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Lynda Jackson wrote a new post, Silver Linings 8 years, 6 months ago
Silver Linings (ready for its beading and binding)
Wow, well this website certainly started with a bang!. How fantastic is it? Now we all have to keep up the good work, so here goes, hopefully 😉
One of the q…
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Nina replied to the topic Website Improvements in the forum UKQU 8 years, 6 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, 6 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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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter replied to the topic Website Improvements in the forum UKQU 8 years, 6 months ago
Thanks for the comment Chris. We will ask our bloggers to take up this challenge.
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MARJORIE COOK posted an update in the group
PROJECT LINUS – STOCKTON ON TEES 8 years, 6 months agoClick on the link to see what we got up to at our first workshop of 2018!
SEW4LINUS Today was our first workshop of 2018 and we have moved into a bigger hall at Elmwood, as our army of…
Posted by Project Linus – Stockton on Tees on Friday, 26 January 2018
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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Magic clips Review 8 years, 6 months ago
I think by now most of you have seen the novelty of clips to hold your fabric together instead of the pins. I have tried the ordinary clips and I guess it’s just a matter of a habit or preference.
But then I was in…
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What a great review. Something to add to my wish list. Great wall hanging too
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Thank you ladies, I’m glad you enjoyed the review and like the hanging!
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Thank you for reviewing these!
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Interesting review, and an amazing wall hanging 🙂
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Could you tell me how wide these ‘small’ clips are, trying to work out what size to order but not much information online and there seems to be regular size, small size and mini, Thanks
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Patch potch 8 years, 6 months ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Quilters are generous folk – they make a Difference 8 years, 6 months ago
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Sue Griffiths wrote a new post, Australian Wildflowers – bottlebrush (Callistemon)gel plate printing, machine embroidery and fmq 8 years, 6 months ago
Australia is a country rich in both flora and fauna. I wanted to celebrate this and make a wallhanging for my husband’s birthday.
Firstly, I started with a piece of plain white homespun and thought about the l…
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Wow that is fantastic. Really have to study the technique but it sounds intriguing and the results are lovely. Thanks Sue.
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I didn’t explain how you make the gel plate. You have to heat the mixture and dissolve the gelatine. Then pour into a tray too set. Once it’s done, you can reheat it and reset it in a different shape as required.
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Thanks Sue.
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That is gorgeous & the technique very well explained.
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Thank you
I was out of my comfort zone with the paint but I really enjoyed the gel plate printing. It’s always nice to try something new.
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Gorgeous wall hanging Sue. I love those bottle brush trees and pohutakawa flowers
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Happy Australia Day Sue .. hope you are spending it sewing more beautiful quilts and wall hangings like this!
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We go back to school after Australia Day, so it’s usually spent giving the house a thorough clean in the hope that it willl stay clean til the next holidays.
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MARJORIE COOK posted an update in the group
PROJECT LINUS – STOCKTON ON TEES 8 years, 6 months agoReally looking forward to our first workshop of 2018 on Friday!
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MARJORIE COOK posted an update in the group
PROJECT LINUS – STOCKTON ON TEES 8 years, 6 months ago“A quilt is a hug you can keep”
In January 2016 we started a sewing group -Sew4Linus – to make quilts and bonding hearts, specifically for our local hospital and community. We continue to grow an army of amazing volunteers from our own community as well as from across the country and in October 2017 we held a display of over 200 quilts. Ama…[Read more] -
Louisa wrote a new post, Come and join us on a curved EPP adventure 8 years, 6 months ago
Are you looking for a lovely long-term project to get stuck into over 2018, maybe something you can do in front of the TV or on a long journey? Have you heard of curved English paper-piecing? Let me introduce you to…
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Sarah Wickett recommended the post Quilters are generous folk – they make a Difference 8 years, 6 months ago
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Lynda Jackson posted an update in the group
South Yorkshire Quilters 8 years, 6 months agoHi folks,
I just want to touch base and welcome you all.
Please feel free to start chats etc and if there is any burning questions about classes etc in your area then feel free.
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Lynda Jackson posted an update in the group
Free Motion Quilters 8 years, 6 months agoHello ladies.
Just thought I would have a quick catch up. I can see that there are both longarm quilters and domestic quilters in the group which is just great. I would like to know what you like to be addressed here over the next few months. Is there any technique that you would like to see. Do you have a question about designs and how to…[Read more]-
Hi Lynda, I would like to know how you go about planning designs when you are FMQ, especially on a large quilt. Do you have something in mind when you start or is it something that just evolves? TIA
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It depends on the quilt top or whether it is going to be a wholecloth. Also it depends on what the customer wants and the effect they want. This can be something that we can look into and discuss in more depth on here is people want that.
