by GillyMac | Sep 7, 2020 | Classes, Quilting
I have recently rewritten my Quilting with Rulers Class. When considering my own use of rulers, it was a ‘penny dropping moment’ when I realised that I favoured a straight ruler and one curved ruler for 90% of my own ruler work. Why would I teach anything else? Using...
by GillyMac | Aug 18, 2020 | GillyMac Doodle Challenge, Quilting
Doodling is a fabulous way to learn free-motion quilt designs. Just with pen and paper, you can start your free motion quilting journey. Over the past three years, the GillyMac Doodle Challenge has provided over 400 participants access to an inspiring set of 80...
by GillyMac | Jul 27, 2020 | blog, Patchwork, Quilting, Tutorial
Have you ever been put off making a quilt because it will be too big to quilt? Or maybe your quilting confidence is much higher when the piece you are tackling is smaller. For either of these problems, Quilt-As-You-Go is the answer! Quilt-As-You-Go (QAYG) is a...
by GillyMac | Jun 22, 2020 | Beginners, blog, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Quilting
Whilst searching through my stash of fabrics looking for something for a children class I found a number of drab and unappealing fabrics that I knew I would never use. For me, fabric can be like clothes, sometimes you fall out of love with them, wonder why you ever...
by GillyMac | May 15, 2020 | Doodles, GillyMac Doodle Challenge, Quilting
Over the past 2 years, the GillyMac Doodle Challenges have moved the confidence and free-motion sewing of the over 400 participants up a gear. “ It taught me a huge amount” 2018 participant “I now want to follow these designs and sew them up. Drawing them helps to...
by GillyMac | Jan 28, 2020 | GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Quilting, Temperature Quilt
Normally the thought of trying to keep up with sewing a small block a day frazzles my brain, but for many reasons, this is the year I am going to do it and I am going to do it my way – simple. This means, not every day, (especially as I haven’t started yet), and with...
by GillyMac | Feb 21, 2019 | Patchwork, Quilting, Uncategorised
On a visit to Hawaii in 2014, I fell in love with Hawaiian Quilting and for the past month at the GillyMac Studio, we have been working on our own small Hawaiian pieces. We’ve used traditional patterns and changed the hand applique to machine sewing and the...
by GillyMac | Feb 13, 2019 | Beginners, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Quilting, Teens
It is always useful to have some creative projects ready to go at any time of the year and this post is JAM-PACKED with ideas. These are my top 5 go-to projects for children aged 12-16 years of age. They take a morning or an afternoon to complete and will keep the...
by GillyMac | Dec 13, 2018 | Christmas, Designing, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Quilting
It’s here ….below you will find my Magic Squares Quilt Pattern. It was always my intention when I wrote this pattern that I would offer it for free. The topic of free patterns came up when I met a fellow designer last month. She fully believes that the...
