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Roll it up – UKQU Sewing Challenge It’s time to reveal the FOURTH project in the UKQU Sewing Challenge; a laid back, ‘join as you can and let’s have some fun’ challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create garments, accessories, things for the home and perhaps also something for charity.…
Hello and welcome to the third part of the UKQU Sewing Challenge; a challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create other things than quilts, such as for example garments, accessories, or things for the home. Please read on to find out what the next challenge is. I am not sure…
Hello and welcome back to the UKQU Sewing Challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create garments, accessories, things for the home and perhaps also something for charity. Please read on to find out what the second challenge is. For our end of summer / early autumn challenge I am keen…
Hello and welcome to the UKQU Sewing Challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create garments, accessories, things for the home and perhaps also something for charity. We’ll be embarking on various types of sewing projects which may challenge some of us, but hopefully still be lots of fun. Best of…
Not sure if you’ve been visiting our Facebook group UK Quilters United recently, but I floated the idea of starting a set of challenges inspired by the BBC series Great British Sewing Bee, but with a patchwork and quilting twist. In less than 24 hours over 150 quilters have said that they are interested! I…
The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan is a brand new book due to be published at the end of May (eBook and Audio versions) and the printed version a week or so later. I was expecting this to be very much about the sewing circle members working on various projects and sharing their…
A fictional book about Hope Carpenter who has spent most of her life raising four children (all have now flown the nest) and running the household whilst her husband Rick has been working. After Rick is strongly encouraged to take early retirement, the dynamics between Hope and Rick change. With the medical insurance expiring, Hope…
Unfortunately, we can’t always be with our loved ones; sometimes because they live too far away, and in other cases because they are no longer with us. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I wanted to share this simple make so you can make your own version. The pattern is perfect as a unique…
As promised, or threatened, the October book in the UKQU book club is another quilting mystery book. It is called The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse and is the first book in the Cats in Trouble Mystery series of eight books featuring Lillian Hart who makes quilts for a living. The books are written by…
With the days getting shorter, I’ve lined up a few quilting mystery books for the next few months. Starting us off is Quilt or Innocence: A Southern Quilting Mystery, by Elizabeth Craig. The book is available as Kindle eBook and second hand paperbacks from a variety of suppliers online. It may also be worth checking your…
I’m writing this on my tablet as we’re away at the moment, so it’ll be a short post this time. The book for August is called Birds in the Air and it is written by Frances O’Roark Dowell. Emma has recently moved with her family to a small community and is trying to find her feet…
The book for July in the UKQU Book Club is The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie. Linked by a sewing machine, we meet the three main characters Jean, Connie and Fred in this sweet Scottish story mixing some historic facts with family life, romance and kindness. Jean’s story takes place at the beginning of the…
