TASTER: The Hope Quilters` Exhibition - Part 2
FREE Tasters (Quilting) • Educational, G, 01-Jan-2013
Quilts Galore
What an amazing amount of work Sylvia has managed to get her girls to do! In this section, we get to enjoy quilts using the Stack-the-Deck style of slash-and-sew. This video reminds us that a color flange works wonders as well as there are lots of great ideas for leftover scraps. So, we get to see more of the results of Kim Shaw’s day school on archways.
Quilting Holiday in Spain
If you would like to join Sylvia in Valencia you also can find out more at https://bluearmadillo.cypherdesign.net/sites/jeromesimeoni/.
Charity Work
Prostate Cancer was chosen charity for the event. Sylvia and her team redirected “Seeing dogs for the Blind” “Hearing Dogs for the Deaf” and “The Prison Baby Quilts” to St.George’s Hospital, Surrey where they were gratefully received.
HQ Sweet Sixteen Quilting Machine
If you want to learn more about the Sweet Sixteen home quilting machine then you should go to the Cotton Patch website: https://www.cottonpatch.co.ukwas.
Click here to learn more about Sylvia Critcher.
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