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2021 Hemline Advent Calendar Summer’s past and now we look forward to darker months – and the advent of things to come. Hemline are far ahead of us with their popular Sewing Advent Calendar. The Hemline advent calendar makes a brilliant gift for budding dressmakers or creative, crafty friends and family of all ages. Containing…
I need to confess that Modern quilts don’t normally do it for me. I’m a traditional girl really but I think, if a quilt sparks an inspiration, an idea that you need to start or leaves you feeling that you might be wrong in your understanding of a quilting discipline, then it must be special.…
Earlier this year we ran a competition featuring some lovely notions from Clover, and launched a series of videos created with Stuart Hillard showing how useful the different notions were proving to be. He created a pretty humbug bag for this, and used the hera marker and finger presser to line up his quilting and…
Not knowing what to expect I casually headed towards the Quilts on display. The first quilt I saw was a memory Quilt, it touched me like you wouldn’t believe. It was then I realised that a quilt was a lot more than I ever imagined. It wasn’t just a piece of work created by someone…
Every so often we see something of real interest that we just have to share with you all. This article is one of those times: Hi I’m Chrissie Menzies and I am a textile artist living and working in Mid Wales, I am also a director of Wonderwool Wales, the largest wool and fibre festival…
Wholecloth quilts have no patchwork – they just rely on the beauty of their elaborate quilting patterns. There are several included in the current exhibition of North Country Quilts at the Bowes Museum in County Durham, which I would thoroughly recommend if you can arrange to go in the remaining months of 2021. The quilt…
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Bridges, not Walls “We build too many walls and not enough bridges” – Sir Isaac Newton From time to time our craft pops up in all sorts of different places. We spoke to Luke Jerram, the artist behind the ‘Quilted Bridge’ or textile bombed bridge at Llangollen and this is what we discovered. Luke is…
Clover Black Gold Needles The ultimate in needle quality from Clover, these professionally polished hand sewing needles have a special black plating which allows the needle to pierce effortlessly through fabric with major reduction in frictional resistance. Designed to provide the optimum balance between hardness and flexibility, the needle shaft is strengthened using carefully selected,…
There is a lot of chat in the social media, including our own UK Quilters United about this years Festival of Quilts. Will it happen, won’t it. What’s the entry criteria. what’s needed and more. We aim here at the website to support our membership in whatever way we can, so on this occasion we…
Do you have trouble with holding a ruler steady whilst cutting? Make short, accurate work of placing, marking, cutting, lifting and moving templates with this new Ruler Grip from Sew Easy! The two strong suction caps are easily secured thanks to the levers that give extra stability. With one hand elevated on the grip there…
Well, at last the Big Build Strictly Quilting HQ is complete. My new workshop from Dunster House is up and running. The furniture is in, the lights and electrics are on and, other than those little jobs which always need finishing up, I’m in… <img class=”ui-sortable-handle” src=”https://ukqu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_8708.jpeg” alt=”” data-eio=”l” />Moving in It has certainly been…
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