UK Quilters
It’s was purely by coincidence that my new pattern and class, You Touched My Heart, was ready for release in National Pet Month. Everyone that has a pet will know how much they become a part of your life, and no matter how hard you try, they fill a big space in your heart. This…
In January I volunteered to be the monthly block host for Q4CL (Quilts for Care Leavers). This Charity Group creates quilts to donate to the Gold from the Stone Foundation set up by Lemn Sissay to offer Christmas Dinners to young people about to leave the care system and transition to adulthood. It’s been operating…
We’ve reached Block 4 of the Puzzle Quilt and you will be half-way through when you have made these ones. This time the block is based on a 9-patch grid (the earlier ones were 4-patch) and has two new units to tackle – the quarter-square triangle (QST) and a stripped unit. Just for a change,…
If Sylvia Stratford is my right hand in my studio, Jo Collins is the heart of the business. Her love and joy of all things fabric (except cutting the fat quarter bundles and folding them), will inspire you to just revel in the bliss that is quilting. Jo lives in Tring and has been a…
Pins are often underestimated when we consider the equipment we use for sewing. How many of us have pins which we have had so long their origins are lost in the midst of time? I know I have some that were probably from my mum when she taught me dressmaking for my Cindy and Barbie…
During May we are escaping to a quaint little town in Maryland where we are joining a family of allegedly hot firemen to get our dosage of quilting and happily ever after Title: Hearts on fire Author: Julia Gabriel Two families; the Trevor’s, with five daughters and the Wolfe’s, with three sons. The Trevor family…
Many of you have been fortunate enough to have met Irene over the years. She is just filled with love and joy and talent. Her years as President of Project Linus, her helping run the pennants for the Olympics or just mooching around the Festival of Quilts chatting to different people and just spreading a…
In some ways, it doesn’t seem like a year ago that we first went into lockdown. Although I was still working, there seemed to be a promise of extra time to fill. Along with many, I had good intentions of having a lockdown project, something I didn’t normally have time to do. My project was…
Part 1 The UKQU Blog Artist Challenge sounded like fun, so I said, “yes”. I waited eagerly to hear who I would be given.My nominated artist was Picasso. Picasso (1881-1973) spans the era of Monet, Manet, Degas, Pisarro, Gustave Dore, Munsch, Kandinsky, OKeeffe, Hopper…oops, maybe more of a challenge than I thought! How do you…
If you have read my quilting blog or follow me on Instagram you will know how much I love scraps and using them for scrap quilts, you will also know how much I love Tula Pink and that every single tiny piece gets saved ‘just in case’ and that curating fabric pulls for quilts is…
Quilt-Pro is a quilt design program for your computer. It works in similar way to EQ8 but there are a few differences particularly in the drawing functions. Both have pre-loaded blocks and fabrics and both offer further blocks and fabrics via their websites or blogs. Both have excellent technical support – you can email them…
Another fine example of just raw awesome amazing talent. Angie Taylor has skills way beyond my understanding and I will forever be in awe of her works. Here is a short glimpse into her amazing work and the raw talent that exists within her. Angie lives in Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire and she has run…
Jane Galley
Lyn Butler
Chris Franses
John J. Cole-Morgan
Helen Kent
Nina
Maggie Attfield
That's Sew Kerry