Tag: Quilting
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An Update From My Sewing Room… #3
A very good afternoon to you friends! I hope you’re doing well! Me? Well I’m rugged up in a scarf and woollen jacket, with a lovely cup of tea beside me while I write this post to help keep my fingers warm! Ahh, winter… It’s nice to think about when it’s hot out but when…
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How I Match My Fabrics!
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you’ve had so much planned to do but by the end of the week, hardly nothing has been done? Yeh, that’s one of the weeks I’m currently experiencing! Here it is, a windy, chilly Thursday afternoon and I find that my sticky-note to-do list is still…
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‘Quilt-Along-With-Me! Part Six: Quilt Label & Finish!
GET THE FULL PATTERN: QAWM – ‘Geo Dreams’ Quilt Pattern What a wonderful day! You wanna know why? Cos it’s the final step in finishing our quilt!! Yay!! In part six, we find out how to make and attach a quilt label so that we can officially say that our quilt is finished! I think it’s…
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‘Quilt-Along-With-Me’ Part Five: Binding!
GET THE PATTERN SHEET: QuiltAlongWithMe – Part Five Way-hey! We’re so close to the end of this series, with only one more installment to go after this one! Where has the time gone! So in part five, we’re looking at how to make and attach a ‘cheat’s binding’ (that is: Straight-Grain Binding) to the raw edges around our quilt using…
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‘Quilt-Along-With-Me’ Part Four: Quilting!
Hello! Welcome to part four of my QAWM series! If you’re playing along at home, we’re now up to the stage where we are ready to quilt our basted quilt! Over the past three parts to the series, I’ve been writing up a pattern/info sheet for you to download and print off… This time around, I’ve…
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‘Quilt-Along-With-Me!’ Part Three: Backing, Batting & Basting!
GET THE INFO SHEET: QuiltAlongWithMe – Part Three Whew! Part Three in my QAWM series is finally here! It almost seems that the universe was throwing everything at me last week preventing me from getting this stage filmed, edited and published! For starters, the weather in Sydney at the the start of last week went absolutely crazy!…
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TUTORIAL: FPP Union Jack Block!
Over the past few months, I’ve had a numerous amount of interest and requests to make a video tutorial showing how I make the Union Jack block… The first time I made this block I had just learnt how to Foundation Paper-Piece and was absolutely daunted by all of the different pieces and angles I…
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TUTORIAL: The Hashtag Block!
The Hashtag block seems to be absolutely everywhere at the moment! And when I say ‘everywhere’, I really just mean Pinterest and Instagram! 😀 So I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon and make a tutorial showing you how to make this block yourself! Yay! This is a great little block for all levels of…
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Sewing Machines 101
Over the last little while, I’ve been asked some wonderfully awesome questions all about sewing machines. With questions ranging from… What is the best sewing machine to use when I’m quilting? How do I use a walking foot? Can I make a large quilt using my small sewing machine? What are the best types of threads…
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TUTORIAL: Foundation Paper-Pieced Wonky Log Cabin Block
Get the Pattern: Wonky Log Cabin Pattern After lots of requests and suggestions to make this block, here it is for you to explore, fold, pin, stitch and rip apart! So, I’ve approached this teaching of the block assuming that you have a fair understanding of how Foundation Paper-Piecing works. If you’re new to the technique, perhaps…
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