Megan DrewI have always done crafting mainly knitting and crochet from a young age but have never been that confident in sewing. I did do some sewing when my daughters were small but it was all done by hand and as they got older they decided they would prefer shop bought items, so I gave up.…
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2018 The Year of the Gift
Joy Morgan
Welcome to 2018. In my world I’m calling 2018 The Year of the Gift Whether it be a gift for a friend, loved one or even yourself. I enjoy making gifts. I think about the recipient as I stitch and my gifts are truly Stitched with Love. I’m planning a variety of sizes and skill…
Hello from Downunder – a journey of an Australian Quilter
Sue Griffiths
Autumn medallion Hi! I want to introduce myself and tell you a little bit about my quilting journey. I’ve been quilting for about 50 years. (That was such a scary number to write). I’ve seen changes in what we do, how we do it, what’s available to us, and I’m so excited with the way…
Carol Munro AKA The Quilting Procrastinator
Carol Munro
Hi everyone, This is such fun to be in at the beginning of the UKQU website, it’s such an exciting venture for everyone involved. Having agreed to do a monthly blog, I sat back and wondered what I have let myself in for. I’ve never done anything like this before, I can stand up in…
Chris Cross Corner
ChrisCross
Hello folks, I can’t believe I was asked to blog, someone might live to regret that. I’m Chris,I live in North Yorkshire with the husband of nearly 30 years. We have two grown up children who have flown the nest, so in 2017 we decided to move from East Yorkshire to Pickering, where we knew…
N.S.F.W. (No Sewing for Weeks) Tales of a Part Time Sewer – Introduction
Rebecca Nevard
Hi I’m Dotty aka Rebecca. I get my name from my Roller Derby Days, when I was known as “Dorothy Galeforce”. I chose the name as one of my favourite films is the Wizard of Oz as well as paying homage to my late grandmother (Dorothy). Although my Roller Derby days were short lived and…
New Year’s Resolution and my Works in Progress (WIP)
Sharon Reid
With an ever growing pile of patterns I’m itching to start and an even bigger cupboard full of WIP I have a dilemma over which of the two I should dedicate my 2018 time. The non-sensible thing would be to crack on with all those patterns waiting but my sensible, thrifty and logical thinking tells…
Diary of a Shop keeper (s) Sexism in the Workplace and other topics!
Lorrayne Hall
January 2018 The run up to Christmas can be busy in retail but for us Shop keepers perhaps the last thing on our customers minds is making quilts! Shoppers are busy shopping and with the lure of the big bright lights of stores merchandised up to the eyeballs don’t forget your local or online shops…
cut&alter – An Introduction
Abigail Sheridan de Graaff
Where do I begin? Just make a mark, they say. Just cut the fabric, they say. But sometimes it seems so much harder than that. It’s that whole blank page thing – wanting to get that first page just right. It does make it hard for me but be warned ….. once I have started…
All sorts of Challenges…
Helen Kent
Looking back over my quilting journey reminded me that every year one of the quilt groups I belong to holds a Christmas Challenge. The previous years winner sets the new challenge and last year Frances Meredith set a Round Robin challenge which proved to be SO MUCH fun. The first round was to make a…