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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, A great April ahead of us 7 years, 2 months ago
All is not what it might seem today! Check the date before you look any further!
Someone commenting on the foolish blogs posted today only might just win a lovely Riley Blake bag. And no that’s no joke eith…

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Nina replied to the topic April 2019 – DISCUSSION – SPOILERS in the forum
UKQU BOOK CLUB 7 years, 2 months agoI know it’s still March, but has anyone started reading yet?
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Sew Easy Patchwork Ruler 7 years, 2 months ago
This Patchwork Ruler from Sew Easy is ideal for cutting strips, squares, rectangles and triangles and an absolute ‘must-have’ for patchwork and quilting. Suitable for both right and left-hand use, it has cle…

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Nina started the topic April 2019 – DISCUSSION – SPOILERS in the forum
UKQU BOOK CLUB 7 years, 2 months agoPlease discuss The Flower Hunter’s Cottage in this thread (to avoid spoilers in the thread where the book was announced!
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, My Grace frame is up! 7 years, 2 months ago
Isn’t it what every quilter wants, their own longarm and frame? It’s mostly a question of money and space, and I have very little of either but I am a determined little bunny, so here goes…
I was lucky enough to…
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Love it…go Juliet.
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🙂 one step at a time 😉
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My mum always said, “ Where there’s a will, there’s a way!” And you certainly prove that, Juliet. I can’t wait to see your work on it, so I really hope a machine comes up soon.
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🙂 thank you, if I can wish it into working out I will!
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So glad I’m not the only one using a Grace quilting frame for storage. I won’t show a photo just yet – I’ve got the wooden one which I set up 10 1/2 years ago in my sewing room, and it is heavy. One day I would love to have a dedicated long arm machine on it – I’ve used my Elna 7200 on it, but that means I would need to get the workshop machine out to use for piecing – doable but…! Anyway – well done, and one day maybe both of us will get round to quilting on our frames!
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I love that we’re in the same boat!!!
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I’d love to learn to long arm quilt my tops too. You were wise to get this when you could even though you don’t have a machine for it yet. I’m sure you’ll have one soon and look forward to hearing all about the journey. Good luck!
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Awesome 🙂
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Nina replied to the topic April 2019 – the book is…. in the forum
UKQU BOOK CLUB 7 years, 3 months agoThe book for APRIL 2019 has been revealed!
It is The Flower Hunter’s Cottage by Dee-ann Black.
To read the article about it, please head over to:
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club – April 2019 7 years, 3 months ago
For the first month of the re-launched UKQU Book Club, I have selected The Flower Hunter’s Cottage by Dee-ann Black.
It is a rather fast read with only 30,000 words and easy language. Notwithstanding this, i…

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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, How obsessed with quilting are you? 7 years, 3 months ago
How can you share your love of quilting with the rest of the world?
Well you could get a quilty t-shirt – there are loads and the best way to find one is with a Google as there are so many different places you can g…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Making it work… wonky panel time! 7 years, 3 months ago
I finally decided what to make my mum for her 70th birthday. I ran out of time to get a big quilt done (and I’m still working on Xander’s from 2 years ago…) but I found this gorgeous Bernatex orchid panel on our…

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Lovely gift Juliet and nice solution to a wonky panel.
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Mum said she liked it. To be fair if I gave her a dead frog wearing a hat she’d still send me a thank you card of course… 😉
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Juliet, I loved reading this, it really made me chuckle because I sometimes struggle to picture things in my head too.
Plus, I’m going to try your version of mitred corners, I think you might be onto something here!-
It was soooooo much easier to fake the mitre Ami, and it ends up exactly the same as if you’d done it the right way and ironed the seam allowance to one side anyway.
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Great Wall hanging, and love your choice of weights during the blocking process
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Nina changed their profile picture 7 years, 3 months ago
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club – restarting again! 7 years, 3 months ago
It is almost a year since I kicked off the UKQO Book Club with Tracy Chevalier’s The Runaway and arranged for us to work with British Patchwork and Quilting to announce the books. Arlene was kind enough to execute my…

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I am a big audiobook fan because I can stitch whilst I listen so please can you choose some books that are available in audio format. Love being introduced to books I haven’t come across before and then see other people’s comments.
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I know for sure that at least one of the books scheduled until September is available on Audible, but not so sure about the others. Almost all of them are available as print and ebook; and many of the ebooks have the ‘speech’ function enabled. A bit ‘mechanical’ but perhaps a possibility. The publishers of quilting novels seem to be smaller outlets so not prioritising audio (guessing it is still expensive to make).
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Nina posted an update in the group
UKQU BOOK CLUB 7 years, 3 months agoWe’re relaunching the book club in the next few weeks! Check out the Forum for details.
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Nina started the topic April 2019 – the book is…. in the forum
UKQU BOOK CLUB 7 years, 3 months agoYes, the heading is correct, we are bringing the Book Club back from April 2019!!!
We’ll reveal the book for April in the next week or so try to finish your current book and be ready for the relaunch of our popular Book Club.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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7 years, 2 months ago
Thanks for the heads up