In this workshop Valerie talks about the difference between colour and tone, and how to select your fabrics for this traditional scrap quilt; how to determine what is light, medium and dark, therefore the colour value.
The quilt itself is made up of two blocks – one which uses smaller pieces cut from 2 1/2″ squares and strips, so would work really well with any jelly roll leftovers you have, but the other blocks requires bigger pieces approx 7″, so you would need to raid your stash for those!
Valerie shows you how to make both these blocks, and uses her preferred method of one-size squares and half-square triangles by using the Trangles product. You can find this pattern in our website click here.
If you enjoy making your scrap quilts by hand, both the fast piecing techniques Valerie shows can be adopted by you – just take care when trimming back.
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In this workshop Jennie shows you have to use the standard pattern and customize it. There are examples which include folded tucks, trumpets and woven strips, multiple origami twist and bias strips and shows you how you can make the waistcoat from simple cream calico, but also how lovely it looks...
In this lovely house Jen houses the largest collection & stock of Antique Welsh Quilts and Welsh Blankets anywhere in the World.
They have a constantly changing stock of over a thousand quilts and blankets mostly made between 1820 and 1939 and as they were hand made, each is unique.
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TASTER: Block 6 of Rosebud Fayre Medallion Quilt
Inset or Y seams can be off-putting but as always Jennie makes it all look easy in designing 8-pointed stars for the corners of this quilt. Follow her lead – and the very comprehensive instructions, including the workshop notes – and you will have ...
