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It’s that time of year where there are a million gift guides out there. Here’s one that’s a little different – skip the buy buy buy and try some DIY! SCRAPTASTIC Got scraps? Curate a set of scraps for a…
Welcome to my series of ‘how to finish your quilt’ videos. If you’re a beginner quilter these are perfect for you. If you’re a more experienced quilter, heck you know there’s always some new trick or tip to learn, so come…
I used to use these kind of precision tools when I was an engineer, but hey, who knew that this handy dandy little slidey thing would be so fun to use!
I’ve been hedging on writing about the next part of I, Quilt as historically this part still seems very charged (even though you might be as surprised as I was to find out just how much of the world’s cotton…
Let’s open up a GIANT cans of worms with this Tech Tuesday instalment: design software If you’ve been quilting for a while, you’ve likely come across different softwares people use in their quilt designing process. Adobe Illustrator, EQ8, Affinity Designer,…
How do you make a plant into fabric? When we visited Otzi, the 5000 year old human found in the pre-alps about 3 hours drive from my house, the thing that fascinated me the most wasn’t just his 61 tattoos.…
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE stationery (with an e). Can’t get enough of notebooks, pens, pads, etc. But in recent years I have tried to pare back my use of paper goods, and have refined my selection…
It’s bin day in my town. (Really, Ally, we’re talking about bins now…??? Stick with me, I promise this relates to quilting too) I don’t know about you, but I am always mildly horrified by the AMOUNT of rubbish people…
I had a fantastic observation sent in by one of my readers Kimberly: I moved to Tennessee in the USA in August and now live in a region that grows and harvests cotton (the pic was taken near my house…
Is your cotton Asian, African or American? Is it Old World or New World? Is it the same variety that they were using in Peru in 4300 BC? Or the Indus Valley in 5000BC? Or the Middle Nile in the…