UK Quilters
For October we are going to read “Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty, a Slave, and Four Years in the White House”, which was written by Elizabeth Keckley. The book was originally written in 1868, yes, over 150 years ago! Keckley re-tells her life story from enslavement in Virginia and North Carolina to her time as…
Clover have a variety of Fusible Bias Tape Makers to help you achieve a bespoke professional finish for your sewing and crafting projects. Whether it is for quilting, home decor, dressmaking or a non-sewing assignment, you can make your very own trim in exactly the right choice of fabric to suit your needs. Clover Fusible…
Want to make a quilt to donate to a good cause, but don’t know where to start ? Over the past 28 years I have made many quilts for various charitable causes and have countless opportunities to make such quilts, so I thought I’d share some of my ideas with you. Idea 1- Make quilts…
Earlier this year my brother, a widower, announced he had ‘met someone’. Not only that but they were getting married the next month. Cue much family panic – insufficient time to buy an ‘outfit’; how grand a wedding, do we need a hat? Most of this panic was from our little sister and the more…
A good few years ago I was introduced to a quilter, Hilda, who invited me to her home on a Tuesday evening as I wanted to go to a patchwork group and there didn’t seem to be any locally in the evenings. From that first Tuesday evening of 5 in her living room, Puriton Quilters…
The title is quite intriguing. I didn’t quite know what to expect. I am somebody who is inspired by fabrics, so I would love to know what this book is about When I received this lovely book for review, the first thing I noticed when I opened the package is the incredible soft velvety touch…
I wish I could regale you with tales of adventure and excitement, alas that is not to be. For those that were following my mystery block blog, I have not forgotten you or the project. It has been five months since I blogged. March was exciting with a trip of a lifetime to Venice with…
A quilt is made up of three layers – the top (which may be wholecloth, pieced or appliqued), the wadding and the backing. These three layers are held together by the decorative quilting stitches. It’s important that the layers don’t shift around during the quilting process, as this will result in puckers on either the…
Well, before starting to write a Blog on Flange Binding, I did a search and found two Blogs that contained the word ‘Flange’. One was by Ruth Garner for her beautiful Northern Lights Mini Quilt that she made for this years’ UKQU Swap and the other was by our Founder of UKQU, Juliet Nice. From…
Having enjoyed three busy days at Festival of Quilts last month I attended eight workshops, two were half day workshops the others were hour long workshops. My friend and I have been admiring free motion sewing for many years, so we plucked up the courage to attend a few free motion classes. The tutors and…
I’ve finally got a sewing room! I’m so excited! I’ve had to decorate two room and convince my son to move into a different (bigger) bedroom, his only condition was that I paint it grey(it was pale purple). After three long hard days decorating I finally finished his room, I looked at the spare room…
When a few books became available for review I jumped at the chance of reviewing this book. I am really inspired by textile techniques from the Far East (in particular Japan) as well as anything that recycles / upcycles / reuses scrap fabric. After all, fabric is not cheap. As you can see by my…
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