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The Stitch Festival returns to London’s Business Design Centre London welcomes back the ultimate textile craft lover’s day out as The Stitch Festival returns to the Business Design Centre, Islington from 3rd– 6th March 2022. The Stitch Festival is a hotbed of creativity, textile talent and inspiration, with a line-up of top UK tutors and…
Now’s the time to be merry and bright!! You have heard talk about the UKQU 12 Days of Christmas and we have contacted many of you direct already to join the new element of our already popular site to be able to upload your courses and lessons, BOMs and more. We have been working hard…
And its back! PANICO’s Fabric Store is back and opened in a new space in the Pavilion Shopping Centre Thornaby (TS17 9FD) just a few miles from its original home in Stockton-on-Tees. Earlier in the year many of the UK Quilters United Facebook group members were shocked to hear of the closure of yet another…
Sew Easy are well known within Quilting circles, but did you know they also make for dressmaking and other sewing hobbies. (Did you actually realise there are other reasons to sew!) These new Mini French Curves from Sew Easy are ideal for both drafting and altering garment patterns, especially necklines, armholes and sleeve caps…
Let creativity abound with these heart and star template sets from Sew Easy. These shaped transparent templates have marking points for easy positioning and a ¼” seam allowance to make the task of drawing and cutting fast, accurate and easy. In a choice of hearts or stars, each set fits neatly together on a ring…
Wonder Clips from Clover are now available in multi-sizes within one pack! Already available in separate Regular, Mini and Jumbo sizes, they now also come in a variety pack. Wonder Clips provide a whole new way to hold project work in position while you sew and are an ideal alternative to pins. They are a…
Something exciting is happening this Christmas at UKQU – for the whole 12 days! We will be releasing the full details shortly, but for now, we are calling out to all the quilting educators, designers and tutors amongst our members who would like to join in. For the first time, we are offering the chance…
Quilting for charitable causes has become quite a thing these days .. the local sewing group I go to, Our Quilty Pleasures, has supported a number of charities over the years and we have recently been fortunate to receive a substantial amount of money to support our future efforts. Generally, we sew for local causes…
Clover “Quick Cut” Thread Cutter When Sylvia asked me to review the thread cutter, I assumed it would be like many of the other cutters that are out there, you use them for a short while then forget about them.This one is definitely not going to fall into that category. Ready For Use It’s a…
Do you applique? From time to time we see people asking about the best way to secure their applique prior to stitching in place, so when Hemline popped up with this we wanted to let you all know about this new addition to their range. Heat ‘n’ Seal is the new permanent, double-sided iron-on adhesive.…
The one thing we all love is a pretty new range of fabrics, and this new set of designs from Tilda will not disappoint. Inspired by autumn days when leaves twirl and the wind catches your umbrella. The figurative Windy Walks design comes in four colourways and the flowers in this collection are loosely inspired…
Its always good to see new, improved products arriving in our sector – like this new wadding from Vlieseline. We have asked two of our bloggerati to test drive this too so watch out for their reviews turning up shortly. Replacing the original 279, the luxuriously soft, 279 Soft Cotton Mix is a…
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