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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, SUMMER SEW A ROW..row 1 2 years, 10 months ago
What’s your favourite part of quilting? Here we have a fabulous mix of piecing, applique, quilting, and even a little bit of hand sewing. So what ever takes your fancy you may like to join in with the UKQU SUMMER S…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Dinosaurs For The Win! 3 years, 7 months ago
How cute are these dinosaurs?
This pattern by Lynne Goldsworthy has 4 super cute dinosaurs to applique and uses dinosaur fabric and 4-patches to make a lovely child’s quilt 58″ square.
The fabric range is…
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Gorgeous idea.
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Using Heat and Bond Liquid Vinyl 3 years, 10 months ago
It’s taken a while after moving to get back into a routine for making. The bonus is that I have a sewing room at home as well as the studio. It’s a great distraction from other things I should be doing. Gettin…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, HOT! HOT! HOT! 3 years, 10 months ago
I am writing this blog on the morning of what’s going to be the hottest day on record for the UK…or so they say.
So I decided to prepare for the melt down by making a ‘Cool Scarf’ like this…
First I cut a piece of…
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Very timely!
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This is brilliant, perfect when you have to keep working in the heat
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, What's a Block Drive? 3 years, 11 months ago
So…what is a block drive?
A block drive is a brilliant idea for members to participate in making just one block (or as many as they like) and send it to a Block Host to assemble. This is usually done on a monthly c…
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Wow Lyn! You have certainly been busy! I followed the progress of the blocks on the Facebook page – but didn’t realise that you had received enough blocks for almost 100 quilts – that is amazing
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, How do you do your borders? 4 years ago
As years go by, it is so easy to just do the things we always do. During one of my community classes, one of my students asked me to show her how to do mitred corners on the borders of her quilt. It made me r…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Bluebell Wood 4 years, 1 month ago
I love this time of year. Every morning on my way to work, I drive past a small wood. Through the trees, as I go up the hill, I can spy the bluebells. As I go up round the corner, the wood just opens up and th…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Bluebell Wood Disappearing Nine Patch 4 years, 1 month ago
It’s been a rather hectic few weeks with packing, weddings and a dose of Covid. Precious sewing time in the studio has been very limited. You will remember last time, I shared with you the beautiful Bluebell Woo…
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Lovely, I have never sewn a disappearing nine patch
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they are fun to do and so many different variations too
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I hope we get to see the final piece; it looks lovely.
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I’m still working on it, I’ll definitely share it with you
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Bluebell Woods 4 years, 2 months ago
It’s always with anticipation that I wait to see what Sylvia will assign as my challenge. The last challenge was spring flowers and I was delighted to get bluebells. I drive past a bluebell wood on my way to work s…
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Love Bluebell woods. I used to visit Perry Woods in Kent as a child. I also wear a Blue Bell scent from Penhaligon apparently the late Lady Diana’s favourite. I digress. Love the delicate print & hues of your fabrics. I look forward to seeing what you create with them♡
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They are lovely fabrics, I’ll be sharing the next stage with you soon. Got lots going on at the moment so have limited time for sewing
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Great, I will be following. Enjoy the springtime.
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, THE ROSE 4 years, 2 months ago
The love of roses is universal not just with gardeners but in poetry, religion, art, literature, music, medicine, fashion design and home decor.
So I was delighted to be given this subject to interpret into a quilt.…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Applique revisited 4 years, 2 months ago
I’ve been having a sort out of my cupboards and finding all sorts of half-finished, or even barely-started bits and pieces left over from 30-odd years of teaching. My most recent find has been a bag full of applique…
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Sue Griffiths wrote a new post, Quilting with Koru (fmq and appliqué) Celebrating culture and identity in New Zealand 4 years, 3 months ago
Koru is the name of the shape that represents the unfurling fern frond. It represents new life, hope and growth. It is the basic shape used in Māori art in New Zealand. I love the spiral shape and that each…
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Jane Galley and
Heather Cawte are now friends 4 years, 3 months ago
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Jane Galley posted an update 4 years, 3 months ago
@heathercawte sorry Heather, I pressed the wrong button
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, International Stitch Marathon-March 4th 4 years, 3 months ago
Over the last couple of years, we have missed so many opportunities for meeting up with friends and others that share our crafting interests. It’s been especially hard to do this internationally but now, with the…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, TILDA COTTON BEACH 4 years, 3 months ago
I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to review a pack of fat quarters from the new Tilda range called Cotton Beach.
They arrived beautifully packed.A few close ups..
Limpet…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Half Square Triangles-16 at a time 4 years, 4 months ago
We are always looking for quicker ways to create our quilts. I can remember when I first started my quilting journey, making one half square triangle was a great accomplishment. Then came two at a time, four at a t…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Log Cabin 4 years, 5 months ago
New Year, new term, new students; but hopefully into the second month and second of our monthly classes we’re all beginning to settle back and relax a little.
We always start the year with simple rotary cutting f…
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Nice blog – good to be reminded that log cabins aren’t just squares!
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Now's the time to Get It Finished! 4 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to crazy town! Well, more like crazy world right now eh? But all is not lost, you now have 12 weeks to get up to date on all those UFO’s, WIP’s and all the niggling little jobs around the house that you kee…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Eye, Eye 4 years, 5 months ago
Back in August 2020 (seems a very very long time ago now, doesn’t it?!) I had a bit of a fright. Well, ok, I admit it – a major panic. I can panic for England, if not the UK, or even Europe, given half a chance, and…
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Having recently needed laser surgery myself,I appreciate your feelings,but it is great to know you are doing well.
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How very scary Chris..glad you’ve come through it well.x
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