UK Quilters
PART TWO – ASSEMBLY….. SEWING CAN BEGIN…. The lid brim is covered on the outside with the 28inch x 2inch strip set aside earlier. Fold in half inch turnings on one long side and press with an iron. Once ironed, stitch the folded side in place along the Hexagon lid, starting with one end overlapping…
Expanding Sewing Workbox (Etui) This is the second Workbox I have made and, boy, do I wish I had taken photos and made a record of what did last time! The Workbox will take you several hours to make, cutting out the various components, sticking the bits together and then both hand and machine sewing.…
I’m so excited about my latest pattern. I have designed a row by row quilt for beginners to teach techniques, which is still in progress. But I just thought the starfish are adorable and would make such a cute baby quilt. …And it did. In fact, I’m so not over the starfish, I had to…
Late to the party as ever but I thought I would show you how I make these pretty decorations. Requirements list Two fat quarters (you can make two out of this) A three inch cardboard or template plastic circle Beads (optional) Thread to match fabric Seven inches of ribbon Put the fat quarters right sides…
Welcome to Week 10 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is the final block, Block 9 …. as you may notice this pic shows the block nearly made up – whoops! Having just gone back into my photos I can’t find a finished block – but you get the idea. I couldn’t even take…
I don’t know about you, but I am completely ‘Easter-ed’ out so I thought I would do something a little bit different for April’s blog/pattern. Our household was very lucky to have received a number of beautiful spring themed Easter cards, which prompted me to think about a fabric postcard. I belong to the UKQU…
Welcome to Week 9 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 8 …. Block 8 is another week of Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) to consolidate the skills learnt last week. This block is again a great introduction to FPP because it is easily constructed, with cutting instructions included, and the 4 FPP blocks…
Welcome to Week 8 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 7 …. Block 7 sees us learning Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) and this block is a gentle introduction to this technique. I have also included cutting instructions which means that there is virtually no waste when making this block. My pattern testers…
Welcome to Week 7 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 6 …. This week we are going to make flying geese with the 4 at a time no waste method. This method really changed how I viewed flying geese and is now my go to method. This block is available as a…
Something a little different from me this month, with posts about Christmas makes becoming the norm, I thought it would be nice to show off a Halloween make. I enjoy machine embroidery and I enjoy playing and digitising my own designs as well. I started with a 4 inch square embroidery area machine and soon…
Welcome to Week 6 of the Christmas 18 QAL and here is Block 5 …. This week is about half rectangle triangles (HRTs) and is a quick an easy block to make up. There is still time to take part so if you do want to make the whole quilt and join in the fun…
Well, as most of my informative years were in the 80s I couldn’t help but think of this when hearing about the challenge for the Ice Quilt Sew-a-Row, designing a quilt for the UKQU website. You can read the full story of the Ice and Fire quilts in October’s issue of British Patchwork and Quilting…
Sue Burford
Sue Griffiths
Mary Norman
Abigail Sheridan de Graaff
giniscanlan
Denise Inkson
Helen Kent