UK Quilters
Last month the Blogeratti team were asked to do a Garden Flower Blog Hop for the ukqu.co.uk website. This turned out to be great fun as we started to contribute a daily blog/pattern. In case you missed them, here are some of the contributors.. Lupins by Juliet Nice Hollyhocks by Nicola Hills Dahlia by Margaret Hamilton…
Most quilts need a binding and there are several ways to bind a quilt, this is my favourite way showing half an inch on the front when complete. Cut strips 3 1/2″ wide and join strips diagonally. Trim off at 1/4″. Press seams open. Fold in half and press. Calculate roughly how much you need…
The beautiful blue cornflower was adopted as the national symbol for MND..Motor Neurone Disease because of its fragile appearance but hardy nature. Like the cornflower, people with MND show remarkable strength in coping with this devastating disease. I decided to make this block for the GFBH2020 as it is so beautiful and has a powerful…
Pam Moore wanted to join in with our amazingly popular Garden Flowers Blog Hop, but as happens from time to time, life got in the way. Not wanting to disappoint we asked Lyn Butler to help out and this is what Pam told her. In Pam Moores words: I normally spend more time at our…
The popular name for this patchwork design reflects the romance of the Victorian Era with it’s love of elaborate decoration on household items & decor. Dresden, Germany was a center of 19th Century romanticism movement in art, one that included the fine decoration of porcelain. The plate were embellished with elaborate design using flowers, fruits…
Like most of you we have spent the most of our time in the garden this summer and I thought I would share some photos with you. This is one of our sunflowers which grew to 8′ tall, lucky to catch the bee collecting pollen. Then I got luckier when the damsel fly visited.…
How many of us started our patchwork journey with making up hexagons? I know I did for one, many moons ago. Hexagon quilts go back in history as far back to the 17th century. EPP..English Paper Piecing is a very relaxing form of handsewing and can be picked up to stitch anywhere..long journeys.. the dentist…
Sunflowers are a particular favourite of mine, it just rings out ‘summer’ with their beautiful sunshine heads you could almost draw a smiley face on it. Who remembers Bill & Ben’s Little Weed? Not so much a weed to me, more a sunflower. Helianthus Annuus which is Greek for sun & flower and the…
Birdnesting…a term used when you start machining and the threads get tangled up underneath causing a birds nest of threads…so annoying! A simple way to avoid this is to hold both top & bottom threads firmly before you start stitching. Another idea is to use ‘leaders & enders’. Let me explain. From your scrap bag…
I’ve never quite understood the fascination of old sewing machines, why would you want an antiquated machine when the newer electric ones are all ‘bells & whistles’. Then a few weeks ago an old Singer machine popped up on my screen for sale locally, it so reminded me of my late Mum’s old Singer and…
Last week was my birthday and my neighbour very kindly brought round a little bunch of flowers. When I arranged them I found the perfect mat to place them and was amazed how the colours matched up to my rainbow mat. The pattern for the mat can be found here.. ukqu.co.uk/shops/lyn-butler/ This prompted me to…
Have fun answering these cryptic clues to find the sewing machines..and reply with your answers. 1. Could be big? 2. Me & Joan get in a muddle. 3. Pearl is this? 4. Can also be a chainsaw. 5.This car may toot ya. 6.A lean mix up. 7.Our nation in jelly & icecream initially. 8.Sounds like…
