Mrs Martin's Quilt Shop: Hope your Easter was.....

Share the Dignity

Share the Dignity Handbags
If you would like to put together a bag of toiletries for Share the Dignity, here are a couple of ideas for things that you might like to include.

Eenie, Meany, Miney, Mo

Which needle should l use?
We stock a range of Jeana Kimball needles,her description will tell you which one you should be using.

How to measure Ric Rac.....

The question on everyone's lips.....
I love ric rac and sell it in all colours and sizes, my fav would have to be the linen ric rac. Have never known how you measure the width of the different ric racs until now.

Fabri Solvy

Great to use when doing embroidery, simply run through your printer, press onto your background fabric and start stitching. Then simply remove by submerging in warm water, agitate for 2 - 3 minutes and rinse thoroughly.

Take a Pre Cut......

There is so much you can do with Pre Cuts.

Stitching Onto Felt

How to Transfer a Pattern onto Felt.
I love tracing detailed stitchery patterns onto avalon soluable, brilliant for fabric but doesn't work on felt. So try this.

Tips for using the Frixion pen

Frixion Pens
We have found these great for tracing stitcheries and marking out quilting patterns.

Simplicity Bias Maker

Simplicity Bias Maker
See how easy it is to make metres of bias in no time. If you decide you need one visit mrsmartinsquiltshop.com , look in the haberdashery section.

Tips and Techniques

Some tips from Viv
Here's an info sheet from Viv sharing a little about Raw Edge Machine Appliqué, tracing, binding, using a hoop and a little about threads. Hope you find it helpful.

Binding Tool Tutorial

Braid Quilt
Use the binding tool to make this great braid quilt.
Binding Tool Tutorial
The binding tool will help make binding quilts a whole lot easier.

April 23, 2019

Hope your Easter was.....

A hoppy one.

We had the family over for lunch on Good Friday. Meal went without a hitch, the favourite of the day was the delicious Bread and Pudding l made using hot cross buns, found the recipe in a recent mag. I have shared in the Cooking with Karen Album.

If you decide to make it, l hope your enjoy it as much as l did.