I have grouped these articles as best I can but sometimes I get carried away and write articles that are related to quilting and sewing but don’t fit into any particular section. Please just indulge me on this!
Quilting terminology – a good place to start
Quilting humour – never far away
Quilt as you go
Quilt as you go without sashing
Quilt Binding
Quilt borders
First method of mitring quilt border corners
Second method of mitring quilt border corners
Newsletters
Types of fabric
Speed piecing
Basic sewing stitches
Natural dyes
Dear Rose,
Easter greetings and blessings to you and all your family. It will be so nice to have them all home at once.
Hope you weather has improved slightly, we are not quite so hot any more as we are now well into autumn and so far this weekend has been very wet – hooray. We are desperate for the rain as all the farm dams have started to drop fast and will not see the local farmers [well by our standards ranches really] through the winter to come.
Fond wishes
Joan
Hi Joan. Thanks for your kind wishes. We are having sunny but cold days at the moment, which suit me fine. Have a lovely Easter. Rose
Love your tutorials am in sunny Queensland Australia. you have been a great help in my learning to make quilts
Thanks, Irena. I’m glad the patterns have helped. rose
Hello Rose,
Thank you for your wonderful breakdown on the quilt blocks. I was looking for a “Contact Us” option to inquire about copyright and printing off block info or using your direct link. I am taking on the Block-of-the-Month for our quilt guild next fiscal year and wondered if it would be okay to either print out / use you link for that purpose for our participating members? I am going with a 12″ block theme – “Sew Many Choices” using blocks with “Choice” in the name. I was surprised to see that Mrs. Bryan’s Choice popped right up – much less in the right size.
Thanks,
Kay
Foothill Quilters Guild, Auburn, CA, USA.
Hi Kay. You are more than welcome to use my quilt block pattern – as long as you credit my website for it. I’m glad that my pattern was the right size. I’ll have a think and see if I can come up with any other quilt blocks with ‘choice’ in the name. Good luck with your block of the month.
Hi Rose, I think your website is brilliant and so helpful. I am quite new to quilting and have just finished some cushion covers which I am really proud of although there are a few mistakes on them. I am going to attempt a single sampler quilt in different shades of blue and white. Could you tell me please should I wash all the fabric first as I would like the quilt to be washable after its finished. Thanks, regards Chris
Thanks for your kind comment, Chris. Good luck with the sampler quilt. Whether to prewash: many quilters recommend prewashing always. I don’t because I feel that good quality fabrics don’t shrink these days, but it is very much a matter of personal choice. I always wash my quilts when I have finished them.