Tag: patchwork

ZigZag Patchwork

I started planning this when I had finished my previous patchwork quilt. I have bought the jelly roll at the same time, and love the colours, but wasn’t sure the best way to use them. I googled jelly roll quilts and came across a zig zag patchwork image that I found quite striking, and decided …

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Jelly Roll Quilt

I bought this jelly roll when I bought the fat quarters for the 3D patchwork. I liked the colours in it, but it wasn’t enough to do the 3D patchwork I wanted to do at the time. I finally got round to doing something with this, as I need to practise the quilting part of …

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Quilting stencils and practice

After trying free-motion quilting with Ella, I decided to try the stencil approach to get a regular pattern in my quilt. I didn’t think I would be able to do this completely freehand, so stencils seemed the way to go. However, having tried this on a small scale, it is going to be a nightmare …

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3D Patchwork – nearly done

I love how this looks, but was not ready to quilt it yet. I felt I needed a practice on something smaller before tackling something king-size! This was the beginning of March, before lockdown… it is now November and I haven’t tackled it yet 🙁 Practice quilting coming up…