UK Quilters
Hey all I know, I know it has been Months since I last blogged. What can I say; my Blogging Tag N.S.F.W. is kinda accurate. Sewing has taken a bit of a back burner recently. When I saw there was a bloggers mini quilt competition I jumped at the chance of getting my sewing on.…
Hi Everybody!! Another of my ‘Scrap n Stash’ designs, or maybe you’ve been given some jolly present fabric?…….. a Mystery block one per day over the festive period starting on Christmas Eve. Its available in my UKQU shop : (I’ll be donating £5 per purchase to MacMillan) https://ukqu.co.uk/shops/abbieanne-store/ 12 traditionally based, pieced, ‘9 Patch’ blocks,…
Not one to shirk at a challenge I thought a song title quilt would be an interesting one. Esp in the lead up to one of my fav times of year. So I accepted Sylvias call out to the bloggeratti. Excitement mounted as I waited for my title. It plummeted to below ground when I…
Until this challenge, I’d never really taken the time to stop and analyse song lyrics. I just sang the songs and enjoyed the music and where Queen is involved, I just love it. Although Bohemian Rhapsody has to be one of my all time favourites, I wasn’t disappointed to get Under Pressure. My first action…
Just read a very thought-provoking article about the “S” word; some of you may have seen in on the FB page. Need to write about it, because it’s something that’s on my mind a lot. Firstly, I’m an avid stasher; I have a lot of fabric. I’m not the kind who buys for a specific…
“Would you be interested in doing a book review?” Sylvia said. “It will be fun” she said. Well ok – maybe she didn’t say that bit! I jumped at the chance. I have always been an avid reader of both fiction and non fiction (usually historical) so how difficult could it be? The book is “Threads of…
Beautiful Fat Quarters During the recent UKQU Bloggerati retreat we were given a goodie bag and inside there was a lovely fat quarter pack donated by the wonderful Craft Cotton Co. These were in gorgeous purples and mauves with splashes of reds in some. In December my sisters grandchildren have birthdays and last year…
Ok, so its not for all of us patchworkers and quilters – I get that – but ever since I started quilting I have really enjoyed the piecing but not happy with my quilting efforts. Tugging large quilts through a small throat didn’t do it for me. SITD does not inspire me personally. I put…
Recently I attended my very first quilting retreat and boy, it did not disappoint, but more on that later. As I had never attended a retreat before I eagerly read up on what people were packing to take along to work on and with. And I made some lists of my own. Quite a few…
We asked Margaret Attfield, who won the final Janome M100 QDC given away this year about her quilting journey .. in her own words: I think my quilting journey really began with fashion. From a very early age, I loved new dresses and watched my mum whip up clothes for all us kids on her…
There is something very special about putting a lot of time and creativity into making a quilt and then passing the finished quilt on to its new owner. When we make for family or friends, we want out quilts to be the best they can be, within our level of skill. Is it any different…
I’ve come up with the marvellous idea that I can get my nephews quilt done as a xmas present, sounds quite simple says my other half (who has no clue what I’m doing). I’ve completed the top of the quilt, added borders and layered it with the help of a few of the ladies from…
Rebecca Nevard
AbbieAnne
Judith Clarke
Jane Galley
Candy
Bartysmam
Ruth Garner
Sylvia Priest - webmaster and quilter
Ami Richards
Corinne Curtis
Sarah Wells