Will probably be back later in the day to do a 'proper' blog posting but couldn't resist adding the logo for the Missouri Star Quilt Company . I often check out their tutorial postings on YouTube. The shop owner, Jenny Doan, posts a fresh tutorial every Friday. She usually uses 'pre-cut' fabrics such as layer cakes but she finds quite quick methods of cutting and piecing to make some complicated looking quilt designs. I once spent hours doing a 'Hunter Star' block using a special template. Jenny simplified the design so that you only need make half square triangles.
I am also a member of Cambridge Quilters . I waited ages to join before realising I could visit and pay a small fee (later refunded once I joined properly). They are a lovely welcoming group with two meetings most months. Either, the evening of the second Wednesday each month at Orchard Park Community Centre
or Granchester Village Hall, the third Friday of the month but this time in the morning.
Cambridge Quilters is a great group to belong to. Not expensive and open to all abilities. The programme is varied, sometimes members take the lead with a talk but quite often they have visiting speakers who will then teach a workshop in their specialism. The workshops are very reasonably priced and more local than struggling to get to The Bramble Patch (Northampton) or Quilters Haven (Suffolk). I've been to quite a few workshops and always enjoyed myself and learned something new every time.
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