Judith Clarke
@judithsemporium
Judith Clarke
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, When Quilting Meets Mending 4 years, 8 months ago
Repair, Reuse, Recycle, Renew
Good quality towels tend to come at a price, especially if you are looking at bath sheets. You want them to last a long time and quite often, the binding on the edging starts to fray…
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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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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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Jane Galley wrote a new post, What Steps Do You Take to Recycle in Your Studio 4 years, 9 months ago
When it came to opening up the studio to the public, I thought most people would be having concerns about safety with regard to Covid 19, so I was a bit surprised to be asked about how I recycle. After the recent…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Who is Aunt Eliza? 4 years, 9 months ago
I don’t know about you, but when I see places or things named after a person, I like to know who it is. When I started working at a campus at work, one of the wings is named after a man, but no one can tell me who…
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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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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Having fun with shirts 4 years, 11 months ago
It has been rather hectic here over the last few weeks. Alongside my existing work, I’ve been doing some teaching in the community. While it has been a lot of fun, there has been a lot of preparation which has b…
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I like the shirt bag – specially the pocket for a shopping list!
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thank you
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Nina wrote a new post, July 2021 UKQU Book Club 4 years, 11 months ago
The book for July in the UKQU Book Club is The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie.Linked by a sewing machine, we meet the three main characters Jean, Connie and Fred in this sweet Scottish story…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, A project for using fabric scraps 5 years ago
No matter how hard I try, my scrap mountain just keeps growing. I feel another scrap quilt may be on the way, but I had some small pieces of fabric to use up too. These fabric key rings are great for using small…
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What super little gifts. Thank you.
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a pleasure
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Nina wrote a new post, June 2021 UKQU Book Club 5 years ago
Spring is almost over and for June we’re turning to some Amish romance with the first book in the Quilter’s Son series by Samantha Bayarr. The book is called Liam’s choice.
Liam has secretly attended school…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, 'Circles' 5 years, 1 month ago
Not content with the challenges set by ‘The Webmaster’, I decided to take part in a challenge week over in a Facebook Group. Most of the people in the group are paper crafters, but I decided I’d take part and…
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gorgeous!
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thank you
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Nina wrote a new post, April 2021 UKQU Book Club 5 years, 2 months ago
Our book for April 2021 is called Assault and Batting and it was written by Tess Rothery.
When her mother Laura dies, Taylor Quinn returns to the family home to step into her shoes including running a q…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Monet for you, my dear! 5 years, 2 months ago
That’s nice I thought, and then I look through his catalogue. Oh my, hundreds of paintings the same. Lots of splodges of colours, lots of brown paintings and, did you know, Monet even painted his wife in her c…
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thank you, my first thought was it was going to be easy, then it wasn’t, lol
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Nina wrote a new post, March 2021 UKQU Book Club 5 years, 3 months ago
“The journey to college is a rite of passage we mark as a joyous occasion, one we celebrate by buying luggage and books on how to build a fulfilling life. But really, if you ask any mother, she’ll tell you that d…
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Nina wrote a new post, February 2021 UKQU Book Club 5 years, 4 months ago
A bit later than I’d planned, but here is the book for February 2021.
Forget me Knot, by Mary Marks
Forget me Knots is the is the first book in a series of eight written by Mary Marks. They are all a…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, English Paper Piecing, A Bit of History and a Tip 5 years, 4 months ago
English Paper Piecing (otherwise known as EPP): The technique of folding fabric over paper templates and hand sewing together. The paper template makes sure that the blocks are accurate and makes it easier for angled…
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Nina started the topic LATEST BOOKS in the forum
UKQU BOOK CLUB 5 years, 4 months agoTo see all the books in the UKQU BOOK CLUB please check out the book club hashtag http://ukqu.co.uk/tag/ukqubookclub
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Nina posted an update in the group
UKQU BOOK CLUB 5 years, 4 months agoTo see the latest book in the UKQU BOOK CLUB please see the book club hashtag or check out my blog archive.
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Unfortunately I’m not allowed to post even a single link (error message ‘you have posted too many links’)
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Nina wrote a new post, Nina's pieced Party Crown – #CBH2021 5 years, 5 months ago
This is part of the Celebrations Blog Hop 2021 (#CBH2021) and this time I have created a pattern for a pieced PARTY CROWN. Just select the fabrics depending on the occasion you are celebrating; or make lots of them…
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Love it Nina, easy to narrow the top and bottom background to use as a border block too.
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Nina wrote a new post, Nina's Party Hat – foundation paper pieced (FPP) – #CBH2021 5 years, 5 months ago
This is part of the Celebrations Blog Hop 2021 (#CBH2021) and I have created a pattern for a PARTY HAT using foundation paper piecing (FPP). Just select the appropriate fabrics for the occasion and it’ll be perfect f…
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Versatile AND fun!
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Judith Clarke
@judithsemporium
Judith Clarke
