UK Quilters
Quickscreen Triangle and Quickscreen Square Recognised by the clear blue printed grids, these interfacings provide a guide for patchwork designs from traditional square blocks to modern styles. They are a great option for creating hand sewn hexagon or square patchwork quilts. Save time and ensure accuracy with Quickscreen and cut out the need for…
New from Gütermann creativ is a Sew All Thread Pack containing ten x 100m reels of very useful colours. Sew All is a high quality, 100% polyester universal thread range that is totally reliable and suitable for both hand and machine sewing. A welcome addition to your stash, it’s always reassuring to have a good…
There have been a few strings on social media about how to keep rulers and templates tidy. Sew Easy have come up with a clever, affordable idea for us all. The ideal storage solution to keep rulers and templates tidy, organised and protected from scratches. This wall-mountable design has built-in fixing slots on the back…
Thank you and welcome to the people who have bought my Christmas 18 pattern and are joining in with the QAL. This week we are starting off with Introductions and a Full Cutting List, should you wish to cut it all out in advance. If you have sourced fabric to the requirements or bought the…
Busman’s Holiday, that’s the term, isn’t it? This July I had a week off, relaxing in the sun, a little vino and time with the family. Then I realised that Jen Jones has announced that she is retiring and is holding the last exhibition at the Welsh Quilt Centre in Lampeter so I squeezed in…
To celebrate an almost year of being the UKQU website , the Bloggerati of Blogger Central, who you all know, love and follow are going away on retreat. Being quilters [yep i am going too … secret location so we are not mobbed by our fans haha] we are not braving the high seas, but we are…
From time to time there is a madness that develops amongst facebookers who start to develop a need to swop. It’s a great way of meeting new people, enjoying others interpretation of a theme and a brilliant way of creating a randomised quilt. Hence the Block Swop. In the UKQU fraternity the block swoppers often…
The event of the year is over for another year and slowly our thoughts will turn to the Christmas period. Hemline has a fabulous idea that ought to be on all our lists this year. No chocolate involved, but a perfect Advent Calendar for any sewist out there. Recapture that magical spirit and get…
Day two at FOQ dawned bright and early. We stumbled down to breakfast at our hotel and enjoyed a frugal banquet of cereals, scrambled egg and tomatoes, looking longingly at the bacon and sausage. Being on a diet has to be obeyed even whilst we are out enjoying the phenomenon of the Festival of Quits.…
It is the event of the Quilting Year here in the UK. The Festival of Quilts is what everything builds up to each August, whether you are planning a visit or exhibiting a quilt, a retailer taking advantage of the biggest shop front in the UK or you are a passionate quilter and want to attend a workshop,…
More words from Scott Fortunoff, the guy from FreeSpirit! He is certainly innovative, and it would be fabulous to see our UK shop owners joining in with his challenge. Keep in mind that Jaftex is based in the US, but have representatives worldwide. In his own words … I have some news to report that…
Quilting samples (have I got time to do an extra one?); Workshop handouts (mostly written; need to finally proof read and print off); Antique wholecloth quilts (which ones shall I bring? Maybe not the really heavy ones, as the class is upstairs); Mug rug sample (ooh, must get the backing on that!); pencils and erasers…
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