UK Quilters
Having followed Jenny Haynes of Papper, Sax, Sten since she started out in earnest in the United Kingdom, I was more than excited to be given a set of her acrylic templates and some luscious Oakshott fabrics. I was less excited when I realised which pattern she wanted me to use…. Curves always fill me…
With over sixty members joining the UKQU Book Club in less than twelve hours (!!!), I felt the pressure to select the first book as soon as possible. Our first book To start us off, we are going to dive deep into the 1850s slave trade in the United States by reading Tracy Chevalier’s The…
We all love quilting and patchwork, and it doesn’t have to stop with the planning and creation of quilts! There are plenty of fiction books available where quilts, quilting and quilters are featured. Also, with the days (hopefully) getting warmer, many of us may be looking at getting outdoors on a regular basis, or going…
Many of you have probably come across me in our various Facebook groups and others may have taken part in some of the mini or block swaps I have organised throughout the years, both in UKQU but also on Instagram. On social media, I post as BossyOz (including e.g. web, Instagram, Pinterest), a name which…
This blog post has two parts; both equally amazing if I may say so myself… There is an egg FPP pattern and a discount code for some lovely fabrics to use when making the eggs. I really enjoyed creating the pattern for the foundation paper pieced logo for UK Quilters United, so much so that…
Juliet and I started UK Quilters United four years ago and what was once a group with just the two of us and ‘some random’ people we’d met online, has now grown into a group with over 14,000 members in the United Kingdom and beyond. We have also more than a dozen related groups and as…
Would you like to try new techniques? Do you need a bit of inspiration and perhaps a plan for your quilting? Do you usually get bored after making two or three blocks of the same design? Can you commit to making monthly for a year? Joining a quilting bee, might be right for you! How…
Following the success with the enamel badges, which you can find in Juliet’s shop, we are now excited to share with you our latest UKQU merchandise – the patterns for you to make your own logo in two different techniques – appliqué and foundation paper piecing. Appliqué pattern We have two files available for the…
