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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Retreat's Tale. 4 years, 8 months ago
Recently I was exited to be able to join what was the second (somewhat delayed) annual retreat for an intrepid group of quilters collectively known as ‘Lady Chattey’s Quilt Lovers’. Thirteen ladies travelled to Denha…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The new Tilda autumn/winter collection – hold onto your hat! 4 years, 8 months ago
The one thing we all love is a pretty new range of fabrics, and this new set of designs from Tilda will not disappoint.
Inspired by autumn days when leaves twirl and the wind catches your umbrella. The figurative…
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Tilda have some amazing free patterns on their website too. I’ve already seen one that I think I’ll be making as a gift.
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Nina wrote a new post, October 2021 UKQU Book Club 4 years, 8 months ago
As promised, or threatened, the October book in the UKQU book club is another quilting mystery book. It is called The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse and is the first book in the Cats in Trouble Mystery series of…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, New Vlieseline 279 – 80/20 wadding 4 years, 8 months ago
Its always good to see new, improved products arriving in our sector – like this new wadding from Vlieseline. We have asked two of our bloggerati to test drive this too so watch out for their reviews t…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Fabric Review – Around the World by Makower UK 4 years, 8 months ago
I was sent a sample pack of Around The World by Makower UK. Sample packs usually have 10″ squares but this one was a bit different- they included a full panel! It had the panel of a world map, and nine 10″ squ…
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It looks great Juliet.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Knitting and Stitching Show – 7-10th October 4 years, 8 months ago
There were some fabulous quilts at FOQ this year, but there’s a second chance to see the winning competition quilts and the Fine Art Textile Gallery at the Knitting & Stitching Show, which will be taking place 7th…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Hemline Advent Calendar 4 years, 9 months ago
2021 Hemline Advent Calendar
Summer’s past and now we look forward to darker months – and the advent of things to come. Hemline are far ahead of us with their popular Sewing Advent Calendar.The Hemline a…
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Nina wrote a new post, September 2021 UKQU Book Club 4 years, 9 months ago
With the days getting shorter, I’ve lined up a few quilting mystery books for the next few months. Starting us off is Quilt or Innocence: A Southern Quilting Mystery, by Elizabeth Craig. The book is available as…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Güttermann Creativ Threads 4 years, 9 months ago
I was sent this gorgeous pack of Güttermann 100% cotton 30 weight thread to review. This thread is slightly thicker than the thread you would use for quilt piecing, making it perfect for hand or machine quilting, as…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Rainbow Plague Mask… 4 years, 9 months ago
So I had this crazy idea at 3am, mid April 2021. A rainbow plague mask to send to the Festival of Quilts. I nearly didn’t sleep at all thinking about it. Thankfully I did sleep, so I was alert enough the next day t…
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that’s brilliant Juliet, well done
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Well done! Inspired and inspiring! Maybe more of us will follow your lead next time?
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What a great imagination you have Juliet, well done you!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Clover Hera Marker and Finger Presser 4 years, 9 months ago
Earlier this year we ran a competition featuring some lovely notions from Clover, and launched a series of videos created with Stuart Hillard showing how useful the different notions were proving to be. He…
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Nina wrote a new post, August 2021 UKQU Book Club 4 years, 10 months ago
I’m writing this on my tablet as we’re away at the moment, so it’ll be a short post this time.The book for August is called Birds in the Air and it is written by Frances O’Roark Dowell.
Emma has rece…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Sewing with a Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine … and more 4 years, 10 months ago
Every so often we see something of real interest that we just have to share with you all. This article is one of those times:
Hi I’m Chrissie Menzies and I am a textile artist living and working in Mid Wales, I…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, UKQU Mini Swap – What's your Swap Mumma up to? Part 1 4 years, 10 months ago
Over in our Facebook group UK Quilters United, we’ve completed seven Mini Swaps since 2015.
In the simplest explanation possible you are allocated a team and given the name of another team member to make a mini…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Introducing EC150 Vlieseline Biodegradable Wadding 4 years, 10 months ago
Introducing Vlieseline ECO 150, the first 100% biodegradable voluminous wadding with high insulation performance. Made from renewable resources, 100% Lyocell which is sourced from Eucalyptus trees. This…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Bridges, not Walls .. Luke Jerram's art installation at Llangollen 4 years, 10 months ago
Bridges, not Walls
“We build too many walls and not enough bridges” – Sir Isaac Newton
From time to time our craft pops up in all sorts of different places. We spoke to Luke Jerram, the artist behind the ‘Q…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, FOQ Organisers update 4 years, 11 months ago
We promised to keep our members here at the website and facebook up to date with what’s happening at FOQ and watching all the comments at UK Quilters one of the biggest questions is safety during this year’s…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Festival of Quilts 2021 4 years, 11 months ago
There is a lot of chat in the social media, including our own UK Quilters United about this years Festival of Quilts. Will it happen, won’t it. What’s the entry criteria. what’s needed and more.
We aim here at…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, The Mini Quilts are coming! 4 years, 11 months ago
Yes it’s that time again, the UK Quilters United Mini Swap is up and running.
This is the 8th Mini Swap, which started in 2015 , but we did two during 2018, just for fun!
The ‘You know what’ is (touch wood) winding…
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That is great news!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Clover release their first suite of video presented by Stuart Hillard 4 years, 11 months ago
When Clover asked Resolution (my video company) to create a series of explainer videos to showcase their fantastic range of notions we were really excited. We asked Stuart Hillard to work with us – he i…
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