Patchwork & Quilting UK – August 2019

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ENGLISH PAPER PIECING, A STITCH IN TIME
SHARON BURGESS © 2018

An excellent introduction covers all the stages to create these
paper pieced hand sewn items. All the templates are given
with diagrams of the embroidery stitches.

Templates are always glued, not tacked, in place. Fussy cut
pieces make intricate patterns.

Often ‘vintage’ linen embroidery and lace are added, e.g.
a folding needlework container (13" x 23" when open)
combines hexagons, clamshells and scraps of embroidered
linen.

The largest project is a 35" x 40" quilt, decorated with
appliquéd hexagon fl owers, the smallest is 3½" in diameter,
a cover for a tape measure.

The instructions for the hand sewn delicate projects need
careful reading. There are colourful photos but the small pale
grey print can be hard to read.

Tuva Publishing
160 pages
ISBN 978-605-9102-46-0
£18.95

WOOL MINIS

KATHY BROWN © 2018

Another in the ‘lunch hour’ series, small items to be picked up in

spare moments. The fourteen wool appliqué projects often have a

seasonal theme. The appliqué shapes use freezer paper templates,

glue to attach them and are decorated with embroidery. Each motif

has a life size diagram with stitching instructions.

Plastic wrapping sheet ‘Press and Seal’ is used and stitched through.

Isn’t it questionable to use plastic in needlework at the present

moment?

Small mats and panels decorate strange objects, e.g. a four-sided

grater has a snowman on one side and there is a cover for the

bristles on a broomstick.

Martingale

80 pages

ISBN 978-1-60468-597-8

£19.99

PIN PALS
CARRIE NELSON © 2018

The basic instructions for all the forty pincushions are the same, only the fi nished shapes
and patchwork/appliqué diff er. Firmness and weight are essential. Those made solely for
decoration are fi lled with crushed walnut shells and those to be used have sand, rice or sawdust.

Small patchwork and appliqué blocks have 1" squares, triangles and hexagons. The seams are
trimmed to^1 ⁄ 8 ", pressed open and thin cotton wadding added before quilting.

Most pincushions are 4" in size but there are also cubes, cylinders, ‘humbugs’
and ‘squashed melon’ shapes. They would make delightful small gifts.

Martingale
96 pages
ISBN 978-1-60468-959-4
£21.99

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READER OFFER

Buy ‘Wool Minis’ for £14.99 with FREE P&P in mainland UK. To

order a copy visit Roundhouse http://www.roundhousegroup.co.uk

using code WOOL19 at checkout.

READER OFFER

Buy ‘Pin Pals’ for £16.99 with FREE P&P in mainland UK. To order a copy visit

Roundhouse http://www.roundhousegroup.co.uk using code PINPALS19 at checkout.

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