UK Quilters
There have been a few strings on social media about how to keep rulers and templates tidy. Sew Easy have come up with a clever, affordable idea for us all. The ideal storage solution to keep rulers and templates tidy, organised and protected from scratches. This wall-mountable design has built-in fixing slots on the back…
The Annual FART [for those who are already wondering .. Fabric Aquisition Road Trip] happens every September for the Sewing Group I am part of. This year Our Quilty Pleasures decided to check out the delights of Scarborough in East Yorkshire. Nothing to do with the Scarborough Sewing Centre being the main attraction of course…
To celebrate an almost year of being the UKQU website , the Bloggerati of Blogger Central, who you all know, love and follow are going away on retreat. Being quilters [yep i am going too … secret location so we are not mobbed by our fans haha] we are not braving the high seas, but we are…
From time to time our UKQU Website shop owners offer valuable advice for us. Stephen from Aberdeen Sewing Machines has this for us all this week to explain an important aspect of sewing machine technology. [and there’s a flash sale over at their website too for their Pfaff machines.. you heard it first here]. Why IDT? One of…
From time to time there is a madness that develops amongst facebookers who start to develop a need to swop. It’s a great way of meeting new people, enjoying others interpretation of a theme and a brilliant way of creating a randomised quilt. Hence the Block Swop. In the UKQU fraternity the block swoppers often…
The event of the year is over for another year and slowly our thoughts will turn to the Christmas period. Hemline has a fabulous idea that ought to be on all our lists this year. No chocolate involved, but a perfect Advent Calendar for any sewist out there. Recapture that magical spirit and get…
Day two at FOQ dawned bright and early. We stumbled down to breakfast at our hotel and enjoyed a frugal banquet of cereals, scrambled egg and tomatoes, looking longingly at the bacon and sausage. Being on a diet has to be obeyed even whilst we are out enjoying the phenomenon of the Festival of Quits.…
It is the event of the Quilting Year here in the UK. The Festival of Quilts is what everything builds up to each August, whether you are planning a visit or exhibiting a quilt, a retailer taking advantage of the biggest shop front in the UK or you are a passionate quilter and want to attend a workshop,…
In complete contrast to our first Sew a Row, FIRE will appear in hot pursuit. We asked a new group from the Bloggerati to work on this idea. Ruth Garner, Sue Burford, Jane Galley, Chris Hutchins and Carol Munroe created this hot little number. Both ICE and FIRE will be displayed at the 2018 Festival…
More words from Scott Fortunoff, the guy from FreeSpirit! He is certainly innovative, and it would be fabulous to see our UK shop owners joining in with his challenge. Keep in mind that Jaftex is based in the US, but have representatives worldwide. In his own words … I have some news to report that…
From time to time we aim to bring something exclusive to the website. ICE is the first of two Sew a row Quilts that will be delivered row by row over the next ten weeks. Sue Griffiths, Sharon Reid, Corinne Curtis, Gini Scanlan and Helen Kent worked hard to design this fabulous and quite…
Back in the spring this year [2018] we came up with the idea of a sew-a-row pattern for everyone to follow. There was no agenda .. just the germ of an idea. To begin with we thought there would just be one and we asked the clever Bloggerati whether they would be interested in working together…
