Tag Archives: Patchwork

How to sew an accurate quarter-inch seam

When you join two pieces of fabric to make a quilt block, you sew each seam one quarter-inch (6mm) away from the raw edges. If you are new to quilting, you may be surprised to discover that the seam allowance is so small! If you have come from a dress-making background, you will have beenContinueContinue reading “How to sew an accurate quarter-inch seam”

First Snowfall Patchwork Quilt Block

The August edition of online magazine ‘We Like Sewing’ is out now. It looks like this: photo copyright: We Like Sewing The magazine has a mixture of sewing projects, including dress-making and patchwork and quilting (see Editor Catherine Eaton’s introduction to the issue at the end of the post to discover what’s included in theContinueContinue reading “First Snowfall Patchwork Quilt Block”