“Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something b…

  • With our UKQU Baby Feature coming soon (watch for further announcements) and our Bloggerati busily preparing for it we can’t resist showing you this lovely new range from Makower UK.

    Its full of b…

  • We all love fabric .. it’s what being a Quilter is all about, so when a stack of fabric arrives on my desk what is a girl meant to do except spend a while stroking the lovely new patterns.
    Makower UK are launching…


  • English Country Floral design in a seasonal palette. Small, detailed,…

  • This unit is sometimes called Diamond in a Square as it essentially a square, turned on point (hence ‘diamond’) inside another square. It is found in a wide variety of blocks, usually in the corners or the cen…

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    Have you ever started sewing together your quilt only to get cracking and then run out of thread on the bobbin?  Then you have to unthread the machine to load another bobbin, rethread the machine and off you g…

    • Nina replied
      8 years ago

      I may have asked for pre-wound bobbins for Christmas and birthdays… You can get them in packs of 25+!

      • What a good idea. Will have to have a look and see if I can get them on line. Thanks for the info Ruth


  • The team over at the Electric Quilt Company have given the UKQU Website an incredible prize to anyone who pu…

  • Liz Trenow, the author of the Forgotten Seamstress, has kindly given an interview to UKQU which you can find in our Quilt News Section. There’s a link to Lynne Edward’s pattern interpreting Maria’s Quilt too. Be great to see everyone’s efforts in the future over at UK Quilters United FB Group and maybe we can group them all into our social…[Read more]

  • Hi, Good to see you back.  I hope you are enjoying my post’s.  In the last one I said I would take you through the creation of the Dragon, which by the way, still does not have a property show name yet, but I am sur…

  • block 4 and some amazing work being produced!  Well done all those taking part, there’s beginners and not so beginners amongst you and you’re all doing fabulously!   I’m loving the fabric variations and everyth…

    • I enjoyed reading this, I can imagine the paper everywhere. I would love to know what IKEA sugar paper is? And Ruby’s and Cream sounds interesting!

      • Thank you! 🙂
        KEA sell rolls of sugar paper, which I should imagine are usually used for children to draw all over, they are very long and very reasonably priced!
        Ruby’s & Cream will work in any 2 colours that contrast and are quite different from each other……the background blocks will be dark and applique cream……..

  • Dipping out of May’s book as I am still reading the Last Runaway, but really want to read the Liz Trenow book. Reading the comments though I will certainly return to Sew Deadly in the future. How many of us get into the depths of the character. I am currently still contemplating a bonnet to read in

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