Festival of Quilts ticket giveaway
Are you planning to visit the Festival of Quilts this year. Between the 18th until the 21st August the event of the year will be stretched across the Halls at the NEC, Birmingham, showing some of the best quilts from the UK and beyond. Many of you will be exhibiting, and many of you will…
13th April 2022
The Craft4Crafters Show
Make it a date in your diary! The Craft4Crafters exhibition features a mass of crafting delights; packed full of crafting displays, demonstrations, lectures, workshops, make & takes, and a large selection of fantastic retailers. Stock up on craft & needlework supplies, including embroidery, card making, cross stitch and knitting. Over the last 18 years the…
1st February 2022
Twelve days of Christmas
If you are visiting here and looking for the competitions, then you are looking in the wrong place. The 2021 Christmas Competitions will be appearing at the UKQU new event .. The Twelve Days of Christmas, so click this link and pop over there. There are six fabulous competitions popping up over the time,…
24th December 2021
Tilda Scrap Bundles
Tilda Scrap Bundles Tilda fabric is known for quality fabric, soft to handle, and lovely to work with. They have come up with a great stash builder in their pretty Ten FQ Scrap Bundles which they create from whatever they have left at the end of fulfilling retailers’ orders. It’s always going to be a…
29th October 2021
Knitting and Stitching Show – 7-10th October
There were some fabulous quilts at FOQ this year, but there’s a second chance to see the winning competition quilts and the Fine Art Textile Gallery at the Knitting & Stitching Show, which will be taking place 7th – 10th October at Alexandra Palace in London. Our lucky winners, who each win a pair a…
17th September 2021
Clover release their first suite of video presented by Stuart Hillard
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…
1st July 2021
Win a pair of tickets for the Bowes Museum
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21st June 2021
Win two VIP Tickets to FOQ 2021
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11th June 2021
Win your own copy of the amazing EQ8 Quilt Design Software
Have you ever thought about designing your own quilt patterns or creating your own block design. Electric Quilts have the perfect software for you.  There are loads of new ideas created by their users right here too. We are happy to announce that the lovely people at Electric Quilts have given this lovely website a…
12th January 2021
Win a Janome Atelier 7 Sewing Machine!!
Related posts: The results are in for the June 2018 Quilt Competition – TEA FOR TWO with Liberty sponsored by EQS UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition — August is Summer Picnics — sponsored by the Craft Cotton Co The Great Janome Giveaway … Part Four UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — October 2018 — Autumn Leaves with…
2nd June 2020
The Festival of Quilts Competition is going virtual!
This beautiful quilt was created by Claudia Pfeil Calling all quilters – we have some good news! This year The Festival of Quilts annual quilting competition will be going ahead… virtually! There is something for every level and style of quilting, with 12 different categories to choose from including Modern, Contemporary, Pictorial and Novice. The…
13th May 2020
Time for you to Shine
Hi everyone Time for an update on a few things I think. I feel as though I have been neglecting you all a little as I have been so busy, and life sometimes gets in the way of doing what you really want to. So with no more ado let’s move onward. World Quilts Would…
14th March 2020
Win a Tour to the Quilt Festival in Noord Groningen, Holland
And the winner of this trip to the Quilt Festival held annually at Noord Gronigen in Holland 11-14 June 2020 arranged by courtesy of ECT Travel is Helen Keegan!  Congratulations! Marjan and Rob Ruitenberg launched the Quilt festival Noord Groningen in 2010 out of their shared passion for quilting. Nine years on, it has…
25th February 2020
The Great Janome Giveaway … Part Four
Related posts: The results are in for the June 2018 Quilt Competition – TEA FOR TWO with Liberty sponsored by EQS UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition — August is Summer Picnics — sponsored by the Craft Cotton Co The Great Janome Giveaway – Part One Win a Janome Atelier 7 Sewing Machine!!
