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Hi! I’ve been sewing up a storm this week, and with several new quilt tops just finished, I thought it was a good time to share some tips to help you achieve perfect quilt borders. Many quilt...

Hi! I don’t know about you, but I love finding new hacks to save time and money when I’m making quilts, and today I have a round up of 10 of my favourites. You’ll find there are p...

Hi! Today I thought we’d take a quick look at Reverse Applique.  It’s quite a fun way of appliqueing really, and I find you can make intricate designs easier often by appliqueing in th...

Hi! It’s review week again, and I’ve had so much fun with the “Reimagined Dresdens” class I’ve just taken from Candyce Grisham, on the Creative Spark platform. I have ...

Hi! I hope you’ve had a good week, and that you found time to make our Strippy Quilted Pillow Cover from last month, as today we’re using the offcuts from that project to make our Strip...

Hi! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to grab some pretty scraps and make our “Have a Heart” quilted heart pillow, to pop on your sofa or bed, or gift t...

Hi! We’ve had requests for a look at quilt color theory again, and so this week we’d like to share a few pointers with ideas and examples for how to apply this information in your own q...

Hi! It’s review time again, and I’ve just finished a great class on “How to use Silks in Your Quilt Making”. Quilter Julia McLeod has this fun class with Creative Spark as a...

Hi! Today’s a ‘making’ kind of day, and I thought you might like this fun scrappy quilt project for our Strippy Quilted Pillow Cover. A quilted pillow cover is always a great proj...

Hi! This week, we thought we’d take a quick look at Hand Quilting.  It’s still on my quilt-making ‘bucket list’ to quilt an entire wholecloth quilt by hand, and whilst I...