April 2012

  • Fat Quarterly – Review

    Fat Quarterly Review By  Patricia Lessell  Fat Quarterly was started by 6 members of the online Modern Quilting /Sewing community from Britain and America to share project ideas and inspiration with other members of the Modern Quilting/Sewing community from all over the world. The first issue was published in April 2010, named ‘Fresh Start’ written…


  • MAY MEETING ~haberdashery swap!

    Hello everyone!  As mentioned at the April meeting, we are having a “HABERDASHERY” swap at the May meeting!  In case you aren’t sure what that means (or perhaps you think you don’t have any ‘haberdashery’ to swap), here are a few ideas of things that you could include in your baggie: ~buttons (we all love buttons); embroidery floss; quilting thread;…


  • April’s meeting

    We had a lovely spring day for this month’s meeting, held at once again at Tricolette. With 19 members, all getting settled, we had a surprise visitor – Aneela Hoey. Pennie had befriended Aneela upon discovering that they lived not too far from each other, and invited her to join us. Aneela shared her story of…


  • Meet A Member: Pennie Haslehurst

    As part of our Q & A series to find out a bit more about our LMQG members. Pennie Haslehurst answers some questions… Tell us a little bit about yourself   I’m Pennie, I run a catering and events business with my other half who’s a chef.  We have 2 springer spaniels and live just…


  • EPP Tutorial: Pencil Roll

    LMQG English Paper Piecing Tutorial: Pencil Roll/Tool Case/Clutch/Pouch  by Danielle Coolbear Jenkins I decided to design a project as I know that there are seasoned EPP’rs in the Guild and I thought they might like to join in rather than just having a how-to tutorial. You will need: •    2 copies of the pattern (see PDF)…