Well, it’s been quite a while since I wrote a blog and things have certainly been busy at Strictly Quilting HQ. Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been working with the Gwent Green Grid on the Bio Tapestry project. A huge endeavour which is designed to feature the indigenous species of Gwent’s floraContinue reading “It’s Been a While”
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Spring Retreat: Master Foundation Piecing with Luna Fabric
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”
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”
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”
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”
Gütermann Deco Stitch
Gütermann is one of the most popular thread producers having been around for decades. As a girl, the chap that used to service our sewing machine always recommended Gütermann thread and I still use it for a lot of my piecing and dressmaking. They have a wide range of threads and one is Deco Stitch. Continue reading “Gütermann Deco Stitch”
Gütermann Super Brite Thread
There are many threads we can use which bring added glamour to our Free Motion Quilting. I’ve not used Gütermann Super Brite before so, when they sent me a sample to try, I was keen to have a go. Gütermann Super Brite has a trilobal structure – a triangular shape which means there are flatContinue reading “Gütermann Super Brite Thread”
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