One bit of advice - when you've done some and you don't think it's very good, leave it for at least a day and then take a look.  What you think are glaring faults when you're doing it may actually have disappeared overnight!   :meditation:

Ooh - that looks good.  I wonder how it differs from greaseproof paper.   :thinking:

I've never used Best Press, but I do have a recipe for Vodka and Lavender Starch, which I intend to try out any day now.  That way I can always take a swig of it if things go wrong.

There are lots of very nice free quilt block templates and measurements available here from Craftsy.  There are some other colouring in pages too which probably make good templates for various things (I haven't downloaded those, so I don't know for sure.)

I'm not sure whether they are available to non-Craftsy members, but I don't think I had to log into my account to access them.   :thumbsup:

Ooh - insulating tape maybe - I have plenty of that.

No, Stanley (on the right) just wandered in one day and stayed, and Charlie was Mr Acorn's from childhood (which is why he's so much scruffier!)  I think Little Ted may be their triplet.

I know that the way to make a 1/4 inch scant seam is to use a 1/4 inch foot and move the needle one step to the right.  However, on my Megaquilter - which I much prefer to use for piecing - the needle doesn't move.

Is there a secret for doing scant seams when you can't move your needle?  And why don't they just make 'scant 1/4 inch' feet???   

Am I going to have to use my Husqvarna just because I can move its needle?  I have just given in and ordered it a 1/4 inch foot with a guide (its current 1/4 inch foot doesn't have one), so I suppose I'm probably resigned to it.

Lucky colleague!  That is really lovely.   :thumbsup: