UK Quilters
Hi All As I am sure most of you regular readers are aware, three years I moved from Milton Keynes to North Wales. Now I am settled in to my new home and facing my fourth winter, it got me thinking about the tradition of quilt making in Wales. This blog marks the start of…
The Nine patch block is our block for day nine and we are going to make itusing two contrasting fabrics. For this block, we are using 41/2″ squares. Cut 5 dark, four light (9 in total) The nine ‘patches’ are what gives the block it’s name. Arrange the blocks as shown, with the dark and…
Got any plans for the year ? How about a free BOM (Block of the Month) to mark the months off? Since starting the UK Quilters United group on Facebook, one of the things I’ve enjoyed is starting to design quilts. This one is pretty simple, HSTs (Half Square Triangles) and some applique, but as…
Our Day 8 block is the Pinwheel block and we are going to be using two contrasting fabrics. You will need two 7″ blocks of each fabric. On the lighter fabrics, draw a line from corner to corner on the reverse. Taking one lighter and one darker square, place right sides together and stitch 1/4″…
With one year coming to an end and another one starting, we tend to pause and take the opportunity to look back at the year that has been. Hence this may be a good time to do a recap of the books we have read so far in the UK Quilters United Book Club. With…
Some of you may have read some of my stories in the past, there were stand alone episodes about breaking an Olfa cutting mat, how to tackle a Moda Scrap Bag, a charity quilt that got taken to Kosovo on an Aid Convoy & the harrowing story of Grenfell and how a group of quilters…
There must be a name for this block, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. If you know the name, or if inspiration strikes and I remember it, I will add it later. The main point I wanted to demonstrate was that, with just a few basic building blocks, you can rearrange them to create an…
When issued the challenge to use a song title as inspiration for a quilt I thought that it sounded an interesting idea. I’d not done one before so popped my name into the mix. Then Sylvia gave me the title! I began to investigate the song and, although it’s one that everyone will have heard,…
Our 6 piece block is made up of two flying geese units. You need more than one to appreciate their full beauty. It helps when you make the block, to visualise how they are made. You have the geese and the sky. Just think to late summer and you see the geese migrating, they form…
Rummaging through my boxes (as one does), I rather unexpectedly found a Christmas fabric panel with images showing the Twelve Days of Christmas. I have no idea where it came from or who the designer is. The pieces were sort of cut out by hand with a very scant 1/4″ around some of the rectangles…
The In-Laws and the 10-course Dinner – Hilda Wessels I was 21, and a newlywed. My in-laws were very high standard people who looked down on me and my parents. So I thought, well, I will show them what a good wife their son got him! For Christmas we invited my parents and his, for a…
A little lighthearted blog for the season to beat those blues away. It is the season for stress, the money all gone, The house is full, where is the fun. The small carbon life forms are running amuck, in too your craft supplies, oh no do not chuck… Out comes the wool, the fabric galore,…
Rebecca Nevard
Jane Galley
Juliet Nice
Nina
Teresa Barrow
Helen Kent
Sue Griffiths
Denise Inkson