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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Get Creative with Vlieseline 6 years, 10 months ago
Ensure a smooth finish for machine embroidery, appliqué, monogramming and relief quilting. Vlieseline guards against fabric distortion and slippage to give support and stability wherever you choose to…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, UKQU MINI SWAP 2019 6 years, 10 months ago
A few months ago I decided to join the UKQU Mini Swap 2019, this was my 3rd mini swap. Not only is this great fun with all the ‘stalking’ but it pushes you into making something very special for your swa…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, CLOGGIES FOR BLOGGIES… 6 years, 10 months ago
Last year my friend bought me some Cloggies for my birthday and I loved them.
When I opened them and tried them on, I was very surprised to find how comfy and roomy they were…but hang on…one was roomier than the oth…
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What a good idea, I might make some new insoles for my winter boots although I think using Insulbrite left over from oven glove making might be taking the thermal properties a step too far!
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Haha! Thanks Teresa.
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Great use of Bosal off-cuts. Pretty neat Lyn.
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Brilliant!!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Are you a FOQ Virgin? 6 years, 10 months ago
It’s almost that time of year again when all Quilters start to become focused on one thing. The annual visit to the Festival of Quilts. Suddenly all the talk over at the Facebook Groups is about this and for tho…
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Thanks for the helpful tips
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Great tips Sylvia, thank you. Though you aren’t kidding about creaking bones come five o’clock lol. Great fish and chip shop in Medway about 15 minutes drive. Enjoy your day/s
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Great tips. Just one addition.. if you want to drive to an eatery try Moseley village in Birmingham, near to the City centre, where there are some nice Indian restaurants and a few other choices of eateries to choose from. There is a car park in the middle of the village (not actually a village but residents like to call it that).
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Go Triangular 6 years, 10 months ago
Rulers are a vital part of designing and making a quilt and Sew Easy have a great range of rulers and templates, including these triangles, to help quilters with cutting accurate shapes and blocks.
90° T…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, New! Pony Certain Stitch Needles 6 years, 11 months ago
Take out the guess work with Certain Stitch Needles! These brilliant needles have been developed to give consistent length stitches that are evenly spaced, just like a professional.
These exciting new…
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Brilliant idea!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Clover Needle Threaders 6 years, 11 months ago
Every sewing basket needs a good Needle Threader and Clover has a great range to choose from! I, for one, could not manage without a needle threader of some sort these days, but I didn’t realise there were so…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Vlieseline – Responding to the need for change 6 years, 11 months ago
Vlieseline are committed to reducing carbon footprint, offering products made from plastic bottles and other recycled polyester materials. There are many positive reasons for reducing consumption of new and…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Somewhere over the Rainbow with Stuart Hillard 6 years, 11 months ago
Look who I was talking to recently, and he is really encouraging to speak with. I asked Stuart about his lovely Rainbow Etchings range of fabrics that the Craft Cotton Company have donated as the first prize in o…
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He has come a long way since the sewing bee
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Little Boxes 6 years, 11 months ago
Many years ago I organised a sew day for our W.I. group. I arranged a room in our local pub and organised a pub lunch. About 15 ladies turned up and we had great fun making these lovely boxes…and of course enjoyed t…
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I am not in the WI but would love to attend one of these workshops. They look amazing especially with the Folded flower pulls and butterfly bows.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gutermann Sew All Thread Set with Sewing Needles 6 years, 11 months ago
The new 10 reel, 100m Sew All Thread Pack includes a free pack of 5 universal sewing machine needles plus an assortment pack of 30 hand sewing needles. The excellent quality and versatility of Sew All Thread…
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Patchwork Chair 6 years, 11 months ago
A few years ago I had the opportunity to have some curtain fabric sample books. I managed,with some difficulty, to remove all the sticky back, and stored them, colourways, in a few boxes and there they stayed for a…
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Stunning! I love the fact that the patchwork is so well balanced, the red and gold one is particularly beautiful!
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Thankyou so much Chris
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Fabulous that you have provided a pattern. You have made such a professional job of these, it tempts us to have a go!
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Thankyou Maggie
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Inspirational
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Thankyou very much Gavin.
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Recycled Sewing Box 6 years, 11 months ago
Many, many years ago hubby bought me a lovely sewing box. Overtime it began to look a bit tired and dare I say, a little dated.
I had an idea, so checked to see if I could remove the tapestry fabric easily.…
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Love it.
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Recycled Cardy 6 years, 11 months ago
A while back this lovely home crafted fairisle waistcoat took my eye in a local charity shop…do you see cats or swans?
I took it home, but it didn’t suit, so it hung in the wardrobe…until now.
I decid…
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Love it, it’s makes a super cushion. I saw cats but now I see swans!
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Thanks Judith..it’s gone off to a friend in Cornwall who has 4…cats not swans
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I saw swans but they make a lovely cushion!
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Thanks Karin
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Reduce, Reuse or Recycle 6 years, 11 months ago
Every so often I see something on Facebook and think ‘I could do that’. This was one of those moments.
There’s been a lot of talk about reusing and recycling to reduce the mountain of waste we generate daily…
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Love it!
