UK Quilters
As years go by, it is so easy to just do the things we always do. During one of my community classes, one of my students asked me to show her how to do mitred corners on the borders of her quilt. It made me realise how long ago it was since I did any…
When Clover asked Resolution (my video company) to create a series of explainer videos to showcase their fantastic range of notions we were really excited. We asked Stuart Hillard to work with us – he is a dream presenter for any company and really does understand the craft. Stuart designed this lovely little humbag bag…
When it comes to starting a new hobby, how many of you are tempted to go all in and buy all the tools and equipment you can find? It can be very expensive and overwhelming at the beginning and it’s no different with quilting. Quilting can turn into a very expensive hobby and when you…
Hello Everybody!! Strange times indeed! I’m sure we’re all very aware of wozon and what we need to be doing, so I’m not going to dwell on the obvious…….. instead……. why not lets have a bit of creative fun?!! Now I’m quite sure we’ve all got a few UFO’s lurking about, maybe that’s what…
Growing up, we often joked with mum and dad about our rooms being kept for us if we needed to move back. With my boys, I’ve often joked about their room not being here. Why? They were being made into my work rooms. This was the year when one of them decided it was time…
How many times have you gone to attach your appliqué pieces to find they are the wrong way? Hopefully, this video will help.
Having seen lots of wonderful projects on Pinterest made using the Clover Embroidery Stitching Tool, I was eager to volunteer for the task of reviewing it. There was a press release about it earlier in the year, you can see it here. It is available from most craft shops, prices from around £10. You will…
I can begin to tell you how thrilled I was to be asked to review some fabric for Gütermann and even more delighted when the box came through the door. The video will give you my thoughts in more details and I’ll show you what I made with two of the fabrics included. In brief,…
Every so often we post the blog extracts from Scott Fortunoff who many of you will know took over Freespirit fabrics earlier in the year .. the home of Philip Jacobs and the rest of the Kaffe Fassett Collective Clan. Sometimes his wisdom really could resonate across the World and not just into his home…
Hi Everyone When Sylvia first spoke to me about designing a block of the month for the UKQU website, I was immediately sure that I would make a foundation pieced quilt, I had stars in my head and each one was going to be more challenging than the previous. Well, that didn’t happen, within a…
Achieving perfect points in patchwork is a great goal. The key involves knowing when to break one of the rules that you may have been taught! Beginners are often taught to “always press behind the darker fabric” – to avoid the possibility of a “shadow” showing through the paler fabric. This is still a good,…
