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A new video every Friday from the sewing room: cutting, piecing, pressing and quilting.
November 2026
5 videos
Pressing seams so they lie flat
Which way the seams go, why I press instead of iron, and the little steam trick I use.
Choosing colours from an autumn walk
A walk along a road of red leaves, and how a handful of them became a palette.
Arranging scraps on a design wall
Squares pinned to flannel, a few steps back, and the moves that make a quilt calmer.
Hand quilting stitches that stay even
Thimble, thread and a slow rhythm, filmed close so you can see the needle.
Cutting strips with a rotary cutter
Squaring up an edge, cutting safely and getting strips that are really the same width.
October 2026
4 videos
Spreading a finished quilt on the bed
The first look at a new quilt in morning light, and what I notice straight away.
What to do with a basket of tiny scraps
Sorting by colour, saving the useful ones and letting the rest go.
Reading a quilt pattern from the top
Yardage, cutting list, block diagram: the order I read a pattern in before I buy any fabric.
My sewing room, and how it works
A tour of a small attic room: where the iron sits and why the cutting mat lives on a shelf.
September 2026
1 video
Binding a quilt with no puckers
Cutting, joining and stitching a binding, with the corner done slowly.
The Scrap Basket
A short letter every other Friday from the sewing room: one quilt, one tip and one thing to try.
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