2nd December 2019
Jenny Doan’s trunk show
At the Festival of Quilts this year, for the very first time, one of the first ladies of Quilting – Jenny Doan – will be visiting with her famous Trunk Show. Jenny Doan has been called ‘The most famous quilter in the world’ with her Youtube tutorials being viewed more than 110 million times. Jenny…
3rd June 2019
Gulliver goes to the Quilt Shows
Gulliver had a very important job to do this week. He took a very special parcel to the post office. In his parcel are 6 quilts featuring himself. They are from the UKQU competitions from last year. 6 monthly competitions based on a theme. Gulliver was very fortunate to be asked to send all 6…
27th May 2019
A great April ahead of us
All is not what it might seem today!  Check the date before you look any further! Someone commenting on the foolish blogs posted today only might just win a lovely Riley Blake bag.  And no that’s no joke either! Go look around our lovely website, and see what you can see. In doing so you might…
1st April 2019
April – showers or flowers
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2nd March 2019
The Great Janome Giveaway – Part One
Yes, you read that perfectly correctly. The Great Janome Giveaway .. Part One The lovely people at Janome have given us FOUR Janome M100 QDC Sewing Machines to give away! [Quilt and thread not included – picture for illustration only] During March, June, September and finally in December we will re-set the counter here on this…
18th February 2019
Mad March Hares .. our March quilt competition
This months competition is sponsored by Grosvenor Shows and EQS The theme for March was the Mad March Hare. We had some fabulous entries and our lucky winners are shown below. Well done everyone who entered and voted for their favourites. This Months first prize is great for beginner or expert alike and has been…
12th February 2019
February 2019 Competition Sponsored jointly by Gutermann and Groves
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17th January 2019
UKQU 2019 Quilt Competition .. our Exhibition Winners Announced
Have you ever wanted to enter one of your own quilts into an Exhibition? We asked you all this back in April, and wow .. did you ever.  So many beautiful quilts have been entered, and once we have heard from November’s final winner we will bring them all together for you to enjoy here. …
3rd December 2018
Book Giveaway
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12th October 2018
The Makower UK Advent Panel Competition
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13th September 2018
We have a WINNER!! cut&alter Christmas 18 QAL
The competition to celebrate the launch of my Christmas 18 QAL quilt has now closed and a winner has been picked ….. Congratulations to Jane Nicholls!! The fabric bundle from the Silent Night range by Makower will be shortly winging it’s way to you. Don’t forget that the early bird discount of 20% applies until…
6th July 2018
Result of Festival of Quilts Free Draw
We offered UKQU members the chance to win a free entrance ticket to Festival Of Quilts on our March Blog. Entrants were asked to visit our website and choose which QS Batik fabric was their favourite. Very surprisingly, entrants were very low – Just 17 in fact to win 4 tickets and three of those…
2nd July 2018
cut&alter Christmas 18 QAL :: Launch Competition
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27th June 2018
The results are in for the June 2018 Quilt Competition – TEA FOR TWO with Liberty sponsored by EQS
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21st June 2018
A lovely curvy BOM from Papper, Sax, Sten to win for one lucky member
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30th May 2018
Unexpected item at the Checkout!
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17th May 2018
UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — October 2018 — Autumn Leaves with Aurifl, sponsored by Barnyarns
Related posts: UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition – July — Sunshine and Smiles with Aurifil, Sponsored by Barnyarns UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition — August is Summer Picnics — sponsored by the Craft Cotton Co UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — September 2018 – Indian Summer — sponsored by Groves and by Gutermann February 2019 Competition Sponsored jointly…
19th April 2018
UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — September 2018 – Indian Summer — sponsored by Groves and by Gutermann
Related posts: February 2019 Competition Sponsored jointly by Gutermann and Groves UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition – July — Sunshine and Smiles with Aurifil, Sponsored by Barnyarns UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition — August is Summer Picnics — sponsored by the Craft Cotton Co UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — October 2018 — Autumn Leaves with Aurifl, sponsored…
19th April 2018
UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition — August is Summer Picnics — sponsored by the Craft Cotton Co
Related posts: UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition – July — Sunshine and Smiles with Aurifil, Sponsored by Barnyarns UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — October 2018 — Autumn Leaves with Aurifl, sponsored by Barnyarns Unexpected item at the Checkout! Win a Janome Atelier 7 Sewing Machine!!
19th April 2018
UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition – July — Sunshine and Smiles with Aurifil, Sponsored by Barnyarns
Related posts: UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — October 2018 — Autumn Leaves with Aurifl, sponsored by Barnyarns UKQU 2019 Quilt Exhibition — August is Summer Picnics — sponsored by the Craft Cotton Co UKQU Quilt Exhibition 2019 — September 2018 – Indian Summer — sponsored by Groves and by Gutermann February 2019 Competition Sponsored jointly…