Category: tutorials

  • Pin Ring – a tutorial

    Last months challenge was to make a pin cushion to swap at the January meet up.  I dithered as normal and wanted to make up something different, a small addition to the patch square pincushion I had made.  I decided a ring was my favourite – here’s how I made mine. What you will require…

  • Scrappy Coaster Tutorial

    Charlotte from Displacement Activity wrote this terrific tutorial – thinking these would make great Christmas gifts…. Scrappy coasters are my go-to gift. They come together quickly, you can make them to co-ordinate with any colour scheme and they help nibble away at the scrap mountain, which is always a good thing. I was making a set…

  • Oxford border cushion with hidden zip – a tutorial

    Judith from Needles and Lemons is sharing her tutorial with us for these elegant cushions. Let’s say you want to make a bordered cushion for a cushion pad of 14″/35 cm then you will end up with a cushion cover of 18″/45 cm. Of course if you wish you can make the border even wider…

  • 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)…