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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, April – showers or flowers 7 years, 3 months ago
The penultimate competition for entries to the UKQU website exhibition with Grosvenor Shows that will be travelling with their events from the Great Northern Quilt Show in…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Hobbygift Sewing Machine Bags 7 years, 3 months ago
New! Deluxe Sewing Machine Bags with collapsible trolley
Available in two sizes, the deluxe sewing machine bag from Hobby Gift comes with a sturdy collapsible aluminium trolley to provide the most…
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Helen Howes wrote a new post, Part The Dozen, Spiralling Nebulae 7 years, 3 months ago
Now, I was asked to make a quilt from a pack of Oakshott Fabrics Starshott, which is a slightly odd, subtle coloured selection.. I wanted something simple, and improvised, of course, and trimmable, without…
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Another brilliant tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with this modern improv.
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Another class tutorial Helen. I love the way you gently describe things too, as if you were sitting beside us.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The February Sewathon .. a great idea? 7 years, 3 months ago
Last year, during the Retreat for the Bloggerati [a marvellous event to be repeated this year], a plot was hatched and Quilts for Christmas Careleavers began. Well, if truth be known it was already happening, but i…
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It is such a pleasure to be able to make a few quilts for this and hopefully there will soon be a quiltaton somewhere near where I live, I have so far this year made two coplete quilts, been involved in another one with a group of friends and have three tops that can go to a longarmer.
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Thanks .. that’s a great contribution and one that will really make someone happy this year!
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, When You Find A Hole In Your Seam 7 years, 3 months ago
You’ve spent ages piecing your quilt top and the excitement mounts as all your blocks form into rows and then one big quilt top. You stand back to admire your work and you can’t wait to move onto layering it up…
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Two good tips,thank you 🙂
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Thank you,
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Helen Howes wrote a new post, Part Eleven – Three Is The Magic Number 7 years, 4 months ago
This block (Three Becomes One) was probably the first truly “Improv” block I taught – and it is still a favourite
Sorry for the small images – I had these prepared, they vanished, I swore, these will Just…
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Bless you Helen. I needed to wake up this morning to a happy place & a person sharing such positive thoughts about how it’s great to be eccentric & wonky!
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Nina, was this the other thing you mentioned last Tuesday?, looks good
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Great Janome Giveaway – Part One 7 years, 4 months ago
Yes, you read that perfectly correctly.
The Great Janome Giveaway .. Part One
The lovely people at Janome have given us FOUR Janome M100 QDC Sewing Machines to give away
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Grieat prize would love it please
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Great prize, the winner will be very lucky
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Tremendously generous of Janome. I would love to win one!
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My dear friend died and left me her Janone Gem, I love using it especially because of the memories and it was this friend who introduced me to quilting. How wonderful it would be to win this amazing M100 QDC Janone machine. I will keep my fingers crossed
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Great prize
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Truly lovely machine, with some great features!
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ChrisCross wrote a new post, Gütermann Bonus Packs 7 years, 4 months ago
The lovely people at Gütermann kindly sent me two of their ‘Bonus Pack’ of threads to review. Thank You Gütermann. Their website is here, and their Facebook page is here.
Bonus boxes of Gütermann thread…
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Corinne Curtis wrote a new post, 10 minute make – reusable gift bags 7 years, 4 months ago
This is a fat quarter friendly way of quickly and easily making reusable gift bags, as an alternative to gift wrapping paper. I made some of these at Christmas to try them out and have no hesitation in asking for…
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Thanks for the inspiration Corinne! I’ve made some reusable fabric gift bags this Christmas. I modified yours, by skipping the ‘threading through’ part and instead added a ribbon in one of the side seams to use for a simple knot & bow to close the bag. Happy Christmas xx
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That is a great idea, Nina, and makes it an even easier make!
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Helen Howes wrote a new post, A Digression, or Slamming It All Together 7 years, 4 months ago
Now, you will have noticed that free-cutting and free-piecing can lead to what we might call inaccuracy, or I might call Interesting Variations Of Size
As you can see, the first set came out in all sorts of…
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As always, a complete joy, to see things put so simply, to help you achieve something that looks so great!
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A very effective method too. Thank you!
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Rebecca Nevard wrote a new post, Product Review – Clover Sliding Gauge 7 years, 4 months ago
The team at UKQU HQ have a great sense of humour. They always seem to send me the obscure notions for me to try out. This one was a proper headscratcher.
However, after a quick google search, I found this you tube…
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Wow, I have one of these in my dressmaking kit. Never thought of using it for Quilting – Thank you Rebecca for bringing it to my attention. Will certainly be using it more in future.
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I’ve never seen it before, but I am looking at breaking open my box of dressmaking patterns, just so I can try it out.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Mad March Hares .. our March quilt competition 7 years, 4 months ago
This months competition is sponsored by
Grosvenor Shows and EQSThe theme for March was the Mad March Hare.
We had some fabulous entries and our lucky winners are shown below. Well done…
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Such a lovely surprise, I am absolutely thrilled to bits, thank you to everyone who voted
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Hauxwell Collection … Auction Results 7 years, 4 months ago
The Facebook groups have been really active with commentary about the Hauxwell Collection that recently went under the hammer at Tennants Auction House and one of the quilts will be joining the collections at the…
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Ruth Garner recommended the post Frame Quilts 7 years, 4 months ago
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Corinne Curtis wrote a new post, “Warts and all…..” 7 years, 4 months ago
Loving something with its “warts and all” is loving it in spite of any obvious blemishes or scars. Sometimes you make or receive a quilt that isn’t quite perfect, or even a long way off perfect, but it can still…
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Love your pragmatic approach!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Quilts for Christmas Dinner and EQS 7 years, 4 months ago
Every so often something wonderful happens and today was one of those days.
You may have heard already about the Quilts for Christmas Dinners project. For those who haven’t there are several blogs already…
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How wonderful of EQS, we are all so inspired to make this happen as volunteer makers, this is the icing on the cake!
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Ruth Garner recommended the post A “Quilty Hug” sent on an Aid lorry to Kosovo 7 years, 4 months ago
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Teresa Barrow wrote a new post, A "Quilty Hug" sent on an Aid lorry to Kosovo 7 years, 4 months ago
One of my most favourite quilts that I have made, because of who received it. A woman I had never met but had heard a lot about. My friend Katie was personally driving a 7.5 Ton lorry with her friend Jill, as part of…
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Lovely story..great blog…love Teddy.
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Sometimes I gift is the invisible love that comes along with it.
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It was a double gift, initially to a dear local friend who was given the precious task of driving it there, and then her pride & pleasure in then presenting it to the recipients Mirlanda & Anika the baby.
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Teresa Barrow wrote a new post, It's Olficial! I killed it! 7 years, 4 months ago
4 years faithful service. Thankfully not my sewing machine, but a severely scored cutting mat with a vertical great big open hole. RIP my 60 x 45cm (24 x 18″) OLFA green rotary cutting mat. So sorry you cracked u…
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Haha! Great blog!
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I knew you’d make a great blogger, loved it!
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I love your posts as I’m always smiling when I reach the end. Please keep them coming
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Brilliant! Had me laughing out loud – and getting odd looks from the dog!
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Love it.
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Welcome to my bonkers parallel universe! I can assure you future blogs will get far worse xxx
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Somehow I missed this when it came out. I have a pink Olfa and it is doing pretty well after 3-4 years. But I cut all over the place, sp that probably helps. A good lesson!
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