How to calculate the fabric needed for a quilt binding

This is a useful post to help you calculate how much fabric you need for any given binding. I'm going to list all the steps below. For these examples, I am working in inches, but you can follow the steps and go through exactly the same process in centimetres if you prefer to work inContinue reading "How to calculate the fabric needed for a quilt binding"

Embroidery at the Fashion and Textiles Museum

Last week, I wrote (here) about the celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee - the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty's coronation. A few weeks earlier, I saw another coronation cloak, this time in person. Read on... The Fashion and Textile Museum On a recent visit to London, I went to the Fashion and Textile MuseumContinue reading "Embroidery at the Fashion and Textiles Museum"