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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Use it or lose it – now more relevant than ever!! 5 years ago
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…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Win two VIP Tickets to FOQ 2021 5 years ago
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…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gutermann creativ launch four new thread packs 5 years ago
Now available on 300m reels, Gütermann creativ has added some colourful Cotton 30 Thread Packs to their already extensive range! Do we really need an excuse to add to our thread stash?
Cotton Thread is…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Can you reach out to more than 20,000 quilters 5 years ago
Well, can you? The UK Quilters Facebook Group, alongside this website can. Imagine if that was or is your shopfront.
Whether you are a bricks and mortar shop or an online trader, there’s never been a be…

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Teresa Barrow wrote a new post, MMMM… Mildred’s Marvelous Meandering Musings “Bondage, Restraints and Dachshunds” 5 years ago
Welcome to “Mildred’s Marvellous Wonderful World of her Meandering Musings!” Mildred is my bright blue Citroen who used to be driven by my late 93 yr old mother.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Something Old, Something New, nothing borrowed, Lots of Quilts 5 years ago
An intriguing headline for sure. Every so often something really interesting drops on my desk that captures my attention and draws me away from the day job. This was one of those moments.
The Bowes Museum have b…

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Jane Galley wrote a new post, A project for using fabric scraps 5 years ago
No matter how hard I try, my scrap mountain just keeps growing. I feel another scrap quilt may be on the way, but I had some small pieces of fabric to use up too. These fabric key rings are great for using small…

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Teresa Barrow wrote a new post, MMMM… Mildred’s Marvelous Meandering Musings “Measure Twice Cut Once” 5 years ago
Welcome to “Mildred’s Marvellous Wonderful World of her Meandering Musings!” Mildred is my bright blue Citroen who used to be driven by my late 93 yr old mother.
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, MAKOWER UK SCANDI 2021 5 years ago
I am delighted to be able to review Makower’s Scandi 2021 Christmas fabrics. These xmas fabrics come in reds and greys and they are particularly gorgeous with a delicate touch of metallic detailing.
Makower f…
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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Tassel Maker from Clover 5 years ago
Make gorgeous tassels with your own thread or woollen yarns with a Tassel Maker from clover.
They are very easy and fun to create and can be used for adding fun details to bags, scarves and other fashion…

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Nina wrote a new post, June 2021 UKQU Book Club 5 years ago
Spring is almost over and for June we’re turning to some Amish romance with the first book in the Quilter’s Son series by Samantha Bayarr. The book is called Liam’s choice.
Liam has secretly attended school…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Deadline is looming for Festival of Quilt entries 5 years ago
Entry for Quilts Deadline extended to 11am Monday 7th June 2021
With two weeks left to create and enter your quilt into the 2021 Festival of Quilts, it’s worth considering why you might want to do that. …
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Big Charmer Quilt featuring Tula's True Colours 5 years ago
One of the popular designers of both fabrics and quilt designs – there is a growing cohort of quilters who hoard, crave, lust after the Tula Pink designs. This one features her True Colours range (True Colors if…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Makower 'Joy' designed by Lynn Goldsworthy 5 years ago
Designed by Lynn Goldsworthy for Makower UK, Joy was originally released for Christmas 2020 using their Joy fabric collection. It’s a pattern that could be adapted to either a range of fabric, or even make use of…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Hemline Gold Quilting Collection 5 years ago
Quilters are in for a real treat with these luxurious new tools from the new Hemline Gold Collection!
Rotary Cutter
The new Hemline Gold 45mm rotary cutter has a premium brushed gold blade made from…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Clover Stitch Dome 5 years ago
Clover has released this clever piece of equipment which some may say bears a resemblance to the old darning mushrooms our grandparents might have used to darn the heels of socks or replace the knee of a worn-out…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gutermann creativ release new Sew-all Thread Pack 5 years ago
Gütermann creativ has released an exciting new Sew-All Thread pack which includes a Textile Glue stick.
The pack contains 10 x 100m reels of Sew-All in popular shades of yellow, blue, green, red and grey to g…

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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, HEMLINE GOLD 5 years ago
I’m delighted to be given the opportunity to test these lovely sewing notions from Hemline Gold…
The generous pack of sixty pins are plastic head pins and a nice long length for han…

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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Last call for Quilt Entries for 2021 Festival of Quilts 5 years, 1 month ago
Our friends at the Festival of Quilts really are hoping for a great event this year after having to cancel everything in 2020. I am sure many of us will still be reticent about attending but there’s still time to…

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Helen Kent wrote a new post, Fiskars Tabletop Seam Ripper 5 years, 1 month ago
We’ve all done it, sewn a seam that turns out to be wrong and have to ‘deconstruct’ – frog the stitching (ribbit, ribbit), get Jack out (Jack the Ripper). There are many funny comments we use to try and make light o…

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