Category Archives: Patchwork and Quilting

Tools for Textiles – safety pins and clips

In my studio I have a set of handmade canisters* to store my safety pins. This is how they are organised and how I use my pins. The left hand pot holds straight-sided safety pins of all sizes and I find I dip into it quite often. I prefer to keep these straight pins awayContinueContinue reading “Tools for Textiles – safety pins and clips”

How to make a hanging sleeve for a quilt

Let’s say you have made an art quilt (rather than a bed quilt) and you want to hang it on the wall. This is how to make it possible. You need to create an attach a ‘hanging sleeve’ which is a tube of fabric that is sewn to the back of a quilt. First, measureContinueContinue reading “How to make a hanging sleeve for a quilt”