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So if you’ve loved the patchwork tulips we hand pieced last week in Madeira and want to stitch some too, then the pattern is in my Hand Stitched Quilt book from Search Press, along with loads more blocks with templates to hand stitch! Or if you would like to hand stitch with me this year, there are places on my trip to India and closer to home on my retreat weekend at Blunsdon Park, just pop over to @stitchtopiauk and follow the links!
As you can see I’ve had some fun here with the basic block by taking it one stage further with its setting 🤓🧵🪡
#handpiecing #handstitchedpatchwork #handpiecedpatchwork #quiltingonthego #carolynforster
So tell me this isn’t the best block to use every last scrap of a precious favourite fabric ?
You can use Stitch and Flip stitching, but if you don’t want to waste even a snippet, use a specialist HST cutting ruler for the triangles and only cut the background away when doing the S and F. 🤓🧵
#patchwork #wastenotwantnot #quiltingonthego #carolynforster #quiltblock
Final post from our @stitchtopiauk adventure to Madeira 🌷. I just love all the flowers we stitched together and all the possibilities of more stitching memories when we get home 😊🌷#stitchtopiauk #stitchingholidays #carolynforster #quiltingonthego
A lovely final day of our visit to Madeira with @stitchtopiauk . Lots of stitching finished and a great gentle walk into the country side to see the flowers and scenery 🌷. Lots of memories and stitches to take home with us! #stitchtopiauk #madeira #quiltingonthego #carolynforster
Lots of lovely colours and flowers , dancing and music for the Flower Festival Parade here in Madeira . So many sights and sounds and all good fun despite the rain 🌷. @stitchtopiauk
#madeira #madeiraflowerfestival #stitchtopiauk
So many inspiring sights and colours on our trip to Madeira flower festival in Funchal with @stitchtopiauk . This was part of the children’s parade the day before the main event on Sunday. All this and stitching too 😂🌷🌷#stitchtopiauk #madeiraflowerfestival #stitchinginspiration #quiltingonthego #carolynforster
Slowing adding to the the flower theatre 🌷 #handapplique #backbastedneedleturnapplique #carolynforster #quiltingonthego
Some serious stitching today on our @stitchtopiauk week in Madeira to the flower festival.
Today we stitched our own 🌷🌷🌷#stitchtopiauk #handstitching #patchwork #stitchingholiday
Some lovely patchwork inspiration from one of our many amazing stops on our island tour of Madeira today @stitchtopiauk #madeiraisland #stitchtopiauk #patchworkinspiration
A packed first day on our visit to Madeira with @stitchtopiauk 🤓🌷. Lovely gardens and church visits and an inspiring workshop of the local embroidery. After trying our hand at the embroidery we had nothing but admiration for the skilled stitchers 😊. I loved seeing the whole process and the wonderful archives too. #stitchtopiauk #madiera #madeiraembroidery #bordalmadeira
Fell down a bit of a rabbit hole with these blocks at the weekend. No harm in going completely off piste from the plan of action 🤣🤣. Looks to be a popular pattern in the 1930s and then the 1970s , and I’m going with Checkerboard from the Perfect Patchwork Primer by Beth Gutcheon, a classic! #patchwork #quiltblock #carolynforster #quiltingonthego
So today looks like a great day if you’re thinking about @thefestivalofquilts 😃. So many reasons, but mostly, if you’re entering or thinking of entering a quilt, it’s a fab day for photography 😆. In past years I’ve entered in Traditional (spsonsored by @vlieseline_uk ), as there’s no getting away from the fact that it’s in my core making! But the Joy category is one of my favourites too. There’s no judging in that one, you enter for the Joy of sharing! I’m always quite interested in the judges comments on my quilts, but take it with a pinch of salt!
Pop over to the Festival website for all the details, and if you’re not entering this year perhaps next?
Also get organised and those tickets for classes and talks booked, always so many interesting things to hear and see!
#festivalofquilts #patchwork #patchworkquilts #quilts
Having a think about stitching while I travel and I’m often coming back to these 😃🪡🧵. I put projects using thread savers from your sewing machine in my String Quilts book with @searchpress_na @searchpress .
I save all the fabric strips that I use as my leaders and Enders when I sew on the machine, and these turn into little foundations for some simple embroidery play!
In the book I’ve mounted them on hand made paper and use them as note cards and gift tags ! #wastenotwantnot #reusereducerecycle♻️ #usewhatyouhave #fabricscraps #carolynforster
Chicken Scratch embroidery flowers, blooming all year long 🌷🪡🧵. #chickenscratchembroidery #handstitching #carolynforster #ginghamembroidery
So many lovely tulips on display at Pashley Manor, and now I’m wondering whether this is the name for the quilt that these appliquéd blocks will be in ? 🌷 #handapplique #tulips #pashleymanor #quiltingonthego #carolynforster
Another lovely day ahead sharing my love of Quilt as You Go techniques and how they open up and let us continue with a whole new world of quilt making. 😃 keeping quilt making manageable, accessible and , and this quilt in particular keeping me cosy in a hotel room ☺️🪡🧵. #quiltasyougo #quiltingonthego #patchwork #patchworkquilts #carolynforster
I had great fun on @sewingstreet on Sunday sharing these patterns 😆. Thanks for all the support, and if you missed it you can still see the demos on the catch up on their web page ! All the patterns I have so far shared through the programmes are on the shop pages too! #patchworkquilts #inspiredtosew #inspiredtomake #carolynforster #quiltingonthego
I know I say this about all the hand stitching, it’s my favourite thing, but hand quilting this is my today favourite thing 😂. In my happy place with the hand quilting of this one ! Big stitch quilting and @aurifilthread in 12wt with a number 6 Betweens needle for those who like the details 🤓. #bigstitchquilting #quiltingonthego #handapplique #quiltinprogress #carolynforster
I’m never really sure with this patchwork piece whether I love the front or the back better 🧵🪡. It’s ticking so many boxes with the vast fabric selection and the hand written papers in the back . The pattern is very intense on the front, and best viewed from a distance. Needless to say, it was never finished 🤦🏽♀️🧵🪡. But still pleased to have it in my collection. #patchwork #hexagonpatchwork #onepatchquilt #carolynforster #vintagehexagons
Flowery quilts having their moment on this sunny Spring morning 🌷. #patchwork #patchworkquilt #quiltingonthego #qayg #carolynforster
