As most of you know, my son was tying the knot with his beloved this month so things have been very hectic in our personal life, very quiet for Strictly Quilting. The wedding went amazingly with all the Romanian family staying with us for a period of ten days. Were there miscommunications? Yes.. Was thereContinue reading “Creating a Cozy Ragged Wedding Quilt”
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From Quilts to Patterns: My Creative Journey Resumes
It’s been quite a while since I wrote to you all. Life has been a little busy and time flies by in the blink of an eye. As many of you know throughout last year I was involved with a huge community project with the Gwent Green Grid Partnership and Monmouthshire County Council working onContinue reading “From Quilts to Patterns: My Creative Journey Resumes”
Explore 2025’s Quilting Workshops at Strictly Quilting
We are well into 2025 and I feel that I have missed January all together. As some of you may know, we lost our beloved Chewy the day before Christmas Eve and then I came down with one of the nasty colds that was doing the rounds. It took me a while to recover andContinue reading “Explore 2025’s Quilting Workshops at Strictly Quilting”
Crafting with Vlieseline B700: A Quilter’s Perspective
It’s not often that I get a new (to me) product which surprises me but that’s what happened when I received the woven interlining B 700 from Vlieseline to try out. I thought it was a standard iron on interfacing which had environmental credentials, and it is, but so much better than expected. When quilting,Continue reading “Crafting with Vlieseline B700: A Quilter’s Perspective”
Bamboo Baby!
My hairdresser recently announced she was expecting, such wonderful news (but little distressed to realise that I’ll have to go without her for 6 months!) Of course, as a quilter I immediately guessed she’d need a quilt..
Enhance Your Crafting: Project Bag and Block Nanny Featuring Style Vil Foam
Some of you may know that Strictly Quilting has been running sewing retreats for a couple of years now in collaboration with Cecilia Slinn. We recently held our Summer Retreat where we had a fabulous time. There were two projects for people to make. Cecilia brought us a Project Bag and I designed a BlockContinue reading “Enhance Your Crafting: Project Bag and Block Nanny Featuring Style Vil Foam”
Back from the slopes and using Vlieseline Wadding – 279 Soft Cotton Mix 80/20
Well it’s been a bit of a while since I’ve done a lot of sewing. In January the family and I took to the slopes of Bulgaria for a ski trip and, you guessed it, I was taken out by a snowboarder on the first day and broke my wrist.. Had to be the rightContinue reading “Back from the slopes and using Vlieseline Wadding – 279 Soft Cotton Mix 80/20”
2024 Retreat Dates Announced
Well, 2023 went so quickly that I think I missed most of it but now is the time to look forward to 2024. Cecilia and I have so enjoyed running our two retreats last year that we have again booked two more for 2024. The Summer retreat is booked for 14th to 16th June andContinue reading “2024 Retreat Dates Announced”
Lazy Log Cabin with Chic Escape
This range has to be one of my favourite in recent months. Brought to us from Tilda it pairs classical flowers with peacocks with a beautiful palette of rich colours. Pinks, mustards, greens and blues. When I was sent a strip roll of this gorgeousness I knew that I wanted a quick lap quilt toContinue reading “Lazy Log Cabin with Chic Escape”
What’s New? – Chic Escape, A New Machine and Free Motion Fun!
one item I’m working on is a Lazy Log Cabin quilt which uses a strip roll. In this instance I’m using the beautiful (and I think it’s my favourite range from Tilda so far) Chic Escape.