UK Quilters
Like most of you we have spent the most of our time in the garden this summer and I thought I would share some photos with you. This is one of our sunflowers which grew to 8′ tall, lucky to catch the bee collecting pollen. Then I got luckier when the damsel fly visited.…
I used the same pattern I drew for my Painted Lupin blog to make a second Lupin for the Garden Flowers Blog Hop 2020. Yes, I am that lazy;) The pattern includes lupin stalks going right and left, one bigger than the other, plus two different sized leaves. You can change the size in your…
One thing I love about appliqué is that you can make it as complicated or as simple as you like. With raw edge appliqué you can create images that have a childlike quality. Something fresh and simple can be pleasing to the eye. This was the motivation behind the creation of this Appliquéd Flower block.…
FMQ FUN WITH FLOWERS For my contribution to the #GFBH2020 event I have looked at a technique rather than the piecing or applique route and have produced a 3D Trapunto block . It is my favourite way to quilt, when this project came my way I just had to do one. The block is trapuntoed…
I’m not one to shy away from a challenge, and so I jumped at the chance to be part of the UKQU blog hop – especially when the theme was flowers. I instantly knew what flowers I would choose – tulips. The inspiration for my flowers and leaves came from bobbin lace making. Back in…
How many of us started our patchwork journey with making up hexagons? I know I did for one, many moons ago. Hexagon quilts go back in history as far back to the 17th century. EPP..English Paper Piecing is a very relaxing form of handsewing and can be picked up to stitch anywhere..long journeys.. the dentist…
In my last blog I mentioned that, as I got the end of making and writing up the Picket Fence, I thought of a different way to create a fence panel …. So here goes, a Garden Fence to grace any flower garden. The beauty of both of these ‘fences’ is that you can make…
Are you enjoying all the different flower blocks and the different techniques used? I’ve loved seeing them all. This is my second block and this time I had in mind summer days and daisy chains. Do you remember school playtimes, sat on the field making bracelets and necklaces of daisies? They were happy days and…
There is so much joy and delight in a flower garden. Gardeners work with nature to create an ever-changing display of beauty, and flowers are so beautiful and so transient. We want to celebrate them as they pass so quickly. How many of us can remember our mother’s flower garden with forget-me-nots, roses, chrysanthemums and…
The Poppy has been a symbol of remembrance, to those who served and lost their lives fighting for their countries, since 1920 and it is particularly important to me as my Great-Granddad Bill was one of those soldiers. Thankfully I had many years with him, but others were not so lucky and so I…
In January 2017 we moved into our current house, it needed some work doing but the plot size meant more running about space for our two little boys. So we suddenly had this large back garden with mature shrubs, my husband (a frustrated lumberjack I’m sure) wanted to start cutting everything back but fortunately we…
So having never blog before and like all of us quilters never have enough UFP’s – yes I do have rather a lot, 2 wedding quilts to finish, quilt for hubby just need to quilt and bind, first granddaughters quilt and one for her mum but that’s okay I have until September! So put my…
Lyn Butler
Juliet Nice
Jane Galley
Sandra Pearson
Christine Hutchins
Carol Lightburn
Sue Griffiths
That's Sew Kerry
Zoe Davies
Tricia Dunham