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Brilliant, and saved from landfill. My Local charity shop takes all my tiny scraps. They weigh them and send to the scrap man. All good. I recently used old jeans on a quilt challenge and sent a dangerous pocket off to an exhibition . Love your OG.
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I know I have some insulbright lurking somewhere, but where? I also have an incredibly vile disgusting set of stained and burnt OG’s that look at me with disgust every time I go into the kitchen. Burnt because I have forgotten to turn the gas off before anything comes out of the oven to go on the stove top! I WILL find that heat resistant wadding to make some, but just which box is it in? If I do find it I might make some big “Man Chef Mittens” for DH to use on the BBQ as well!
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I love how you have used the jean pockets! Sadly I am not a fan of oven gloves – I find them much harder to use than a folded up tea towel!
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Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Recycle curtains to bags 6 years, 11 months ago
Quilts for Care Leavers needed some Morsbags to pop their quilts in to be gifted. So when I saw this huge pair of curtains in the local charity shop for £4, I couldn’t resist.
I quickly checked on group in…
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Gorgeous, such happy colours too!
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Thanks Teresa
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The First Quilter I Ever Knew 6 years, 11 months ago
Margaret is joining our merry band of Bloggers so we asked her to tell us about herself.
I think my quilting journey really began with fashion. From a very early age, I loved new dresses and watched my mum whip up…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Templates from Sew Easy 6 years, 12 months ago
Easier to use than standard templates, these mini squares and right angled triangles are perfect for creating smaller piece quilts. They complement the existing pentagon, diamond, triangle and hexagon s…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gütermann creativ Hand Quilting Threads 6 years, 12 months ago
It really pays to select the right thread for hand sewing so your project runs smoothly without the thread splitting, tangling or snapping. Gütermann creativ provides the perfect choice with this premium…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Jenny Doan's trunk show 7 years ago
At the Festival of Quilts this year, for the very first time, one of the first ladies of Quilting – Jenny Doan – will be visiting with her famous Trunk Show.
Jenny Doan has been called ‘The most famous…
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As a fellow left hander I need to win !!
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Jane Cooper … how could we refuse a leftie .. could you message me and I can arrange for two tickets to be sent direct to you for the Jenny Doan Trunk Show.
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What a fabulous chance! As she was the very first person I watched on youtube explaining piecing, I have a very soft spot for this lady.
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Maggie Attfield! Could you message me via FB .. You have won two tickets to the Jenny Doan Trunk Show!!!!
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Would love the chance to see Jenny and here her talk x I would like to go on the Saturday
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My friend and I find Jenny’s tutorials on you tube extremely helpful. We would love to listen to her show on Sunday
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Still can’t enter …. Sob! Fabulous prize! I read the terms and conditions and shed a tear….. as a blogger/contributor to the UKQU site, I can’t enter, but whoever does win will have an amazing time!
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I am a New Quilter but have been Dressmaking for many years. I would love to experience the Festival of Quilts to get some inspiration and stock up on supplies.
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Jenny is a great Quilting inspiration. As a newbie quilter I love her Youtube videos. To watch her, maybe meet her would be a tick on my bucket list! I would love to come on Saturday 3rd August.
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Would love to go see Jenny and take my friend who has never been to a show before
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On the Saturday please
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Thank you for the opportunity to win, I have never been to the FoQ, so to be able to see Jenny in her show would be a highlight, what a day that would be. xx
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How wonderful, I often watch Jenny Doan on youtube at Missouri Star, her fuss free instructions are amazing. To see her Trunk Show would be a great treat that presently is just a wish!
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My friend and I would love to see Jenny, she was inspirational to me to have a go at quilting quilting. To watch and listen to her would be a unforgettable experience and a brilliant way to spend a sunday afternoon
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At last one year I can actually visit FOQ & would love to win
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I would love to see Jenny. We were in Missouri in April but it was Jenny’s wedding anniversary and she wasn’t there. To say I was gutted was an understatement.
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Would love to have the tickets as a friend is visiting the FoQ for first time and was very disappointed her trunk show was sold out.
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I would love to win these for the Saturday, my lovely Aunt and friend Jacky would absolutely adore this talk. She is to blame for my love of sewing, came to stay one year and sent me to buy a sewing machine as she couldn’t survive the 6 week visit without one!! I would love to surprise her with the tickets x
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Would love the chance for me and my friend Dee to see her have followed her journey and been so inspired with her love of quilting and how she had the time with so many children aswell inspirational. We are booked to go the FOQ show on the Sunday 4 August for my birthday treat
These tickets would be a lovely ending to a great weekend
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Would love to listen to the show on saturday.
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I would love to win a ticket for the saturday 3rd august trunk show and experience her story. I watch her videos often. They are so helpful.
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Would love to see Jenny, I think she is fantastic and have learnt so much from her
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It would be absolutely wonderful to win this prize. I find Jenny’s tutorials easy to follow, with beautiful quilts so would love to hear the Trunk Show on Saturday.
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I am going to FOQ on the Sunday with a friend and would love to hear Jenny’s story. I watch her videos often, she has helped me to progress my patchwork skills enormously.
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Would love to see Jenny with my friend Gill we are both fairly new to quilting but Jenny is so inspiring she makes it seem easy
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