UK Quilters
Earlier in the month I wrote about the generosity of quilters. We all know what comfort a quilt can bring and that is why so many of us quilters make for others. There are many different charities you can support that offer quilts to people, from newborns to the end of life and everything in…
I have been sent this lovely collection to have a play with from the Craft Cotton Co.. 5 beautiful fat quarters, nice quality cotton, perfect for your little prince and princesses. The bundle is mainly suitable for girls and sadly I don’t have any granddaughters but I do have a friend who has a cute…
We all know that we can’t always put pictures of cats and dogs on, or even near, finished quilts or goodness gracious sleeping on sewing machines, quilt sandwiches, disrupting cut out patchwork pieces or blocks on the floor, because these pictures are frowned on or banned on most of the major worldwide FB quilting groups…
Have you ever thought about how useful the internet is? I’m sure you have – after all, you are reading this blog! I have no doubt that you have also used the internet to source fabric, research patterns and ideas, and to communicate with other like-minded people. There is no doubt that the internet is…
One of the jobs I’m not overfond of is the dreaded tails. Every time you start a quilting path there’s another two threads to tie in. And I do like to do custom quilting, so I always have lots of tails. Now, I try to adhere to good practice principles and always pull my bobbin…
One of my favourite events of the year is coming, I’ve been going to this show for the past eight years. The first few times I was overwhelmed by the quilts on display but now I look at them and work out how they have been made. This is a local show to me, so…
Where has the time gone? I haven’t been here for months! Sorry – life took over, including a little (big) birthday to celebrate. However, with everything else going on I have managed to slot in some quilting to keep me sane. And it really does keep me sane….. Firstly, a quick update on The Beast.…
You may remember my deliberations about going to the retreat last year, you can read about it here in case you missed it. There were all sorts or mental gymnastics to get there and I’m so glad I went. I then decided to set another challenge for myself, after nearly 30 years, I was going to…
Gulliver had a very important job to do this week. He took a very special parcel to the post office. In his parcel are 6 quilts featuring himself. They are from the UKQU competitions from last year. 6 monthly competitions based on a theme. Gulliver was very fortunate to be asked to send all 6…
Spiral Motion by Jo Gray I recently attended the quilt show at the Region 8 Blackthorpe Barn Exhibition and saw some truly amazing quilts, and I hope someday I will be able to make something as good. Some of my favourites are shown in this blog and I have the names of the makers if…
When I give talks about colour selection for quilts I often hear muttering and sighs from the audience when I bring out my colour wheel to show. Why is this? Why are we so scared of a colour wheel? I think the simple answer is that it just looks so darned complicated we just blink…
At the end of April I attended a workshop hosted by Emma Bradford in her beautiful shop swiftquilting.co.uk between Stamford and Peterborough. I attended a Hawaiian quilt workshop with my friend. Emma had sent out a comprehensive list of items required for the class. After a bit of research and discussion with my friend I decided…
Abigail Sheridan de Graaff
Judith Clarke
Teresa Barrow
Christine Hutchins
Sue Griffiths
Sarah Wells
Bartysmam
Jane Galley
Ami Richards
Paula Doyle