by Katy Cameron | 22.01.2018 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
Ask the average person and they would tell you that they have a good grasp of their native language, some might even be able to say the same of other languages, but start a new hobby and you soon discover a whole new language within a language which will leave you...
by Katy Cameron | 08.01.2018 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials, Uncategorized
To some, quilt maths comes easily, while for others, the idea of trying to work out how many of a certain shape you can get out of a certain cut of fabric is enough to make them tear their hair out! For this post, I thought I’d give you a bit of a helping hand...
by Katy Cameron | 24.10.2017 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
No seriously, how do you deal with them? I’ve realised I have a bit of a problem. When I first started quilting I was drawn to fabrics by Tula Pink and Melody Miller (before her C+S days – I do still love her stuff though!) I loved the big, bold,...
by Katy Cameron | 07.08.2017 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
Following last week’s Paper Piecing Toolkit, this week I’ve been working on Half Square Triangles, so I thought I’d share with you my toolkit for them: This is a smaller kit than last week, but the fastest way to make HSTs that I know of! My main...
by Katy Cameron | 31.07.2017 | Foundation Paper Piecing, Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
I’ve been thinking recently about how, when I come to do a specific technique, I grab my tried and trusty tools for that job, so I thought I’d do a few posts on what I use to do certain tasks in the hopes that it might help you guys out a bit :o) Today...
by Katy Cameron | 24.07.2017 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
Recently I’ve found myself doing a fair amount of basting, from big quilts to little quilts and a few other wee quilted things in between. As I pulled out all my basting tools for the umpteenth time I thought we’d take a look at different types of quilt...