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Sue Burford recommended the post The Story of a Workshop Leader 8 years, 3 months ago
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Nina wrote a new post, Flying the flag – make your own UKQU logo 8 years, 3 months ago
Following the success with the enamel badges, which you can find in Juliet’s shop, we are now excited to share with you our latest UKQU merchandise – the patterns for you to make your own logo in two different tec…

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Sue Burford recommended the post Just another love story? Triple love! 8 years, 3 months ago
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Vendulka Battais recommended the post Journey of a New Long Arm Quilter 8 years, 3 months ago
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Vendulka Battais recommended the post Have you heard of QUILTING POLICE?? 8 years, 3 months ago
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Nina posted an update 8 years, 3 months ago
I am pleased to say that the foundation paper piecing (FPP) pattern for the UK Quilters United LOGO is now available to download for FREE in my shop. Two sizes are available, but do feel free to print at any scale and adjust seam allowances / sashing accordingly.
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Sue Burford recommended the post What size do I cut? 8 years, 3 months ago
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – All the small things you can do; Shirtless 8 years, 4 months ago
For those on a budget buying things like fabric is flushing money down the drain. For under £5 with a little time and effort, it is achievable.
The amount of times I have heard people say they cannot afford…

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Great post Denise. I have just started a quilt made from everyone else’s scraps – cant believe that they would have thrown away!
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That’s great I hope you can share the photo of it when it’s done. I have gained so much fabric from other peoples cast offs.
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I’ve done this since childhood and you get some great finds along the way. One tip I’d share is that when you take the buttons off thread them together. That way you’ll always have a set of buttons together. Great article
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I nearly did that but forgot. I have so many buttons now that I should really sort them out.
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Sue Burford recommended the post Bead Broth 8 years, 4 months ago
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Sue Burford recommended the post Carol Munro AKA The Quilting Procrastinator 8 years, 4 months ago
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Sue Burford wrote a new post, Cafe con Leche…. 8 years, 4 months ago
Our life in Spain is just what we thought it would be – lots of food and drink in the local Bars and Restaurants. We especially enjoy having breakfast at our local Bar with a couple of coffees and tostada con to…

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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Have you heard of QUILTING POLICE?? 8 years, 4 months ago
Seven years of teaching, running my own patchwork shop and being daily surrounded by quilters of all abilities I have noticed many things about people’s attitude to sewing and one of them which is valid for most of u…

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I received your Cathedral Windows book this morning…it’s beautiful!! Can’t wait to make something xx
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Wonderful Pam, glad to hear it arrived well. Looking forward seeing your creations on the UKQU facebook page!
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The quilt police do exist, she came to our guild and told me my skills were seriously lacking for someone who had been quilting as long as i had and perhaps i should ask my husband to help more around the house and give me time to quilt more. She suggested at least 30 minutes every day and was shocked when i was not pleased with her statements. This definitely has taken some joy away from my quilting.
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NO! What a seriously awful thing for anyone to say, Deb Quilter. That might be (just about) OK in the context of learning for a formal qualification where high standards are required, but is not at all appropriate for anyone quilting for enjoyment. I’m with Vendulka all the way on this issue.
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Many people take their hobby very seriously. Thankfully the majority quilt for enjoyment, which is why the 20:20 rule should be practiced more
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Dear @debquilter. What an awful thing to say to someone, sorry to hear about your experience! What that person should do is spent less time behind a sewing machine and more time around people practising being nice and human! I hope my article made you feel a little bit better and please take no notice of people like that, they are only projecting their own insecurities and it has nothing to do with you. If you are happy with your creations who are they to judge that! Enjoy and keep sewing!
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Well said!
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Hear, hear!! It really is all about what you want to make as a quilter and how you want to make it.
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Cheered me up, thank you. Always worried about them police.
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Brilliant
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Sue Burford recommended the post A Hearty Blog feb 8 years, 4 months ago
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Sue Burford recommended the post Valentine Hearts as a Quilty Helping Hand 8 years, 4 months ago
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Deborah Law recommended the post Silver Linings 8 years, 4 months ago
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giniscanlan wrote a new post, Here begins the Scrap-Busting! 8 years, 4 months ago
So this month I’m sharing the first of my ‘Scrap-Buster’ patterns. I don’t know any sewist who can bear to throw away scraps of fabric… after all, you never know when it might come in handy! You might notice th…

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It’s lovely 🙂
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Thanks Alison! I hope you have fun making it x
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Such a cute and useful project…..one can never have enough pin cushions. Great blog Gini x
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I’m going to give this a go. Thank you
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What a lovely little project. I’m with you on scrap storing – I think it stems from my early playgroup leader days when we had to gather resources from everywhere and make the most of what we had (no money to buy things). I still ‘hoard’ to recycle now. Another thing to try – exciting.
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Nina replied to the topic Website Improvements in the forum UKQU 8 years, 4 months ago
Having opened a shop on the website last night, I’m thrilled to see that I’ve already had a few downloads (after all the patterns are for free, and we all love that!). Looking in my Seller’s Dashboard, all of the orders are listed as ‘Processing’. Shouldn’t this automatically be set to Completed, Processed, Done or something similar? After all t…[Read more]
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Nina posted an update 8 years, 4 months ago
Fancy making your own UK Quilters United logo? Head over to my shop, where you can download the letters for free. Hopefully these’ll be useful if you’d like to appliqué our UKQU logo to your own makes. Two sizes are available. Paper piecing pattern is coming shortly (it’s being tested at the moment).
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