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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The First Quilter I Ever Knew 6 years, 6 months ago
We asked Margaret Attfield, who won the final Janome M100 QDC given away this year about her quilting journey .. in her own words:
I think my quilting journey really began with fashion. From a very early age, I…
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Corinne Curtis wrote a new post, Good enough to give? 6 years, 6 months ago
There is something very special about putting a lot of time and creativity into making a quilt and then passing the finished quilt on to its new owner. When we make for family or friends, we want out quilts to be the…
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This is really thoughtful. I often see people say they don’t like it so they will pass it on. Excellent advice.
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Sharon Reid wrote a new post, Back to 1967 – Pop Pickers 6 years, 6 months ago
It didn’t take me long to put a ‘yes please’ into the shout out for people to interpret a song title for a Christmas feature on the web pages!! Fingers crossed it would be a good one that I could at least inter…
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Another brilliant song title quilt…well done x
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I just loved this! I was a teenager when it came out and loved the soaring sounds. And your interpretation is just wonderful. Rumpled linen and tired suits of armour in a quilt. I did not know there was a story behind the title-that’s the internet for you!
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It was a good job it was mentioned as I hadn’t even thought to look up the story behind it and double lucky in that my sheets theme matched the story!
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Fantastic – great quilt and I love the upcycled fabrics for £3.00. What a bargain.
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I was dead chuffed at finding the fabric as they fitted well with how I wanted it to look!
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another soundtrack of my childhood-I loved this song, great interpretation
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Thank you Jane, it was fun to do although I was left humming the song for a very long time!
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I love this song! Great interpretation, loved the messy bed bit…lol You did well with the fabrics for £3 too. Thanks for the reminder…
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Thanks Sue, I was lucky that they had a piece of clothing for each element of the song I wanted to interpret!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Grenfell Quilt Hanging 6 years, 6 months ago
Many of you will recall the incredible events at Grenfell, and the quilts that were created in such a short time to help those who suffered. But life and events continue and Tuesday and the community group she is w…
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What a very poignant and sensitive piece about a tragedy we all felt and a community we all belong to. And when people feel unheard, as so many do,, a really powerful reminder that we are stronger when we are together.
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Maggie – this is true and is wonderful the way quilting reaches out and engages with so many. I hope we can show the completed project when it reaches that stage too.
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Sylvia Thank you for featuring our Quilt in this wonderful site. Sharing our story & supporting our aim to bring more awareness to our cause is much appreciated
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Sue Burford wrote a new post, Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan 1969 6 years, 6 months ago
1969 was ‘My’ year.
‘Lay Lady Lay’ was written by Bob Dylan and recorded on Valentines Day, 14th February 1969. It hit the Charts in the July and reached No 5 in the UK. In the September I was 21 and a couple…
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Brilliant!
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Brilliant, what a great idea. You’ve set the bar high. Well done. Look forward to the rest .
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Love it!
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Great song and lovely quilt.
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You haven’t half made me laugh Sue! Not sure Bob Dylon in his wildest dreams could every have predicted this . Wonderful!
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Excellent play on words!!!! Glad I’ve submitted mine already or I’d have real angst.
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Brilliant!
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i like your use of intense. i have the pencils and aloe gel, I need to be brave an go for it. very cute take on the song!
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – Cannot Math 6 years, 6 months ago
Not everyone is good at math, myself included. Today I find myself working on a project. It is to be a group quilt and hopefully will be displayed under the group’s category of the 2020 Festival of Quilts s…
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I love this, I find it hard to work out the maths, I like to grow it organically and usually end up laying out the blocks to see how they fit. Great idea to use masking tape and have blocks sized templates made up
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I am glad it has given you inspiration. I often rely on the visual to help with things.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Bodacious Blooms – a free pattern download from Freespirit 6 years, 6 months ago
Not sure if the fabrics are available in the UK that are used in this pattern from FreeSpirit, but it would make a great quilt whatever fabrics you choose. It’s not as difficult as it might at first seem – break i…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Bloggers on Retreat 6 years, 6 months ago
Once a year the Bloggers from this very website gather in a fabulously large room and sew. There may be the odd bottle of Gin creeping in, but essentially we sew, from when we arrive at around noon on Friday u…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Twelve Days of Christmas Quilting 6 years, 7 months ago
This year we are doing something different for Christmas here at the website … something that will bring everyone a gift from us, but we want to make this work for everyone. And there’s a charity involved too.
We…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 7: Transferring the design 6 years, 7 months ago
There are three main ways to copy a design onto your fabric:
Tracing the design onto the fabric from a paper copy. This must be done before layering.
Drawing the design through the gaps in a stencil (purchased or…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Vlieseline Fusible Fleeces for easy stitching 6 years, 7 months ago
Easy to use, iron-on volume fleeces from Vlieseline will keep your fabrics firmly in place while you stitch. Ideal for quilting as well as for other sewing projects. You can choose from a double-sided or a…
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Denise Inkson recommended the post Online Etiquette: Do We Need Lessons? 6 years, 7 months ago
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Atlantis Rising from Tula Pink 6 years, 7 months ago
What a fabulous way to showcase any range of fabrics! Atlantis Rising from the lovely Freespirit designer Tula Pink is beautiful we are sure you will agree.
