UK Quilters
For some years I have been eyeing up longarm quilting machines, dreaming of having one. I bought a Gracie frame for my domestic sewing machine, with the intention of becoming fairly proficient on it, but the frame soon became buried under pieces of fabric, as I discovered the pitfalls of having a machine that fits…
I need to confess that Modern quilts don’t normally do it for me. I’m a traditional girl really but I think, if a quilt sparks an inspiration, an idea that you need to start or leaves you feeling that you might be wrong in your understanding of a quilting discipline, then it must be special.…
Wow….. wow…..and again, wow. Some quilts just grab your attention when you first see them and you can’t help saying wow. The Best in Show at the Festival of Quilts should be one that does this and this year, it certainly did. ‘Our Ladies’, Oliver and Vendulka Battis Vendulka Battais and her husband Oliver set…
Hi everyone Time for an update on a few things I think. I feel as though I have been neglecting you all a little as I have been so busy, and life sometimes gets in the way of doing what you really want to. So with no more ado let’s move onward. World Quilts Would…
You may already have seen a couple of blogs written by Carol Lightburn on a new shop featured on the UKQU website, Panico’s. I’m lucky enough for this shop to be my Local Quilt Shop which I visit on a regular basis. Imagine my delight then when Carl, having found out that I blogged for…
Firstly thank you for all the lovely comments. One of the things I aim to do with my blogs is debunk some of the thoughts and comments that I hear at some of the shows when people are stood in front of quilts like mine. The most common of these is ‘It done by computer…
Firstly let me apologise for not posting for a long long time. My life has been busy to say the least both at home and at work. So I thought I would take you on a journey through the production of my quilt Tranquility, which was placed 3rd in Catergory at Festival of Quilts and…
If you have visited here before you know that I am rather partial to modern quilts, so of course my review of Festival of Quilts 2019 had to be about the Modern category didn’t it? In fact it really did because it was one of only 2 sections that I actually managed to see whilst…
Today should have seen the next instalment in my Modern Quilt series but, as you may have guessed from the title, it isn’t! The last week seems to have passed in a blur with a trip to IKEA for bedroom furniture, new studio arrangements and the such. With the girls heading back to school I…
Maggie Lloyd-Jones .. founder of the Q4CL Project has an appeal ..in her own words: I’ve written lots about Quilts For Christmas Dinners – the public face of Quilts for Care Leavers (Q4CL) – and our fantastic company of quilters. We are aiming for 1000 quilts this year, enough for at least 20 Christmas Day…
Isn’t it what every quilter wants, their own longarm and frame? It’s mostly a question of money and space, and I have very little of either but I am a determined little bunny, so here goes… I was lucky enough to get this Grace Next Generation quilting frame at an absolute bargain price on our…
To those who have not met or heard of Kelly Cline, here’s a link to her biography. Here Kelly introduces her favourite quilt. “Champagne and Caviar”, is the title I’ve given to this spectacular quilt! It began as a 100 year old, silk embroidered tablecloth, purchased from an estate sale. Unfortunately, I have…
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