Layer Cake possibility
Sewing large squares together to create half-square triangle units is so quick and easy and you get to make your quilt in no time at all, just remember you need contrast in the squares.
Log Cabin Settings
Valerie encourages you to think about the various settings that can be used, and borrows many of the ideas from log cabin settings – such as Barn Raising and Fields and Furrows. It does depend a little on how many blocks you make of course, but the overall key is that the block has high contrast between your two fabrics.
If you would like to make a log cabin quilt, click here to find out more.
Accurate Piecing
Another of those ideas which with the rotary cutter and sewing machine combination you can trim back your blocks to be really accurate.
Great for beginners because the larger blocks are more forgiving.
For more Half Square Triangle videos click here.
For another quick and easy quilt using just 4 of these units, click here for the charity quilt we made for Alzheimer’s Scotland (this is completely free to view).
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Click here to watch the full length version of this Taster
This is the modern way of tackling applique where there are no turned edges – you just trace, cut out and fuse with the iron, but then you do need to do some stitching and this is another in the series from Valerie covering the options open to you.
The simple straight stitching can be done on sma...
Traditionally patchwork consists of taking perfectly good fabric, cutting it up into little pieces and then sewing it back together again!
To create a modern looking quilt you do the same thing. Here though the pieces are bigger so that the feature fabric is showcased. There is lots of background...
In this workshop Valerie takes you through the various steps involved, starting with the fused applique shape and then onto the threads, the stitch and the machine foot.
There are tips on the products that you might need to use, including the new Featherolite from Heat’nBond; the option of a stab...
