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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Grandmother's Flower Garden 4 years, 8 months ago
Hexagons are the easiest shape to use for patchwork using the English Paper Piecing (or mosaic patchwork) method. There are many ways hexagons can be combined into different patterns, but the most common is the…
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – Lockdown Diary Days 58 – 64 4 years, 8 months ago
Continuing with the posts of the final sections of my lockdown diary.
Day 58: Thorn Stitch, hand dyed cotton thread.
Diary Entry: A day of blah, low, tired, not sure really, just could not seem to find the…
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – Lockdown Diary Days 50 – 57 4 years, 8 months ago
A year has passed and I am continuing to play catch up with posting these blogs.
Day 50: Encroaching stem stitch. Four strand thread, two blue and two black.
Diary Entry: Not much to write about other than…
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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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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – Lockdown Diary Days 43 – 49 4 years, 8 months ago
It has been over a year since I started this diary, due to ill health I never had chance to finish posting it up. I would still like to share it, so here we go.
Day 43: Today was a no stitch day.
Diary…
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – It’s okay to be not okay. Part Two. 4 years, 8 months ago
Warning: this post discusses mental health, suicide and depression. Mental health should not be a taboo. It’s okay to not be okay.
Husband and I talked while I was there, and he realised that he ne…
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Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator – It’s okay to be not okay. Part one. 4 years, 8 months ago
Warning: this post discusses mental health, suicide and depression. Mental health should not be a taboo. It’s okay to not be okay.
I have not been okay for months now; both my mental and physical health went into a…
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It is ALWAYS ok not to be ok, but it is often hard to be so honest. Xx
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Took me a while to articulate that though.
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Oh Denise, you are so brave to write this, it must have been so difficult for you to put it to paper feeling the way that you were. I feel for you and the frustrations that you must have felt. My husband suffers with mental health and other medical issues so I see first hand how it affects people. I’m pleased that you are slowly finding the help that you need and that you have a friend that is there for you when you need space. I’m glad that you wrote this blog because it puts things into perspective for others, and I totally agree that it is ok to not be ok.
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Thank you. I was wary writing this as I wasn’t sure what people would think.
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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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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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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Not the blog I intended to write 4 years, 10 months ago
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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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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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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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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Free Sew-a-Long with Vlieseline 4 years, 11 months ago
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…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, North Country Quilts Exhibition at the Bowes: Part 2 Patchwork quilts 4 years, 11 months ago
The North Country Quilts exhibition at the Bowes Museum on until January 2022 contains some wonderful examples of typical British styles.
In the last post, I wrote about the Strippy Quilts. Today the topic is the…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Win a pair of tickets for the Bowes Museum 4 years, 11 months ago
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…
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What a super blog! It brought back my Mum, whose favourite this was, trying to explain to her little group …(one of whom cut out, one sewed, one who could not sew “advised”)…exactly how this problem arose. She never did get them to see the problem!