UK Quilters
Block 4 is: Woven Ribbons There are many variations of the Woven Ribbons quilt block, and like many others, it has been around since the 1800’s. It is made up of squares and rectangular strips and only has one specific matching point, but it will help with getting those pesky quarter inch seams on track!…
Welcome to Block 3: Confetti of your Sampler Quilt. http://www.pieceandquilt.com/2015/01/how-to-confetti-quilt-block-30-days-of.html This modern block is made up of squares and rectangular strips and will help you to gain accuracy in cutting, matching at seam points and sewing your 0.25” (¼”) seams. There are lots of images in this block and I’ve shortened the instructions too. Don’t…
Welcome back, you’ve made your first Block: 9-Patch so now we are making: Block 2: Patience Corner There is more piecing involved in this block as it is made up of squares and rectangular strips, but very little matching of points. This block has been around since the 1890’s and there are several variations on…
Hello and welcome to the first block in the QuiltSewGo Beginners’ Sampler Quilt. Once you get to the ukqu.co.uk website the homepage will show you a list of options and, to make it easier Sylvia has very kindly arranged for these to be found in one place. – on the HOMEPAGE look for the Quilting…
Eek, I’m in heaven! I’ve been asked to review designer Sarah Payne’s British Waterways Fabric Collection courtesy of Craft Cotton Co. Two fat quarter packs and some yardage found it’s way to me via UKQU.co.uk and it got my head in spin as to what to make with it! Just look how lovely these designs…
A huge thank you to Vlieseline for sending me one metre, 97” (244 cm) wide V268 Bamboo wadding to review and to UKQU.co.uk too. I’ve never used Bamboo 50/50 wadding before, so I’m interested to see how it compares with the 80/20 I usually use. Manufacturers Information Vlieseline Bamboo Wadding is a medium weight 50/50…
It’s always a privilege to be offered fabric to review and to have your interest piqued by giving you a description of fabric from India, you do wonder what’s going to drop through the letterbox and who from! Firstly, thank you to UKQU.co.uk for asking me to review the fabric and to Sew On with…
This H640 Fusible Wadding review is courtesy of Vlieseline and to show it off I will be making a Tote Bag from the fabric producer, Riley Blake. H640 is Vlieseline’s medium loft, fusible, soft wadding and made of synthetic fibres and is about 4mm/ ⅜ inch thick. It great for use with light to medium…
Okay, confession time, my name is Carol not Katy but growing up my Mum and Dad always called me Katy but never actually explained why! My mum passed away recently and subconsciously my memory has been flashing back to things she’d said and done over the years. Some of those memories are that, and even…
And its back! PANICO’s Fabric Store is back and opened in a new space in the Pavilion Shopping Centre Thornaby (TS17 9FD) just a few miles from its original home in Stockton-on-Tees. Earlier in the year many of the UK Quilters United Facebook group members were shocked to hear of the closure of yet another…
It’s always great to try a new product, especially when you haven’t used it inside your normal ‘sewing zone’, but when UKQU.co.uk linked me up with Vlieseline and they sent me 5 products to review, I must admit I was a little stumped as to what I would be able to make with them. With…
This is another first for me. I have not used any fusible interlining before and it’s always nice to try something new, so thank you to Vlieseline for giving me this opportunity to review their Style-Vil Fix fusible foam interlining and to UKQU.co.uk for making it happen. This one-sided, fusible foam interlining sews and quilts…
