UK Quilters
Block 8: Flying Geese These blocks have been around since the 1860’s and folklore suggests they were used in the quilt code to help escaping slaves. They are made using rectangles and overlapping the squares to create the ‘inner’ triangle and very versatile in making many quilt pattern variations, and, of course, to build your…
Block 7: Hatchet Block This block is also known as Kansas Dugout, Indian Hatchet and Road to Tennessee and has been around since the 1820’s. It was often made by young girls as a starter block to practice their quilting. This block is made up using only squares to create ‘Connector Corners’. You can create…
Block 6: Pinwheel The Pinwheel block is made up of Half Square Triangles (HST). This might be a new technique for you to try and the great thing about doing just one block is that you can practice it without feeling daunted about having to make a full quilt. Once you have mastered Half Square Triangles…
Block 5: Cabin in the Cotton A third of the way through for making the blocks for your Sampler Quilt. I just love a Log Cabin block. There are so any variations of the Log Cabin block, and this is just one of them. Deceptively simple, this block will help you to build up your accuracy…
Want to learn to quilt but not sure where to start or what to make? You can quilt but want to build up your confidence to try something more challenging? A sampler quilt is an ideal place to start! Welcome to the quiltsewgo (QSG) Beginners’ Sampler Quilt! I started my quilting journey about six years ago…
In the next (long awaited) instalment of the ‘Sew a Fine Seam’ series from Strictly Quilting, I thought we would look at one of the basic pieces of equipment we need – the humble scissor. It is believed that scissors probably originated in ancient Egypt. Earliest examples in existence come from Mesopotamia and date from…
Why Imperial? Some of you may know me already but for those that don’t, I’m Helen from Strictly Quilting and am one of the bloggers for UKQU website and worked on British Patchwork and Quilting magazine for four years. We have had lots of beginners join recently so we’ve been asked to think about blogs…
Sick of Covid-19, I think we all are, I know I am too, time to look to the future and the pleasure of sewing. I have been asked to add a block to a blog hop. Not fully sure what it entails so I am for the most part winging it. The block size required…
So here I sit broken hearted, forgot my password and can’t get started!!! 😂 …….. Hi Everyone! I wasn’t at all sure what I would be wittering on about today other than the Mystery Quilt BOM’s, but I’ve just found an accidental topic! Older age and technical stuff during lockdown! Now, I thought I was…
As a beginner in this wonderful world of patchwork and quilting, you can easily become a little confused with all the terminology and general guidelines that can apply to the many different sections of the craft. Should you wash new fabric? What fabrics can you use? What thread is best for each task? Well, for…
Every so often a member of ‘Our Quilty Pleasures NL’ quilting group puts out a call to make a group quilt of a specific block and size. This time the traditional Log Cabin block was chosen, and, although I’ve been quilting for a few years now, I have never made one! I got so carried…
You might think it’s too early to be using the word ‘Christmas’ in February but bear with me to the end and ll will be revealed …. It started with the UKQU.co.uk Bloggers Retreat, planned for December 2018, and an early request for blocks and ‘just an hour’ of our time to make up some…
