UK Quilters
Here at UKQU HQ we are really excited to have Diane Rooney, one of the brightest new designers to join Makower joining Blogger Central. In between designing and looking after her family, and working alongside her partner in their own design Studio she happily agreed to introduce herself. Living in Cornwall it just had to…
Jon and Callum from Barnyarns have a lengthy relationship with needles and thread, so when we wanted to learn which needles are best we asked them. This is the first part of a three part series. The information will interest quilters, machine embroiderers and anyone who sews. Whilst they are talking about the Schmetz brand…
Did you ever have an idea for a quilt pop into your mind with such vividness and detail that you could almost touch it? What did you do? Did you . . . think “that’s nice” and go on about your day? sketch it out on a napkin that later got thrown away? head directly…
This webmaster lark is a bit of a laugh from time to time, and an awful lot of hard work keeping everyone and everything in check. Certainly no hidden perks, but from time to time I plan to indulge myself a little and help one or two of my pet loves along the way. I…
We are continuing our series covering the quilts entered into the February 2018 competition and Shirley has claimed her quilt. It’s an interesting technique and one I am sure you will all appreciate. If you want to place your vote for Shirley or any of the six quilts in the competition then the link is…
Rohilla Judith has claimed her beautiful quilt which is part of the February competition. We have asked everyone whose quilt was chosen to write a few paragraphs so you can all understand their thoughts and techniques behind their makes. Judith is well known for her Gullivers, but this is something quite different with a memorable…
I’d heard of freezer paper (FP) but didn’t quite know how to use it so I was a little perplexed as where to start. The box gave me some examples of how I could use it for appliqué and a web search brought up a plethora of tutorials on the internet, including a few for…
In January 2018 we set a challenge to the Six Administrators of UK Quilters United to choose a quilt from the ones the members posted onto the Facebook group feed. They were transferred to Competition Corner and throughout February people are voting for their favourites. This is the story of Samantha’s Quilt After finishing a…
Every so often I come through the door at the end of a busy day to find a little parcel quietly waiting on the worktop for me. Sometime’s there is just a number and a postcode on the parcels, sometimes a little address sticker, but often there will be pretty postcard announcing who has sent…
Today I took Sarah, a non-quilter (yes I confess she was) along to the new Grosvenor Show in Newark to see what this brand new Exhibition had to offer. We had thought about whether it was worth a day out of the office [as a quilter I didn’t need a second asking of course] but…
14th June 2017 changed the lives of the residents of Grenfell Tower forever and touched all our hearts. This is the story of a group of quilters who decided to do something to help and show their support. AMY: Most people will remember the images of the Grenfell Tower fire. They were on every…
From time to time we hope to feature news from across the World. Siobhan Foster is an Irish creative living in New Zealand and although not a Quilter (which I am sure we can work on with her) she does work in textiles This is her story about the Fish out of Water Trail that…
