UK Quilters
There is something very special about putting a lot of time and creativity into making a quilt and then passing the finished quilt on to its new owner. When we make for family or friends, we want out quilts to be the best they can be, within our level of skill. Is it any different…
I recently participated in a block drive for Q4CL – the charity working with the Gold from the Stone Foundation. Many of you will already know this charity provides careleavers with a dinner at Christmas, and Q4CL aims to give each of them a quilt each – which in many cases could be the only…
This quilt pattern first attracted me because of the large areas of applique mixed in with some traditional piecing. I was very enthusiastic when I started, and found the instructions for the separate elements of the quilt (including the applique, and the Seminole pieced borders) really very useful. I even managed to make all the…
Want to make a quilt to donate to a good cause, but don’t know where to start ? Over the past 28 years I have made many quilts for various charitable causes and have countless opportunities to make such quilts, so I thought I’d share some of my ideas with you. Idea 1- Make quilts…
Maggie Lloyd-Jones .. founder of the Q4CL Project has an appeal ..in her own words: I’ve written lots about Quilts For Christmas Dinners – the public face of Quilts for Care Leavers (Q4CL) – and our fantastic company of quilters. We are aiming for 1000 quilts this year, enough for at least 20 Christmas Day…
I’m very excited at being asked to review the beautiful ‘Eastern Botanicals’ fabric collection, designed by Sarah Payne for the Craft Cotton Company on behalf of UKQU.co.uk. This printed 100% cotton fabric features cranes, bunches of flowers, blossoms, seed heads and flower blenders and was inspired by Sarah Payne’s visit to India & Nepal. Influenced…
