Our Spring Retreat is coming up and this time we are concentrating on Foundation Piecing. The pattern we’re using was designed specifically for the retreat and is based on a beautiful Compass design. I used the astronomical inspired Luna fabric range from Makower UK which is stunning and the larger blocks on the quilt patternContinue reading “Spring Retreat: Master Foundation Piecing with Luna Fabric”
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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”
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”
Vlieseline 276 – Natural Cotton Wadding
Towards the start of this year I was hoping to host a Sew A-Long (SAL) series of blogs on my website Strictly Quilting. Well, sometimes life gets in the way by throwing the odd curve ball and I found things didn’t quite work out the way I’d planned. I’d started the design, based on starContinue reading “Vlieseline 276 – Natural Cotton Wadding”
Soya Mix from Vlieseline
Vlieseline were kind enough to send me some of their Soya Mix wadding to try out for the first time. I love natural fibres, using 100% cotton a lot of the time, so I was keen to give this a go. Obviously, I needed to make a quilt to try with it, but what? AtContinue reading “Soya Mix from Vlieseline “
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