Corded and Stuffed
Carol, all the way on the otherside of the world in Perth, Australia, contacted us before Christmas as she was looking to get some trapunto wool and learn the craft. For her first attempt. she has made this lovely version of Sylvia Critcher's Christmas Rose Pin Cushion and she has used hers as a Christmas decoration rather that a pin cushion.
Silent Christmas quilt
Thank you Pat for sharing this lovely quilt; Pat managed to make this great quilt design into a double quilt for her family - who were the lucky recipients from Santa! want to make your own version (and it would look wonderful in other fabrics too!) - just click here. and you will notice that our version appears on the back wall when we were interviewing at the West Country Quilt & Textile Show - didn't it look great!
Floral Cutwork
The justhands-on.tv community stretches far and wide and one member from France, Sandra, made these gorgeous cutwork pieces by following instructions from Kathleen Laurel Sage in one of her kits . She's very pleased with her results. One picture is of the kit she received, and the second one is made from a photo that she found on Kathleen's site.
Changing Places Quilt for Project Linus
We do love it when we inspire you, especially when it's all for a good cause. One of our lovely members, Liz, wrote to us recently as she had enjoyed Jennie's video Changing Places and thought it would be ideal as a scrap quilt for Project Linus. For those of you not familiar with Project Linus, it's a volunteer organisation. who provide new home made patchwork quilts and knitted/crocheted blankets to sick and traumatised children of all ages, and give volunteers across the UK the opportunity to contribute to their local community.
Stars and Moon
We do love it when a plan comes together - We've heard from one of our members, Beth. She's just completed this quilt for her grandson using Janet Clare's Nocturne fabrics which we had on the site a few months ago. She's called it 'Stars and Moons'. Her grandson is a Man City fan and was really delighted with this and the Blue Moon, unbeknown to her, is their club song.
Faded Flag cushions
Our Throwback Thurday workshop had me looking through our picture archives too - and here are some of the ones you made earlier - thankyou so much.
Variations on Going Crazy
Thanks to all the contributors: we have included some of the early ones that Valerie made too : Crazy with sashing One for him and one for her Small crazy with sashing In the Deep fabric range On display at Lady Sew & Sew for the Henley Arts Trail WIP Made for Simply All Sorts in Truro Made for Creative Quilting Made for Pauline's Patchwork Made for Lady Sew & Sew with Kaffe Fassett Fabrics
One for him and one for her – crazy quilts
Well a pink one and a blue one at any rate. These two lovely quilts were made with fabrics from The Cotton Craft Company - six fat 1/4's plus a mini-bolt of 1.5metres of extra wide which has been used in the border, there is enough for the backing and binding - so extremely economical! Also some lovely new wadding to try- can't wait!
More Crazy stuff from Valerie
Look what I made while the snooker was on at the weekend! It really is quick to make! Delicious fabric from Lady Sew & Sew - Five Fat 1/4's plus 1m for the border - check out the quick workshop by clicking here (the workshop is free this month as a special treat from us!) And I just can't stop!!!!
Magic 4 Patch quilts by Valerie Nesbitt
Here are a couple of quilts that I just couldn't resist making! The first used lovely Lewis & Irene fabrics that were also used to make a cushion (see Anne Baxter's workshop) and the other was made with fabric scraps given by a quilting friend as leftovers from her own quilt.
Tablerunner from Anne Baxter
Apart from flowers, who do quilters love most? well more fabric of course! So we hoped that Anne would love the bundle of fabric we chose for her as a 'thankyou' for our great filming day together - well look what she made with it! Love it Anne - thanks again.
Love of Oakshott Ruby Red’s
Valerie made this quilt as a gift for friends, with two Ruby Red charm packs from Oakshott and a co-ordinate for the background. The inspiration for the quilt was the modern charm workshop -which you can see by clicking here.
Love of Selvedges
great use of the selvedges for this handy bookcover. thank you Lyn. If you want other ideas for selvedges you can check out the workshop video with Valerie where selvedges are used in the border: click here:
Started at the Royal Hotel Bridlington and now finished!
After a long time I am finally getting in touch with you to thank you once again for a great few days in Bridlington. (Royal Hotel, Oct 2014) Thangles tablemat and Going Crazy: Take Nine - front and back! I finished off the two quilts, and last weekend I made a quilt that I really will use for the relaxation after my yoga class ...
Take 5 from Tania
Two very different looks on this simple design - both of which are stunning; thank you Tania for sharing. If you want to take part in the workshop; it is now up on the site: click here:
Wish quilt for the new addition to the family
This was made by Lyn using the modern charm quilt workshop as inspiration: she asked the family to each send a couple of wishes by email..then printed out their handwritten wishes,then traced the words onto the border and backstitched the words Isn't it lovely! (and the new addition is gorgeous too!)