What is a fat quarter? A fat quarter (or a quarter of a yard) is simply a yard of fabric cut in half horizontally and again vertically. A fat quarter measures approx. 18" x 22" (45cm x 56cm).Two fat quarters...
Quilting is such a relaxing and rewarding hobby. Here are some helpful hints for purchasing fabrics on EBay Ensure you buy from a respected Seller, check their feedback and comments on quality of the...
This Guide is not only meant to offer help and advice for those people wanting to purchase Craft items, but also as a general rule of thumb guide of tips that I have found to be useful in my relatively short...
I am creating a guide of colours and their names to help patchworkers and those who just love colour! It is in my store at My colour Chart If anyone knows how to move my HTML into this guide it would be much...
Patchwork is the art of hand or machine stitching strips, circles, blocks and many other shapes together to form a top for a quilt. This stitchery becomes a quilt when three layers come together. The first...
I used to get soooooo frustrated with trying to store my patterns when I have used them. Could just never get them to fit back into the Pattern Envelope they came in. Bits and pieces everywhere. I swear...
Smiles Of all the things you can't find on eBay smiles can not be found for sale. Why? Cause they are free silly! Purse the lips slightly - a pushing back motion of the lips is achieved - that my friends is...
A jelly roll is a roll of fabric usually comprised of 24 x 2 1/2 inches wide by the width of the quilt fabric usualy 112-115cm. They are made up of 24 different fabrics or 2 x 12 colour lots. Sometimes the...
Hi Quilters and Patchworkers Wow, starting out buying beautiful fabrics can sometimes be challenging. If you don't know about 'name' brands. or what the name 'squares', 'cakes', 'patesserie' means in Quilting...