UK Quilters
Many of you commented on the last post I did, so I thought you might like to see this little one I have been working on. This is a small piece of Radiance fabric (which unfortunately is no long available) and is a mix of cotton and silk. I tied it and dyed it at…
What actually goes into writing a quilt pattern? It should be easy, shouldn’t it? Especially if your design uses traditional blocks. So why do patterns cost (sometimes) a lot of money; why aren’t they all free, or at least only pennies? Let’s have a look at writing a pattern using a traditional block from the…
Did you know that the American Museum in Bath has visiting quilting groups to take part in quilting bees in the quilt exhibition room throughout March to October, once a week on a Tuesday? Rose of Sharon applique Tuesday August 21st I travelled to Bath with 3 other members, Julia, Lin and Karen from the…
I’ve just got my sewing room set up in my new house. I did have one in my old house (well, to be fair, the whole house was one big sewing room!), but I have downsized and it has taken a bit more planning to get everything I need, and a spare bed, into the…
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…
Hey all I recently went on a half-day course teaching Free Motion Machine Embroidery. Although I have been using sewing machines for at least 25 years (probably more like 30!) I have never used it for anything other than sewing. I recently tried free motion quilting and didn’t totally suck, so when the opportunity to…
I’ve been to the Festival of Quilts a number of times before and I have enjoyed it every time. This time I also enrolled onto a whole day Academy Class workshop with the Queen of felt embroidery herself, Sue Spargo. The workshop had 14 participants, we were in a quiet room away from the hustle…
Before computers I used to design my quilts and blocks with pencil and graph paper, but I have been playing with Electric Quilt since its first incarnation and I’ve upgraded every time since so it never seems quite so expensive, although over the past twenty-plus years it probably has been. I must confess I’m not…
With UK’s biggest and most visited quilt show, the Festival of Quilt, just around the corner we have added a few new UKQU merchandise to our shops including key rings, tote bags and car stickers. If you rather make your own things, we have FREE patterns for you to make the UKQU logo in two…
Quilting samples (have I got time to do an extra one?); Workshop handouts (mostly written; need to finally proof read and print off); Antique wholecloth quilts (which ones shall I bring? Maybe not the really heavy ones, as the class is upstairs); Mug rug sample (ooh, must get the backing on that!); pencils and erasers…
If you’re already familiar with Luna Lapin by Sarah Peel you will probably be in love with her already. I’ve only just begun to get to get to know Luna, I made my first one just a couple of weeks ago. And as soon as she was finished I simply had to make a tiny…
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I want to do something just a little different and original. About 2 yrs ago I found ice dying and it opened up a whole new world. It can be a very random and mystical process or a little more precise but still mystical, you never really know…
Lynda Jackson
Chris Franses
Sharon Reid
Corinne Curtis
Nina
Rebecca Nevard
Alison Ball
Carolyn Gibbs