UK Quilters
Yesterday ( Friday 27th March 2020..3rd week of self isolating) it could just well have been Friday 13th! Nearly 3 weeks of self isolation…unable to get a supermarket delivery slot…my thoughts turned to my mum and how she coped during the war with rationing etc. Being Welsh she would make a big batch…
I’ve been wanting to make one of these Jelly Roll Rugs for some time now, so when https://www.sewdrops.co.uk/ were offering 25% off their products, I snapped it up…buying an extra couple of plain fqs to avoid paying p&p….free delivery over£25! I then resorted to You Tube and lots of videos popped up when I searched…
In a recent blogger’s Place Challenge I was given The Angel of the North. Now, when this huge sculpture was erected over 20 years ago, it seems it wasn’t very popular, saying it was very dowdy. Well I thought I might brighten it up a bit. The…
Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Yes, Valentine’s Day cards are big business, but at their heart is a long-standing playful tradition between couples, friends, family members, to express their affection. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began selling the first mass-produced valentines in America. Howland,…
My song title goes back to the 60s…here are a few teasers from my quilt…can you guess what it is?… Guessed it yet?….Here is the full quilt… This was written by Lennon and McCartney and was just one of their many hits. Evidently this was their meeting place to catch the bus into town, and…
I recently participated in a block drive for Q4CL – the charity working with the Gold from the Stone Foundation. Many of you will already know this charity provides careleavers with a dinner at Christmas, and Q4CL aims to give each of them a quilt each – which in many cases could be the only…
Each month the Q4CL Group are encouraging their members to send just one extra block .. and these are being put together as single pattern quilts for donation at Christmas to the Gold from the Stone Foundation. It’s a well-documented project, and there’s other blogs to read about this fabulous project here on the…
Just lately I’ve been involved with a block drive for Quilts For Care Leavers. There’s more information about the project here in this website. The issue has been not everyone has the time to create a full quilt,, so the idea is that a block of the month is chosen, along with a colour scheme…
It has been a very long time since I last went to the quilt show at Malvern. So I took the opportunity to get a door to door lift from our son in law who could visit a relative living just around the corner from The Three Counties Showground. We arrived just after opening time…
It’s feeling Autumnal and that means it’s a good time to start the Christmas makes. This is a fun make, and you can get the kiddies involved too…. These little mice have been popular and if you fill them with some cloves and pop on a warm radiator you will get a wonderful Christmas aroma…pattern…
As our beautiful summer comes to an end, my thoughts turned to chilly nights and cozying up by the fire. Some one posted a beautiful panel on UKQU Facebook, and thinking this would make a quick quilt I quickly researched where to purchase and was lucky to find one. As you can see it unsurprisingly…
I was very happy to be given the opportunity to review some Gutermann threads which eventually arrived in a neat pack of 10 premium quality cotton in some lovely colours. I was working on a rainbow theme project at the time of arrival so perfect timing to use them.The different colours were perfect to sample…
