UK Quilters
About twenty years ago I was actively involved with the Quilters’ Guild Young Quilters group. Tidying up recently I came across a couple of (handwritten) projects we did with our local Young Quilters during the Easter holidays some time in the 1990s. One year we made Easter Bunnies – we had two patterns, one from…
With Easter just round the corner, I thought I would make a Squeezy Pouch to hold either Mini Chocolate Eggs or, perhaps, Ear Buds for the Phone. Requirements: 3 x Leaf shaped card shapes 3 x Fabric for outside 3 x Fabric for lining Length of Coloured Ribbon I made the leaf shape out of…
Following on from last months Strippy Pot Holder. (Link at bottom of page if any of you missed that) Still using my strippy scraps, this month I’m making a Rather Classy Strippy Cushion. Strippy-cushion UKQU Joyofquilting I picked out some brown and cream scraps from my stash. I cut two and a half inch strips…
In 2015, I saw these eggs in a post on a North American website. They looked great and so that year I made some and wrote my own pattern for my GillyMac pupils to enjoy. As we approach Easter 2018, you may enjoy making these as a gift or as decoration for your home. They…
Make this sweet little cereal or pudding bowl holder in around 15 minutes. (Please note: If you have any concerns using this CADDY, please contact the manufacturer of the wadding. It is NOT recommended to place the Holder in the Microwave but to use this to remove the dish into for carrying to the table). …
I have had several friends ask me what makes the perfect sewing kit and how much will it cost them? My response was – How long is a piece of string? There is no easy answer to this or a quick fix. That does not mean to say that you cannot have one at low…
Perfect for a beginner, this little mug rug will be finished in no time. Start with some colourful scraps; I’m using some 2.5″ squares of Liberty fabric, each cut into 4, approximately 1.25″ square. Choose a plain(ish) piece for your background, about 5×7″, a piece of any wadding, and a piece of backing fabric. Arrange…
This blog post has two parts; both equally amazing if I may say so myself… There is an egg FPP pattern and a discount code for some lovely fabrics to use when making the eggs. I really enjoyed creating the pattern for the foundation paper pieced logo for UK Quilters United, so much so that…
I wanted to make a quilt for a dear friend who is not very well, and had the idea of making a type of Postcard from Sweden quilt, but using a layer cake, and called my version ‘Hugs from Cornwall’ which is where I live. I chose a Bella Solid Layer Cake from Moda “30’s…
Welcome to my 3rd Blog of 2018. For this entry I have decided to make a Squeezy Topped Holdall. I was playing Scrabble with my friend over the New Year and remembered that the bag to hold the ‘letter tiles’ was a bit tatty. I need a bag big enough to hold all the tiles…
I treated myself to this pattern after managing to offload a bit of my stash on the UKQU Facebook Classifieds page. Santa kindly brought me Aneela’s book for Christmas and I love the patterns in it so this added very nicely to my collection. I have tried a couple of the patterns already, the zip…
We’ve all been there; in the local or online quilt group, ‘Look what I made’, ‘Oh, that’s lovely, can I have a copy of the pattern?’ When we’ve only just started, and let’s face it – it’s not a cheap hobby, it’s so tempting to take a copy if offered and add it to our…
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