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Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share and Hi! from windswept UK - storm Kathleen is making her presence felt! But in the sewing studio the hatches are battoned down and all is peaceful so... Bring along your projects and enjoy being part of our Worldwide...
As I set up my machine for quilting I kept thinking of little pieces of information to share. I must still be in teaching mode! What follows isn't a full tutorial by any means rather a series of tips in a 'stream of consciousness' format. So, here we go.... First the...
This wall hanging is definitely a squirrel project - an unplanned, spontaneous creation! Inspired by the bolts of Halloween fabrics housed next to the cutting table at Purple Stitches and a cat quilt pattern I found on line. Here are the details: Finished wall hanging...
Well! I never thought I'd see the day but here I am all excited about free motion stitching! I've been experimenting with fusible applique using 'Wonder Under' double sided fusible. My motivation has been the rather rash decision to demonstrate the technique to a...
Well? I've left hanging the 'Spray Basting - Will it Work for Me?' question for several weeks. The spray basted quilt sandwich lay on the back of my sewing room sofabed for all that time. So, first off, I can confirm the spray baste was still holding the layers...
I'm on another quilty mission! This time I'm trying out spray basting as an alternative to my usual pin basting method. I've chosen to 'mash up' the spray basting techniques used by two successful quilt designer/tutors, Christa Watson of Christa Quilts and...
The three layers of a quilt sandwich are temporarily held together, basted, to keep them in place during the process of quilting. I think it's safe to say most quilters find basting a tedious necessity. I choose to pin baste, with varying degrees of success, and have...
Me and Julie the Juki are busy stitching straight lines across the Dashing Stars quilt. I've used the walking foot guide bar to keep the quilting lines spaced 2½" apart. The piecing design is full of straight lines that emphasise a horizontal & vertical grid. I...
Working on UFO's is very satisfying! My current WIP (Work In Progress) became a UFO way back in July 2018. I suspect I couldn't figure a way of quilting over or around such a variety of 6" blocks so abandoned the quilt top along with a pieced backing including an...
Welcome to Saturday Quilting Bring & Share. I hope you have time to bring along a sewing project or two whilst enjoying the sharing of ideas and inspiration by other members of our Worldwide Quilting Community. Do add your thoughts and links by using the comments...
