UK Quilters
A packed Bliss cushion. It all started at the Bloggeratti retreat in November. I had the idea to make personalised reading cushions for my son, daughter and their partners for Christmas. I have blogged about the making of ‘Bliss’ pillows before ( https://ukqu.co.uk/the-bliss-pillow/ ) and, in short, these are reading pillows but with the added bonus…
On the first day of Christmas Makower gave to me …. a free pattern to create a different cushion for each day of the Festive Period! There are some fabulous Christmas fabrics from Makower hitting the shops this month and imagine how wonderful your settees and chairs would look with this wonderful quilt pattern…
I know that I have mentioned The Beast in my previous blogs, and I promised to explain. It is the time for explanations. My husband, David, died 6 years ago and in the intervening time, I have also moved house. This meant that I had no choice – I had to get rid of a…
When my friends asked me two weeks ago if I was making all my Xmas presents I jokingly said : ‘in August I decided to make everyone I love a gift for Xmas but in November I decided I only loved one person’…. It was funny, and it had tickled me when I read the joke…
I don’t know about you, but I hate throwing anything away in my sewing room. Snippets of thread, yarn, and fabric must have a useful purpose, but what do you do with them? Do you have uses for them, or do you find it easy to let go? For several years now, I have a…
