{"id":1450,"date":"2020-06-04T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2020-06-04T15:17:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:17:31","slug":"quilting-heaven-from-the-traditional-to-quilts-that-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/quilting-heaven-from-the-traditional-to-quilts-that-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilting heaven &#8211; from the traditional to quilts that rock!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>GUR customers let us know what they&#8217;ve been up to with their trusty sewing machines&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>So many different people love the tranquility that quilting instills in them. It&#8217;s rewarding, productive and the end result is a hugely useful and practical one!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of GUR&#8217;s lovely customers are quite rightly very proud of what they&#8217;ve achieved &#8211; and even better they send us images and a few words about their exquisite creations.<\/p>\n<p><em>The two examples shown here demonstrate what a diverse group quilters are!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Lynn Kipling <em>(see image above)<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;I made this small quilt this quilt this weekend with Crafters Companion Threaders 100% cotton fabric in three different colour ways: it has thin wadding between the front and reverse fabric and backed with a coloured back. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The front fabric was cut with a rotary cutter and quilting ruler to get nice straight lines which makes stitching and lining up seams much crisper. The edge has been bound with a purple bias binding to complete it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lynn.kipling@btinternet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email Lynn \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1452\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Jennifer-jamess-Harley-Davidson-T-shirt-quilt.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer james's Harley Davidson T shirt quilt\" width=\"900\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Jennifer-jamess-Harley-Davidson-T-shirt-quilt.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Jennifer-jamess-Harley-Davidson-T-shirt-quilt-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Jennifer-jamess-Harley-Davidson-T-shirt-quilt-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jennifer James&#8217;s Harley Davidson T shirt quilt<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Jennifer James&#8217;s T shirt quilt<\/h3>\n<p>A completely different change of gear (in more ways than one) with Jennifer James&#8217;s offering above.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Here is my recent sewing project &#8211; a double sided Harley Davidson T shirt quilt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;PS the sewing machine I bought from you is absolutely wonderful and just what I wanted. Thank you!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s very much appreciated Jennifer &#8211; you&#8217;re very kind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jennifer.james51@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email Jennifer \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gur.sewing.machines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share YOUR wonderful sewing projects on our Facebook page \u00bb<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Telephone\u00a00121 359 5335 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/top-sewing-tips-that-you-might-just-find-to-be-really-useful\/info@gursewingmachines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> GUR Sewing Machines now!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUR customers let us know what they&#8217;ve been up to with their trusty sewing machines&#8230; So many different people love the tranquility that quilting instills in them. It&#8217;s rewarding, productive and the end result is a hugely useful and practical one! 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