My community themed quilt My People is now on the Twelve by Twelve group blog. As obsessed as I am with alternative finishes, there will always be a place for a classic continuous binding with mitred corners. Here is my tutorial (with clickable photos) to show you how to avoid unsightly lumps and bulges where […]
Tutorials
Free & Non-binding: Alternative Quilt Finishes
I have been researching and experimenting with alternative quilt finishes for some time culminating (so far!) in this tutorial for my Favourite Facing Finish that is suitable for rectangular and gently irregular-shaped quilts. Here is listing of other online tutorials demonstrating a range of quilt-finishing techniques other than binding: Mitred Facing Finish presented by me […]
Wholecloth Facing Quilt Finish
Here is my step by step guide to finishing your quilt with a wholecloth facing. It is ideal for smaller quilts such as my Organic Chocolate trio and avoids excessive bulkiness in the corners. For other methods of finishing a quilt (other than binding), see my useful listing of online tutorials: Alternative Quilt Finishes. Issue […]
Subscribing to Comments Feeds
My blog is a relatively comment-lite zone. I’m not complaining – I get enough reader feedback to sustain me. However, some blogs receive numerous and insightful comments and you can miss out unless you subscribe to the comment feed for that blog. The url for comments feed for Blogspot blogs is typically: http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default/ So, for […]
Triad Dyeing
I have been asked to expand upon my earlier post about triad dyeing. I don’t think this is a technical dyeing term but it does describe the triangular arrangement that arises when you take three initial colours (not necessarily primaries) and apply the following dye ratios: 8:1:1 5:4:1 4:1:5 1:8:1 1:5:4 1:1:8 I use procion dyes and this […]
Categorically speaking
Sometimes it is instructive to surf around your own blog to make sure it is working properly. I realised only yesterday that I one of my category listings Techniques:Dyeing was incorrectly linked to posts about quilting techniques. My apologies to anyone who was confused by this. Today there seem to be lots of people entering […]