UK Quilters
Following on from my 12 Layers of Christmas Tree blog. On the twelve’s days of Christmas the sewer gave to me: 11 Felt Chains You will need: • Felt • Needle and matching thread for hand sewing • Scissors • Tape measure or ruler • https://ukqu.co.uk/shop/free-patterns-and-tutorials/ornaments/ • Hot Glue gun and glue sticks (optional) These…
“Bright, summer fabric packs to review .. I have two to send out. Who is interested please!” said Sylvia. “Me”, I said and then the wait began. Actually, I’d forgotten about it until I came home from a stressful day at work to find a small packet posted through the door. It wasn’t until I…
A little lighthearted blog for the season to beat those blues away. It is the season for stress, the money all gone, The house is full, where is the fun. The small carbon life forms are running amuck, in too your craft supplies, oh no do not chuck… Out comes the wool, the fabric galore,…
Long, long ago I was actively involved in the Quilters’ Guild (as it was then) first as a Young Quilters’ Rep for my Region, then as YQ Officer and finally as the YQ magazine editor. At the same time I also ran a little local group of Young Quilters. My Young Quilters all grew up…
With the ice dyeing gaining quite a lot of interest earlier in the year (see e.g. blogs by Gill and Lynda), I was delighted to spot some tie dye kits in the ‘special buys’ at Aldi; they looked like something fun and easy to do with children. What you need Tie dye kits; ideally the…
Featured Image – ‘Generations’ by Matilda Ward. Festival of Quilts is the biggest quilt shows in Europe, as I’m sure you know. For those of you who have never been, or just couldn’t make it, I thought I’d show you some of the amazing quilts that are on display. I’m saving the winners for the…
This is a wonderful project – following the same instructions you can make either a ball for a child or very pretty pincushion for your friend. The ball is wonderful for children from very early age, as it’s made of segments and those can be easily grabbed by very small hands. If you use a…
About twenty years ago I was actively involved with the Quilters’ Guild Young Quilters group. Tidying up recently I came across a couple of (handwritten) projects we did with our local Young Quilters during the Easter holidays some time in the 1990s. One year we made Easter Bunnies – we had two patterns, one from…
In 2015, I saw these eggs in a post on a North American website. They looked great and so that year I made some and wrote my own pattern for my GillyMac pupils to enjoy. As we approach Easter 2018, you may enjoy making these as a gift or as decoration for your home. They…
