UK Quilters
This Patchwork Ruler from Sew Easy is ideal for cutting strips, squares, rectangles and triangles and an absolute ‘must-have’ for patchwork and quilting. Suitable for both right and left-hand use, it has clear markings and measures 24”x 6.5. RRP £19.99 Sew Easy products are available nationwide from haberdashery, sewing and craft suppliers. You can learn…
New! Deluxe Sewing Machine Bags with collapsible trolley Available in two sizes, the deluxe sewing machine bag from Hobby Gift comes with a sturdy collapsible aluminium trolley to provide the most practical transportable storage solution. With ultra-thick padding and heavy-duty base plate, the bags are the ultimate in lightweight, protective casing for sewing and embroidery…
Once again, this show has not failed to impress me. Now – my mum had a saying: “Better to be born lucky than rich”, and I tend to say that whenever I win something! Once again, I was lucky enough to win tickets for this amazing show, and I have said that I will not…
The Facebook groups have been really active with commentary about the Hauxwell Collection that recently went under the hammer at Tennants Auction House and one of the quilts will be joining the collections at the Bowes Museum in Teeside. The remaining quilts will, we are told, remain in the UK for the time being so…
Every so often something wonderful happens and today was one of those days. You may have heard already about the Quilts for Christmas Dinners project. For those who haven’t there are several blogs already covering this, but in a nutshell, this project aims to donate up to 1000 quilts to the Lemn Sissay Christmas Dinners…
There’s been several comments lately over on the UK Quilters United FB Group about irons. This popped into my inbox today and it offers sound advice on how to preserve your iron and ironing board. There are many ways that build up can occur on your iron and even though it might appear to be…
The Quilter’s Flexible Curve is the perfect tool for creating your own designs, especially those involving wavy or curved lines. As the name suggests it is a very flexible tool and will hold its shape until changed. There are metric measurements on one side and imperial on the other making it easy to produce…
CLover are always coming up with clever notions to help improve our crafts. This set of seam markers allows you to neatly draw seam lines along the edges of any pattern or template, whatever the shape. Suitable for transferring patterns and templates on appliqué, Hawaiian quilts and other sewing projects, they enable you to draw…
Tonal flowers, stripes, spots and even a cockatoo all add to this vibrant new range from Makower UK. Known for their wide variety of 100% cotton fabrics, they have put together a colourful pallette of fuschias, turquoise and and lime greens that will look well framed against white backgrounds. Expect to see Monsoon hitting the…
The South West’s favourite Needle & Hobby Craft show returns to the Westpoint, Centre in Exeter, the show runs from Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th February 2019, doors opening 10am – 5pm every day. Returning to the show will be Barnyarns, Art Van Go, Black Sheep Wools, Maggie Grey, Fantastic Ribbons, Jan Tillett, Jeff Rosenberg,…
EDITED 22/01/19 This giveaway is now closed. The winner, selected by random.org, is Mary Carrington This weekend sees the first Quilt Show of the year at Newark Showground. It is a show run by Grosvenor Shows and this is only its second year. I didn’t go last year but was very eager to go this year…
Maggie Lloyd-Jones’ ‘Quilts for Careleavers Christmas Dinners’ project captured our imagination .. she started in October and by Christmas Eve 2018 had 125 Quilts donated. How did that happen …. Orphan blocks and all sizes of quilts arrived at Project HQ and tweaked to meet the preferred size [44″ x 60″]. 5 ladies quilted donated…
Sylvia Priest - webmaster and quilter
Christine Hutchins
Abigail Sheridan de Graaff