UK Quilters
With the recent changes announced by the government due to the spread of Covid, not many of us were able to meet up with family and friends over the Christmas period. Instead, I have found eight ladies and their families for you to socialise with – meet The Bunco Club. Karen DeWitt has created a…
I’ve heard it from all quarters “this year has been hard”, from the front line workers who have given their all (to them I say a huge thanks) to those of us who lost all jobs and incomes and we are the lucky ones. So many have lost loved ones that if we make it…
I’m going to share all the tips and tricks for making and using Flying Geese units in this, the third instalment of my Skilful Skyful series. Finished Flying Geese unit These little units crop up in lots of blocks, and also in borders. They have a large triangle flanked by two smaller triangles, and always…
Did you play this year’s Boxing Day quiz?. In case you didn’t get them all here’s the answers for you to check. 1.CAROL 2.XMAS DINNER 3.MISTLETOE 4.STABLE 5.MINCE PIES 6.HOLLY 7.SCROOGE 8.BETHLEHEM 9.CANDLE 10.CHARADES 11.ST. NICHOLAS 12.NOEL 13.CRACKERS 14.PRESENT 15.MULLED WINE 16.THREE WISE MEN 17.SILENT NIGHT 18.SLED 19 HOLLY AND IVY 20.ANGEL
Whilst we sit, replete, and the TV repeats are, well, repeating themselves, here’s a quiz to keep our brains busy. Just for fun! Grab a cup of something warm and see how many you can get right and we will post the answers for you tomorrow. Merry Quiltmas Everyone! CARL WITH NOTHING. INVITE MARX DENNIS…
Makower have always been a great source of fabulous patterns, like this lovely Stripes and Plaids designed by Alison Glass using her own Kaleidoscope fabric. Everyone loves a rainbow quilt and this one is a real star. Download the instructions and create your own version.
<img src=”https://ukqu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/54D23881-40AA-4AAF-B5AB-CCFF1459602D.jpeg” alt=”” class=”ui-sortable-handle” data-eio=”l”> Jane woke suddenly, alert and awake. She opened her eyes. Damn, it was still pitch black. She lay there, thinking. The quilt had slipped. She pulled it up around her, remember making it so long ago. Should she try to sleep again? Or should she give up, get up and…
Tilly took one last look around the cottage from the doorway. Almost all the possessions and furniture that she had grown up with had been sold to pay the debts which had built up during her mother’s last illness, leaving only bare floors and a cold fireplace. Picking up the bundle and the basket containing…
I think this year,more than any other, has highlighted the need of community. Whatever we are going through, or whatever we are facing, it is always so much better when we have the support of a community. One of the great things that has come from 2020 is finding the value of an online community.…
From time to time the website features designs from some of the fabric manufacturers and designers we know and love. Take your colour mixing cues from Kaffe Fasset in this eye-catching, exciting quilt featured on the Freespirit website. . Simple triangles are sewn together in pairs, so construction is easy, but take care not to…
Mildred is my bright blue Citroen C3 Picasso, who used to be driven by my late 93 yr old mother. Mildred is a bit like me ….getting on a bit in age, strange shape, usually reliable and has attitude with a capital kick ass “A” …. Mildred is more than somewhat tetchy at the moment…
SANTA CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS Here in Spain the Spanish do not celebrate Christmas in the same way as we do in the UK. Christmas Eve is their main event and the Family gets together to have a celebration meal and they generally eat the shops out of Prawns and other seafood!!! Although they DO have…
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