UK Quilters
Iron-on tapes help you achieve a smooth, crisp and professional finish to garments and home sewing projects. Whether your fabric is stretchy or firm, cut on the bias or straight grain, there will be a tape to suit your needs and most come in a choice of charcoal or white. Edge Tape T20 – cleverly…
It’s always great to try a new product, especially when you haven’t used it inside your normal ‘sewing zone’, but when UKQU.co.uk linked me up with Vlieseline and they sent me 5 products to review, I must admit I was a little stumped as to what I would be able to make with them. With…
The first week of November 2021 has been an important one for our beautiful green planet. No matter where you stand on the issues (and I will leave that to your own conscience, it is not for debate here) as textile creatives and enthusiasts – quilters, dressmakers, embroiderers and the fashion-lovers – we might need…
Plastic clips have been around for some years now. I find them particularly useful for holding my binding over when sewing it down by hand so when Clover were kind enough to send me a set of their Wonder Clips to try out, I was keen to have a play with them. Clover Wonder Clips…
In the last tutorial I showed you how to foundation piece a simple block. The aim was to make a cushion cover or a table mat and to do this you need to make 4 blocks. If you need a recap to the 1st part of the blog here is the link. The next step…
This is another first for me. I have not used any fusible interlining before and it’s always nice to try something new, so thank you to Vlieseline for giving me this opportunity to review their Style-Vil Fix fusible foam interlining and to UKQU.co.uk for making it happen. This one-sided, fusible foam interlining sews and quilts…
Let creativity abound with these heart and star template sets from Sew Easy. These shaped transparent templates have marking points for easy positioning and a ¼” seam allowance to make the task of drawing and cutting fast, accurate and easy. In a choice of hearts or stars, each set fits neatly together on a ring…
Free motion quilting has been one of the most liberating and enjoyable experiences for me, with my love of zentangles and doodling it just appealed to me from the start as essentially it’s drawing with the needle. If you have any experience of free motion quilting I urge you to try this technique and embrace…
Having seen Sylvia Priest’s ‘Quilt of Memories’ on display at the Queen’s Centre Oncology Unit in Hull’s Castle Hill Hospital, Helen Dickinson was inspired to create a group quilt that captured people’s experiences of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. With the help of her quilting tutor, Linda Alexander, the idea was developed and together they…
Those of us who have been patching (or quilting) for far too long blithely use all sorts of terms that may not be quite so obvious to those just discovering quilting. One of those is ‘block’. A related term is ‘unit’ which I explained in a previous post. I aim to explain what we mean…
Wonder Clips from Clover are now available in multi-sizes within one pack! Already available in separate Regular, Mini and Jumbo sizes, they now also come in a variety pack. Wonder Clips provide a whole new way to hold project work in position while you sew and are an ideal alternative to pins. They are a…
Something exciting is happening this Christmas at UKQU – for the whole 12 days! We will be releasing the full details shortly, but for now, we are calling out to all the quilting educators, designers and tutors amongst our members who would like to join in. For the first time, we are offering the chance…
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