Valerie loves to use 2.5″ squares for her scrap quilts and indeed has shoe-boxes full of them – they are so easy to use and at the beginning of this workshop Valerie explains why.
The star block is made up in reverse in the sense that the star is the plain or background fabric and the quilt itself is made up of lots of the busy 2.5″ squares – and don’t worry – anything works.
Valerie also guides you through how to create those triangles – really easy peasey (and there is another workshop to check out to use up the scraps from that too).
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In this workshop Anne shows us one of her favourite finishing techniques when she makes cushions – the Oxford Flap. You will see that it is really easy to do once you get the idea.
Anne likes the idea of making all four borders the same length, to give interest and a twist to the design, and this...
This is another of those exciting bits of patchwork, where you sew things together, cut them apart and then sew them together again, not really knowing just how great they will look!
You can use 5″ square or 10″ squares and you can make just one cushion or a whole quilt (if you want to cut up Fat...
This is another of those clever ideas from Karin Hellaby and great for beginners too as you don’t need to worry about seam allowance.
Jennie has added an extra tip too just to help make it even easier, and take care when pressing – this is not ironing!
Both of Karen’s books you can find in our
