Category Archives: Free Patterns

Fern Garden Messenger Bag – Download

UKQU Admin Team18th December 2018Free Patterns

Fern Garden Messenger Bag - A medium sized messenger bag with plenty of room for an ipad, notebook and all those other day to day essentials. Designed by Janet Goddard using the Fern Garden collection. Download The Fern Garden Bag free pattern

Bed of Roses – Download

UKQU Admin Team18th December 2018Free Patterns

Flower Shop Featuring Andover Fabrics new Collection: Bed of Roses by Laundry Basket Quilts Quilt designed by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. Download The Bed Of Roses free pattern

Foot Loose

Sharon Reid13th December 2018Bloggers, Free Patterns, Patterns & Makes, Quilting, Quilting Fun, Techniques & Tutorials

Who else has problems with their machine foot pedal walking all over the floor? Do you, like me, start with it in a lovely comfortable easy to use position and whether on carpet, tiles or wood floor, by the time you finish your project you realize you are quite the contortionist in reaching the foot…

Improv for Beginners and Improvers: Part the First, and an Introduction

Helen Howes13th December 2018Bloggers, Free Patterns, Helen Howes BOM, Patchwork, Patterns & Makes, Quilting Fun, Techniques & Tutorials

Why Improvise? Well, firstly, why not? It’s much more personal, and the results tend to be as individual as the maker.. And because it’s actually easier than being precise, and the opportunities to fail are much less available… And because, when all is said and done, it’s Much More Fun Up till about 3 years…

cut&alter :: Rudolph Quilt Block Tutorial – FREE DOWNLOAD

Abigail Sheridan de Graaff10th December 2018Bloggers, Free Patterns, Patterns & Makes

I have been somewhat absent over on this website due to a variety of reasons – not least a house move. In the end it turned out that we had one week from exchange to completion. That was one week to pack up my longarm studio, which was large and housed a LOT of things,…

Christmas sewing with children

Chris Franses28th November 2018Bloggers, Free Patterns, Quilting Fun

Long, long ago I was actively involved in the Quilters’ Guild (as it was then) first as a Young Quilters’ Rep for my Region, then as YQ Officer and finally as the YQ magazine editor. At the same time I also ran a little local group of Young Quilters. My Young Quilters all grew up…

Peaky and Spike

Chris Franses3rd November 2018Bloggers, Free Patterns, Patchwork, Techniques & Tutorials

This three-triangle unit was, I think, given its name by Doreen Speckmann because the centre triangle resembles a mountain peak and the two side triangles are the spikes anchoring it to the ground. It is not the easiest of units to cut or piece and the most precise way to get those points really sharp…

Scrap Busting #3 – Bee Themed Pocket Postcard

giniscanlan31st October 2018Bloggers, Free Patterns, Patchwork, Patterns & Makes, Techniques & Tutorials

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…

Square and Triangles unit

Chris Franses7th October 2018Bloggers, Free Patterns, Patchwork, Quilting Fun, Techniques & Tutorials

This is another very useful unit which crops up in a number of blocks but can make some interesting designs just on its own. It can also be fun to add this unit into traditional blocks – substitute the HST units for this one, or 4-patch units and see what you end up with. There’s…

Ice, Ice, Baby!

Helen Kent3rd October 2018Bloggers, Fire & Ice, Free Patterns, Patchwork, Patterns & Makes, Quilting, UKQU Facebook

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…

Sew Mindful Quilt

UKQU Admin Team20th September 2018Free Patterns

In our increasingly busy lives, full of noise and occupied thoughts, it’s good to give your mind some ‘time out’. To have quiet. Some find this in meditation or mindfulness. To sit and sew, to focus on the needle and thread, the cutting and piecing. Time for reflection and to find a little peace. Download…

Love Me Love Me Not Quilt

UKQU Admin Team19th September 2018Free Patterns

Little mouse sits on a daisy scattered lawn plucking petals one by one… loves me, loves me not… Oh, definitely loves me! Download Love Me, Love Me Not free pattern

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