Essential guide making fruit blocks

“Pumpkins come in all shapes, sizes and colours and I’ve designed three for you to choose from. They make a nice group displayed together and would make a great home decoration for autumn or Halloween

Last month we looked at how to calculate fabric requirements for quilt backing and binding. In this issue we will look at calculating fabrics for patchwork blocks. Calculating fabrics for patchwork bl

There’s not a better way to make your day than when the postman arrives and in your pile of letters you discover a hand-stitched card. While this time of year can be the busiest in terms of getting th

“The basis of the delicate Christmas trees in this quilt are the traditional pieced Tree of Life blocks. I have adapted the shape of that classic block to make trees which are shaped more like our tra

“I have sewn the whole of this quilt together and found that by pinning each tacking line to the corresponding tacking line, it went together beautifully. It is well worth the extra effort put in at t

You Will Need Rusty Exotic Stripe Cushion • Exotic Stripe Warm ⅜ yd (Fabric 1) • Caterpillar Stripe Earth ¼ yd (Fabric 2) • Wobble Brown ⅜ yd (Fabric 3) Cool Wide Stripe Cushion • Broad Stripe Azure ¼