Continuing with our theme for small projects to make for our future sales table or exhibition events, a needle case can be quite a useful thing. They can be made in many sizes and shapes with as few or as many inserts as you desire. When making the red one above, I had a go at …
Happy New Year to all our members, from Standish Quilters Committee. We hope you had a relaxing Christmas and that you enjoyed receiving your little ‘charm’ in your card from us. Some of you have commented that you are going to use your charm on a quilt, onto one of your projects, or even as …
Happy New Year! This month’s project is a triple scissor holder, which can be made from offcuts of fabric. A great way to carry your scissors around without any sharp points cutting into something by accident, in your sewing bag. Requirements: 2 fat quarters (or spare pieces of fabric) 1 piece of fusible Vilene (or …
Liz C – An Updated Poem in January Liz has a 28 year old grand-daughter who has severe visual impairments, called Laura. Laura decided to write this poem, to help relieve the boredom of lockdown. Liz wanted to share this with our group, and has Laura’s permission to do so. The Year 2020 …
As Christmas approaches, I am sure there will be lots of hustle and bustle going on indoors, wrapping gifts and writing cards to those people we have been unable to see this year. As gifts usually have a ‘gift-tag’ here is a little something that might help to make your wrapped gifts stand out even …
Hello Everyone, I’ve made one bag for the tombola, more will follow. The bag is a pattern from Muriel. I enjoyed making it and it looks quite good, but the sides and a bit wonky. I found this Mickey Mouse block on Pinterest and loved it. It was very easy to make, its pieced and …
In preparation for Christmas, here is an easy quilting project for a cute little Christmas Napkin Ring with ‘charm’ which can be made from scraps of Christmas Fabric. You will get 8 small rings from this project. Requirements 12 strips at 1.5 inches x 10 inches from scraps of Christmas Fabric. (I used 6 different …
Browsing You Tube, I came across a tutorial ‘Sew Very Easy’ for a Sewing Arm Chair Caddy and thought it would be very handy to keep sewing equipment organised and in reach when watching TV. Also, to prevent scissor, pins etc falling off the chair arm onto the floor or slipping down the side of …
Here are three types of drawstring bag for inspiration as something to make for our future exhibition sales/raffle tables. The first came from an idea when I received a zipped pleated bag from my mother-in-law which I thought would look lovely as a drawstring bag too. There is a much easier version and also a …
Although our exhibition has had to be delayed due to Covid-19, one of the ideas that the group came up with, was for members who wished to participate, to make 2 shopping bags for the raffle/sale. With this in mind, here is an idea for an easy shopping bag to put together, for hanging on …