I was sent this gorgeous pack of Güttermann 100% cotton 30 weight thread to review. This thread is slightly thicker than the thread you would use for quilt piecing, making it perfect for hand or machine quilting, as…

The final block for the Puzzle Quilt is called Hartford Hope and is a variation of the Hope of Hartford block. It has quarter-square triangle units (which we have come across in several of the previous blocks) and…

Earlier this year we ran a competition featuring some lovely notions from Clover, and launched a series of videos created with Stuart Hillard showing how useful the different notions were proving to be.  He…

Every so often we see something of real interest that we just have to share with you all.  This article is one of those times:

Hi I’m Chrissie Menzies and I am a textile artist living and working in Mid Wales, I…

Over in our Facebook group UK Quilters United, we’ve completed seven Mini Swaps since 2015.
In the simplest explanation possible you are allocated a team and given the name of another team member to make a mini…

 

Introducing Vlieseline ECO 150, the first 100% biodegradable voluminous wadding with high insulation performance. Made from renewable resources, 100% Lyocell which is sourced from Eucalyptus trees. This…

Bridges, not Walls

“We build too many walls and not enough bridges” – Sir Isaac Newton

From time to time our craft pops up in all sorts of different places.  We spoke to Luke Jerram, the artist behind the ‘Q…

Hi All,
I truly cannot believe time has passed so quickly for me this year!  So much time consuming stuff has been going, so heres the latest Mystery Reveal……. and the introduction to the next Mystery Quilt BOM…

We promised to keep our members here at the website and facebook up to date with what’s happening at FOQ and watching all the comments at UK Quilters one of the biggest questions is safety during this year’s…

There is a lot of chat in the social media, including our own UK Quilters United about this years Festival of Quilts.  Will it happen, won’t it.  What’s the entry criteria.  what’s needed and more.

We aim here at…

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 i…

We often see comments from the facebook membership asking about quilt-a-longs so when Vlieseline contacted us about the one they have starting from 3rd July we had to let you know!

They are commenting about…

The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle has some beautiful collections, including one of the greatest collections of North Country Quilts.  This collection will be on display until…

We have been rather busy in the day job at Resolution recently, and for once it was an assignment I really enjoyed.

Many of you here might not realise that aside from running this fabulous website Resolution are…

The long winter lockdown is over and retail has now been open for nearly three months. We are all happy that we can see our family and have a chatter over coffee with a friend. Unfortunately not everything is as…

Have you been thinking about visiting the Festival of Quilts this year?  Have you bought your tickets yet .. those who haven’t don’t forget to use the exclusive UKQU2021 discount…