9-Patch Patchwork Variation
What did we do before the rotary cutter? Take truly lovely fabric, cut it up, sew it together, cut it up again, and sew it up again. But what a great result! And the variety is endless not only by changing the fabrics, but also by simply changing the size of the squares you cut.
The setting of this Disappearing 9-Patch is one of the few that actually makes the design tesselate as you can see the pattern zig-zag's across the quilt.
Fast Weekend Quilt Idea
This is a really lovely pattern, downloadable so you can get started straight away, and you will be amazed at just how quickly you can make this quilt. Of course, making the top is only part of the story, but the quilting can be fairly fast and easy too.
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This technique is a sort of 'sewing by numbers'. It is also upside-down and back-to-front and, as the summary says, a really useful technique. It can be difficult to get to grips with unless you have seen it. So we do hope that this little video will do the trick.
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Such a great idea to re-use ties to make quilts. You need to make some preparation in the form of unpicking the ties, washing them and then giving them a gentle press. But you can make it easily in some evening when you feel you don’t want to be completely idle.
The Soak product should be readily...
Scrap braid quilts are so very versatile and a great way to use up a wide variety of scraps.
For scraps you can coordinate leftovers from another project or use just a wide variety of colours from your stash. Anything goes! This is also a great charity quilt and a great way to have a group put a ...
