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Why I Blog

December 27, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

Now just imagine how many posts there must have been on WordPress.com blogs in 2014. Actually, you don’t have to, because they gave that number too. 555,782,547. That’s over 1.5 million per day with 47 million published from mobile devices. There isn’t data available for 2015 yet and of course, there are many other blogging … [Read more…]

Posted in: About me Tagged: blog, happy, hobby, observation, skills, thinking, writing

2014 Brother Under 35’s Quilt Competition *Flying Free*

December 5, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

If you are a regular reader you would have realised that last year I was picking up interest in patchwork. So I was reading a lot of magazines and blogs etc. I saw a competition in Quilters companion and decided to enter. I had obviously never ever been in a competition before and was excited. … [Read more…]

Posted in: WIPs Tagged: competition, completed projects, hobby, quilting

Selvages and using them

November 18, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

Do you know what selvage markings are? They may look decorative but there is fabric information contained in the markings. These markings can make planning you patchwork projects much easier. The marks along the edge are not just branding, but can help you to pair up fabrics with that fabric that you are working with. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative Tagged: hobby, quilting, skills

Quilting shops for the newbie – a series

November 13, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

As a newbie quilter I have started venturing into different quilting shops. This can be quite confronting. I always feel like a bit of a fraud. Someone might find out that I am new and I don’t know what I am doing. I always hope to find someone who is really helpful and nice in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outings/Shows Tagged: happy, hobby, observation, quilting, shop review

Hexagon calculators and quilt dimensions

November 11, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

Some people love quilt maths. I am still getting my head around a lot of it. So when I start a new project I always google ways to get the correct maths. Which is how I came across this site. I use this calculator to workout how many hexagons I need in a quilt all … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calculators Tagged: hobby, patchwork, quilting, skills, thinking

Ahhhh’ s

October 18, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

The next project that I embarked upon was Ahhhh’s – Artistic Hexotic Hillbilly Hexagons, these were started by Tonya Owens in Missouri. She started the idea in October 2011 when she first saw that EPP was starting to gain momentum and she wanted to “play outside the hexagon”. She joined with paperpieces and in October … [Read more…]

Posted in: WIPs Tagged: creative, EPP, green, hobby

My first post

October 9, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

So this is my first post, my first blog. It is a little bit exciting! I am still learning how to setup my page. I am actually doing a blog with me course with Pip Lincolne. So as I progress through the weeks of the course my pages will improve. I hope you have had … [Read more…]

Posted in: About me Tagged: blog, hobby, thinking, writing

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