turning the tops from WIP's into real quilts. I was doing well at the end of the year as I had a good couple of days with not much going on - so I hope to continue !!!!
Stressbuster video
This has been up on Youtube for a while but we thought we would add it onto the site on Christmas Day for you all to enjoy; here is one comment from someone who has already seen (and enjoyed) it: Thanks to everyone for showing us the delightful film. I think that was one of the nicest trips you made.
3D Tumbling blocks quilt
This traditional quilt made by one of my students with modern fabrics inspired me to share a handpiecing technique with you - all filmed and coming in the near future: More pics in the Show & Tell page.