UK Quilters
We’ve all been there; in the local or online quilt group, ‘Look what I made’, ‘Oh, that’s lovely, can I have a copy of the pattern?’ When we’ve only just started, and let’s face it – it’s not a cheap hobby, it’s so tempting to take a copy if offered and add it to our…
TEMPLATE MAKING These need to be accurately made from either rigid plastic or cardboard. Template plastic is not expensive and worth the investment as the template will last longer and remain accurate. Cardboard can become ‘fluffy’ at the edges with use. Some shops will sell template plastic by the sheet. Check if the templates you…
We have some great News to bring you about the wonderful collaboration of your favourite UK website, UKQU and British Patchwork and Quilting magazine. British Patchwork and Quilting magazine has been at the forefront of the Patchwork and Quilting movement in the UK for over 30 years and is the UK’s longest running quilting magazine.…
During the Festival of Quilts last year, MyTime Media (the publishing company behind British Patchwork and Quilting), ran a competition asking people to tell us ‘Why they sew?’. We were overwhelmed by how many people commented on it being a form of ‘therapy’ and when our team got chatting we all had our own stories…
Ok, so as a beginner the mitred corner may seem daunting but it really is very simple. The best way to learn, I’ve found, is by demonstration so I have prepared the following photos of the process. Study them and then read the following and it should, I hope, make sense. This set of images…
Looking back over my quilting journey reminded me that every year one of the quilt groups I belong to holds a Christmas Challenge. The previous years winner sets the new challenge and last year Frances Meredith set a Round Robin challenge which proved to be SO MUCH fun. The first round was to make a…
