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Online Retail Therapy for Quilters - 100% Cotton Fabric from well-known brands,Original Quilt Kits and Patterns,Wadding, Needles, Threads, Templates, everything for the quilter. Beginners made welcome with help and advice.
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Every customer that spends £5 or more will automatically be included in our Loyalty Scheme. You will receive a stamp for every £5 worth of goods you purchase and once you have 20 stamps you will be eligible for a £5 discount.

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Before You Start

This is the section of my shop that is devoted to newcomers into patchwork and quilting.

First of all, some information you may find useful before you start:

  • A Fat Quarter is a quarter of a yard of fabric cut so that it is square rather than long and thin - it usually measures 18" x 22" (46x56). Buying Fat Quarters is a great way to build a variety of fabrics without breaking the bank 
  • When stitching fabric shapes together, always use a 1/4" (6mm) seam. Any templates you buy or find in a magazine will have used this seam allowance as standard

Secondly, some ideas for where to start. In this section, I have tried to put together a variety of packs and ideas to get you going. You could start with:

  • One of my kits - you will find these in the Blocks and Kits section of the shop
  • A set of plastic templates and some fat quarters
  • Packs of fabric squares - often called charm squares - a great place to start to make a small item - a cushion or a small decorative quilt. Some quilters like to collect these and make quilts where no fabric is repeated. One I saw made from charm squares had 1001 different fabrics
  • For the more ambitious or slightly more experienced, I have put together some rotary cutting packs that have the cutter, ruler and mat with a little bit of a discount for buying the set.

If you live anywhere near the Cheshire/Merseyside/Manchester/Lancashire areas, I hold Beginners Workshops/Classes on a variety of patchwork & quilting techniques. These are held in a variety of locations and cost £15 for a full day or £7.50 for an evening. These are currently running at :

  • Frodsham Community Centre, Frodsham, Cheshire - Tuesday evenings starting October, Saturdays currently running, Intermediate group on the 1st Wednesday of every month
  • Murdishaw Community Centre, Runcorn, Cheshire - Monday evenings ongoing sessions that can be joined at any time
  • St. Matthews Church, Stretford, Manchester (starting October)
  • Eccleston Park Golf Club, St Helens, Lancs (starting October)

Just email me for a full list of dates and times

The workshops are mobile and are held wherever I have enough interested parties, so if you would like to register your interest just email me and tell me where you live and I will add you to my list and inform you when I am coming to your area.

Just one final word of warning - this craft is addictive and will get you delightfully hooked!

Happy Quilting

 

 

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