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Hi Lynda & co. I am fairly new to patchwork and quilting and have been trying to learn all the techniques over the last 2 ½ years. FMQ has been the technique I have struggled with the most – I just cannot draw! Tomorrow I am attending my first of 3 classes to hopefully learn some basics. Off my own back, I have been doing lots of FMQ raw edge em…[Read more]
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter replied to the topic Website Improvements in the forum UKQU 8 years, 6 months ago
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You need to speak direct ot the seller about missed orders, and in this case its Juliet Nice. She can be found on UK Quilters United FB Page, or send her a PM from her shop on here. -
Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Quilters are generous folk – they make a Difference 8 years, 6 months ago
Every so often I come through the door at the end of a busy day to find a little parcel quietly waiting on the worktop for me. Sometime’s there is just a number and a postcode on the parcels, sometimes a little add…
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Thank you writing this Sylvia, it’s good to know that a little stitch can go a long way
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Sometimes it doesnt take a lot does it xx
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I am making the hearts for a friend who is Sister working in the neonatal unit in Sheffield. She says it really helps the bond between baby and mother especially when baby is too poorly to be held at all.
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I have donated so many of these, some made by me and other sent to me, to Scunthorpe Hospital. They are so quick to make too.
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Of course I don’t mine you advertising my free Developmental Hearts pattern, Sylvia! I put this pattern in the shop because I have had such a buzz helping with some of the projects you talk about, and because I heard someone say they thought squares might be easier than hearts (they aren’t – so please do download the pattern and give the hearts a go).
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Heartwarming read. Thank you.
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Thank you Ruth x
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Love this.
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Thank you Lyn
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Wonderful 🙂
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It’s everyone else’s contribution that made it wonderful
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Sarah Wickett wrote a new post, Sewline Fabric Glue Pen 8 years, 6 months ago
I received a Sewline Fabric Glue pen to review. The pen arrived in a clear plastic package which also included a handy glue refill.
The pen is a nice size and easy to use. The glue stick its self is a…
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I really love the sewline glue pen for applique too. It holds the edges under well, but doesn’t cause any problems with your needle. I have tried using regular glue sticks, and while they are a lot cheaper, you can’t beat the sewline pen for its fine tip, better hold, and being a type of glue that just seems to work much better on fabric.
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Corinne I quite agree, I have used the cheap made for paper craft glue sticks in the past and they tend to build up on the needle.
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MARJORIE COOK recommended the post VIEWS FROM MY SELVEDGE 8 years, 6 months ago
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8 years, 6 months ago
Wow, thank you Lynda for showing us how you go about creating a master piece. You give hope to all us want-to-be master quilters.
8 years, 6 months ago
We all starts as beginners Sarah, I have no idea I had any of this inside me when I first started. 🙂
8 years, 6 months ago
Really interesting to see the different stages and just how much drawing is involved! Thanks Lynda
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Lots and lots of drawing, its easier to rub out than unpick 😉
8 years, 6 months ago
Thank you for the insight Lynda, very interesting. Love the pictures of the different stages
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Glad you like it. Thank you.
8 years, 6 months ago
Wow, what a lot of work and planning. Wonderful images too. Thanks Lynda such a great insite.
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You are welcome. Thank you.
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Thank you for sharing such detailed photos
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You are welcome.
8 years, 6 months ago
Hi Lynda. Firstly what an amazing quilt – I saw it in person at Newark and I was blown away by the beauty and intracy. My question is how did you achieve the pale blue micro quilting in the centre panel between the ‘border’ and the row of small circles? Is it micro stippling or micro pebbles all intersecting with each other? Thanks
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Hi Carole, Thank you for the lovely comments, so glad you like it, and thank you for asking this. This is a micro fill that is like a scribble, and I do it with tiny circles that overlap each other, literally like a scribble, with a very small stitch length. Hope this helps. If not I could do a small video to show you.
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Thanks Lynda. That explains it perfectly.
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Thanks for this insight on how these masterpieces are created…such time consuming work…but sooooooo worth it.
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Thank you.
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WOW! Fabulous!
Thank you for sharing the journey of the intricate and painstaking process
to achieve this splendid work of Art!
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Thank you for sharing your process Lynda, it is beautiful, and so much work but worth it like you say 🙂 I’m just wondering please how you wash away the blue pen – do you just spray it while it’s still on the quilting frame? Many thanks 🙂
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Hi Lorraine. Good question. I tend to spray areas as I go once I know that the markings are not needed any more and when complete I give it a really good soaking spray. If it is of a manageable size I will dunk it in COLD water, but they can be very heavy to handle when wet and in the winter I have nowhere big enough to dry some of them.
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Thank you Lynda. I worry a lot about using marking pens. I’m getting braver though. I think I need to wet it a bit more than what I’m doing as it disappears but then comes back again when dry. I will persevere though 🙂