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Looking back: the Chartres quilt from 2025

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This month’s look back doesn’t see very far because I’m sharing rather a recent finish, the Chartres quilt. I introduced it in this blog in October last year (in 2025) when I was still blogging in Finnish. I thought that you might like to see it and know a little bit more about it! Chartres is cute because almost all of its fabrics are super pretty! (Note to self: use your pretty fabrics; it’s worth it!) What's behind the name "Chartres"? You may want to know why I named this quilt Chartres. I did consider inventing a name that would have been related to the other quilt that inspired me. My friend Soile had sewn a gorgeous quilt called Erica, and it might have been nice for the name to give a nod towards it, but I just could not come up with anything. This quilt was nearly called Eeny Meeny, which would at least have had the same initial letter, but then I realised that the nine-patch blocks reminded me of cathedral windows. And a specific cathedral at that. ...
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Splendid colour tips for quilters: Fashionable colours in quilts

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Quilting fabric colours also follow fashion trends, though the changes aren’t as rapid as in the garment industry. And why wouldn't they? Like all new things, new fabrics are tempting, as we all know (too well)! In this post, I'll share my thoughts of fashionable colours in quilts, and at the end, I will give the promised tips related to the topic. Though many of us quilters follow the current quilting fabric trends, many choose to go against them and favour "old-fashioned" fabrics by choice. Some popular colour/pattern schemes include the so-called “Civil War” and “1930s” fabrics, and there are quilters who purchase vintage bedsheets to create lovely 1970s themed quilted items. For example, my quilty friend Soile created her Ursula quilt – which in this photo is still a surface – and used many Civil War reproduction fabrics whose colours and patterns were invented a long time ago: She also used other than those reproduction fabrics and achieved a perfect c...
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vetoketju pussukkaan! 6 vinkkiä vetoketjun ompelemiseen.

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Haluaisitko ommella vetoketjupussukan, mutta vetoketjun kiinnittäminen tuntuu pelottavalta? Ehkä olet kokeillut vetoketjun ompelemista housuihin tai takkiin ja todennut sen vaikeaksi? Kannattaa rohkaistua! Pussukkaan tai laukkuun on paljon helpompi ommella vetoketju siististi, koska kappaleet ovat suorat ja kankaaksi voit valita joustamattoman puuvillan. Löysin aikoinaan erinomaisesti kuvitetun pussukan ompeluohjeen, jonka avulla opin tekemään vetoketjupussukan. Olin varmaankin tavallista pöljempi ompelija, koska minulle oli ylitsepääsemättömän vaikeaa tajuta, miten simppelisti tällainen vetoketju kiinnittyi! Valaistuin aikoinaan netistä löytämäni ohjeen ansiosta, mutta huomasin nyt katsoessani, että blogi on täynnä ärsyttävää mainontaa ja ennen niin hyvää tutoriaalia on vaikea katsoa. Päätin siis päivittää suositun blogikirjoitukseni, jonka julkaisin jo 1.9.2010. Muinoin löytämässäni ohjeessa oli erityisen hyvää se, ettei siinä lähdetty liikkeelle tietyn mittaisesta vetoket...
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