You might be able to source the Zuma fa…
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, Gütermann Creativ Overlock Thread: Product Review by Denise Inkson Aka The Cheap Procrastinator 6 years, 7 months ago
I would like to thank Gütermann and the UKQU website for asking me to test and review the Gütermann Creativ Overlock thread, Bulky – Lock 80 multicolour colour 9957. Information found here directly from the…
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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Living Wild Quilt 6 years, 8 months ago
Have you ever heard of digitally printed fabrics?? The technology these days is moving forward in everything and the production of the fabrics is no exception. I had the opportunity to test a series of digitally…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Vlieseline Batting 6 years, 8 months ago
Light-weight with a thin non-woven layer to prevent fibre migration, this luxurious Wool Mix 266 Batting from Vlieseline is suitable for all fabrics and can be sewn by hand or machine. Made from 80% wool and…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Rubber Thimbles from Clover 6 years, 8 months ago
New from Clover are these brightly coloured flexible thimbles. Made from rubber, they come with cooling vents for breathability and are designed for ultra-comfort whilst also providing an excellent grip. They…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gutermann Bulky Lock Thread 6 years, 8 months ago
Made from 100% polyester, Bulky-Lock 80 from Gütermann creativ is a beautifully soft and flexible thread for overlock machines. For a perfect finish on seams and other raw edges, this high-quality thread i…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The Great Janome Giveaway … Part Four 6 years, 8 months ago
We have already given away two of these fantastic sewing machines.
The winner of the final Janome M100 QDC giveaway is ….
Congratulations Margaret Attfield
That’s it for…
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Please enter my name for the December draw for a Janome sewing machine
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What a wonderful Christmas present a new Janome would be.
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Love to win this nice Janome
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I could do with a lighter machine to take to groups/classes. Love Jamome machines.
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What wonderful news today! I am beyond thrilled to win this! After what turned out to be a dismal year in health for our family, ( including a spell in A&E for me-and believe me I never want to see my heartbeat do that again-and a nasty accident for my SIL which impacted on their whole family, ) such great sewing news.
I shall really look forward to taking this to quilting every fortnight. It will be much lighter than the behemoth I drag at the moment. I haven’t had the energy to sew for so many months, but this gem will really encourage me.
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Happy Christmas to all x
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What a lucky sew n sew I’d be to win this beauty with some time off over Christmas to sew to my hearts content! ❤️
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This would a fab Christmas present to me!
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A fantastic machine what every quilter needs
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I would love to win this !
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A lovely prize!
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I am the luck winner of the wonderful September machine and I’d like to thank whoever picked my name as they’ve really made my year. I feel overwhelmed at the moment as I’ve never won anything in all of my 70 years and a new machine, well, what can I say… all you sewers/ quilters will know exactly how I feel about that. My condolences to all of you that didn’t win but good luck for the next draw.
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I’ve got everything crossed!
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I love Janome, best machines out there imho
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What a fantastic prize. I love my Janome Gem which I have had for a long time and never fails me at workshops Thank you
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Would love to win it for my granddaughter.
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It would be so wonderful to win a new sewing machine, especially a Janome model. Thank you for the chance to win one.
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Cannot say what it would mean to win this wonderful machine.
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Looks like a great machine! I need a new one!
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Love janome machines
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I would love a newer Janome machine as my current one is over 20 years old.
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Winning this would make my year
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Would love to win, what a great prize!
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Corinne Curtis wrote a new post, “Reformatting” an unloved, unfinished project 6 years, 8 months ago
This quilt pattern first attracted me because of the large areas of applique mixed in with some traditional piecing. I was very enthusiastic when I started, and found the instructions for the separate elements…
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Your quilts were even better in real life Corinne….beautiful!!
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Fabulous quilts Corrine- lovely to see them in progress at the Barnsley sew day
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6 years, 6 months ago
Lovely memories and story and you were not the only baby to be left outside a shop in their pram. I was left outside the International Food Store in Horley in a brand new Silver Cross pram one afternoon. She only remembered when my father came home from work in the evening & they both walked a mile into town to hopefully retrieve me. In my mother’s defence I had only been adopted a few days before so having a new baby could easily be forgotten, unlike a birth mother who had carried and given birth to a child. I was still there in my pram luckily, but crying with gusto because I was hungry. I learnt to sew with my mother on a Singer Treadle machine and then in the late 1960’s she got a green Bernina. I had a Sindy and a Tressy doll so every time she made me a new dress they got one too from the off cuts. I did not get my own sewing machine until the 1970’s when I left home and used it to make curtains, cushions & clothes.
6 years, 6 months ago
That is a lovely story. I take my hat off to your mum; those dolls are so fiddly!
6 years, 6 months ago
Great blog Margaret…first of many!
6 years, 6 months ago
Thank, Lyn!
6 years, 6 months ago
Gosh, your Blog brings back memories! I was, obviously, not the only one to leave a new baby outside the shops!! -only be to safely ‘rescued’ half an hour later. Your account of learning to sew at your Mum’s side was like me too but it was my Nan and not my Mum. Thank you for sharing Margaret. xx
6 years, 5 months ago
Thank you Sue.