Oh happy days we’re taking a set of Westalee Ruler Templates out for a test drive today – here’s how we got on playing around with these nifty quilting tools.
Author: Laura Pritchard
Laura Pritchard
Laura has been sewing since she was a child and quilting for most of her adult life. Her work has been published in several quilting and craft magazines including Love Patchwork and Quilting, Mollie Makes and Simply Sewing. She is a technical pro and until recently worked as the Deputy Editor for Today’s Quilter magazine, where she worked since the magazine launched in 2015. She loves teaching and often runs workshops at The Festival of Quilts. She first launched her quilting career selling pet quilts on Etsy and notonthehighstreet.com, inspired by her own pampered cats. Away from the sewing machine, Laura is a book addict and interiors obsessor. She regularly posts photos on Instagram @laurapritchardquilts about her works-in-progress, finished quilts and her life in Bristol.
Get ready to practise your curved piecing! Our Technical Editor Laura has created this Drunkard’s Path quilt pattern tutorial for you. Give it a go and we can practise together.
Our Technical Editor Laura Pritchard has created this pincushion tutorial for those of you who, like us, just can’t get enough English Paper Piecing in your life.
Add corners to your quilt blocks with no marking, no dog-ears and no trimming, just cut and sew! Here we show you how to use a patchwork corner tool.