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…

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…

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…

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…

 

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We often see comments from the facebook membership asking about quilt-a-longs so when Vlieseline contacted us about the one they have starting from 3rd July we had to let you know!

They are commenting about…

The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle has some beautiful collections, including one of the greatest collections of North Country Quilts.  This collection will be on display until…

We have been rather busy in the day job at Resolution recently, and for once it was an assignment I really enjoyed.

Many of you here might not realise that aside from running this fabulous website Resolution are…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

 

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.   …

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…

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…