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Spring Sewing: What We’ve Been Making
Spring has sprung in the Pattern Poole studio! Join us for a relaxed sewing catch-up as we share our latest quilt-as-you-go, appliqué and children’s clothing projects, plus a peek behind the scenes at what we’ve been making.
Introducing Our Children’s Clothing Patterns
These aren’t fussy patterns. They’re designed to make sewing clothes easier. We’ve taken some of Monica’s favourite children’s designs from the archive and revamped them for PDF, with straightforward construction, clever sewing tricks and no unnecessary fiddly bits. Just beautiful, practical patterns that make it easier to sew something special for your little ones. Before quilting became her focus, Monica trained as a fashion designer and spent years designing and making clo
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What is Quilt-as-you-go?
Learn how to get started with quilt-as-you-go; there are five free tutorials to watch and a free pattern to help you get started today!
Monica Poole
Oct 9, 20244 min read
The Quilt-As-You-Go Companion FAQs
Everything you need to make Quilt-As-You-Go easier. The Quilt-as-you-go Companion brings together over 35 years of Monica Poole's sewing, quilting and teaching experience in one 208-page, full-colour guide. Learn 5 Quilt-As-You-Go joining methods, 4 border finishes and Monica's favourite QAYG techniques, with step-by-step photographs and QR-linked video tutorials to guide you along the way. Whether you're new to quilt-as-you-go or looking for more ways to finish your quilts o
Monica Poole
Dec 15, 20235 min read
BAGUETTE BAG – FREE PATTERN AND TUTORIAL
I love this bag, it’s so cute and stylish! I just throw in my lipstick, phone and keys, tuck it under my arm and head out for a lunch date with friends. I get so many compliments and people can’t believe that I made it myself. I love how this bag sits up and holds it shape, the secret is the foam interfacing or stabiliser. I prefer a sew-in to a fusible and I show my tips for working with it in the video. From one 18” x 58” pack you’ll be able to make 4 bags. So what are you
Monica Poole
Jul 28, 20231 min read
10 Easy Quilts to Get You Started With Quilt-as-you-go!
Here are 10 quick and easy quilt as you go PDF patterns with FREE YouTube tutorials so you can start quilt as you go today!
Monica Poole
Jun 16, 20234 min read
Free Motion Applique Quilting Made Easy
Learn how to add personal flair to your applique quilts with Monica's free-motion quilting project.
Monica Poole
Feb 23, 20234 min read
THE MUST-HAVE FANCY EDGE FOR YOUR QUILTS!
FREE QAYG ALONG PART 16 Finishing your quilt with a fancy edge looks really pretty and adds that extra special touch! In our Fancy edge video, you'll see how I added a picket edge to our quilt as you go along quilt. Click here to watch the video. Oh, and if you're wondering, I call it a picket edge because the points look like the top of a picket fence. In the tutorial, I show you how to measure your quilt, how to calculate how much fabric you will need, how to make the picke
Monica Poole
Nov 12, 20217 min read
JOINING 36 BLOCKS TOGETHER QUILT AS YOU GO!
FREE QAYG ALONG PART 15 This week we had a lot of fun joining our quilt and recording the footage for our YouTube video. Click on the link below to watch the video. We love making the videos together and teaching others to quilt and sew and we plan on making many more! I love the back just as much as I love the front! We'll be finishing our quilt with a fancy picket edge and we'll show how to do this in the next video. Haven't heard about our FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG? You c
Monica Poole
Oct 29, 20213 min read
SCRAPPY TREE AND BIRD BLOCK FOR QUILT AS YOU GO!
FREE QAYG-ALONG PART 14 These are the final 2 blocks of our free quilt as you go along. They are both stitch and flip, quilt as you go...
Monica Poole
Oct 15, 20215 min read
RETRO FLOWER STITCH N FLIP QUILT BLOCK!
FREE QAYG ALONG PART 13 Alaura has been asking me to make this block since the beginning of our QAYG-ALONG, Alaura is big on researching...
Monica Poole
Oct 8, 20212 min read
THE QUILT BLOCK CENTRE STAR YOU NEED!
FREE QAYG ALONG PART 12 The interesting thing about this block is it is actually made up of 4 blocks rotated to create the starburst ...
Monica Poole
Sep 29, 20218 min read
The Best Free Quilt as you go Pattern With Full-Length Video Tutorial!
This is a free quilt as you go PDF pattern and full-length YouTube tutorial. Learn quilt as you go today!
Monica Poole
Sep 24, 20212 min read
THE EASIEST QUILT BLOCK TO MAKE -THE STRING BLOCK
FREE QAYG ALONG PART 11 We’re obsessed with string quilts! And they are super easy, super fun and beginner friendly, so we thought you might like to make one too. This week we were invited to make some short videos for Spotlight’s Quilting Expo, so we went totally over the top and made a 3 part series on how to make a quilt as you go string quilt from start to finish. This series is perfect for the very beginner or for those that want to try their hand at making a quilt as yo
Monica Poole
Sep 17, 20213 min read
A TRADITIONAL BLOCK TURNED QUILT AS YOU GO - THE FLYING GEESE BLOCK
FREE QAYG-ALONG PART 10 This week we take another traditional block and we make it quilt as you go! There are many different variations...
Monica Poole
Sep 3, 20212 min read
YOU'LL BE A FAN OF THIS QUIRKY FAN BLOCK FOR QUILT AS YOU GO!
FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG PART 9. I hope that you have been enjoying our FREE QAYG-ALONG! Whilst I've given you all the challenge of...
Monica Poole
Aug 27, 20212 min read
A FUN CRAZY PATCHWORK FLOWER BLOCK YOU HAVE TO MAKE!
FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG PART 8 This week we have some fun with crazy patchwork. Crazy Patchwork has been around for centuries, it’s the process of joining small scraps of fabric together to make 1 complete textile piece. This crazy flower block would look fantastic as a scrappy repetitive design in a quilt! If you’re joining in with our FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG you will need to make 2. We now have 20 blocks made for our FREE QUILT AS YOU GO ALONG. Here are my blocks so f
Monica Poole
Aug 20, 20212 min read
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