Judith Clarke
@judithsemporium
Judith Clarke
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Nina recommended the post Confetti #CBH2021 5 years, 5 months ago
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club 2020 5 years, 5 months ago
Another year has come to an end, and what a different year it has been! The UKQU Book Club started back in April 2018 and we have since then more or less every month suggested a quilting related novel or biography to…
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Nina wrote a new post, January 2021 UKQU Book Club 5 years, 5 months ago
With the recent changes announced by the government due to the spread of Covid, not many of us were able to meet up with family and friends over the Christmas period. Instead, I have found eight ladies and their…
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It’s a very American book. Uber American lol. The group of women are obviously diverse in order to provide a variety of stories. I’m not sure what the prevalent theme is; the quilts, the Bunco, the food, the stories, they all seem to get equal time. Bunco seems to be something like Yahtzee and they seem to be making mostly traditional quilts.
There were no murders or zombies, which was a shame.-
There’s a murder in the February book!!! If you can find any book with quilting AND zombies, please let me know and I’ll pick it!!!
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, We All Need A Community 5 years, 5 months ago
I think this year,more than any other, has highlighted the need of community. Whatever we are going through, or whatever we are facing, it is always so much better when we have the support of a community. One of t…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Second Year of Loopy's Safe Haven 5 years, 5 months ago
When I opened Loopy’s Safe Haven Group on Facebook last year, I had thought it might be a one off. However, 2020 has been such an unusual year, bringing lots of different challenges to people, I’ve been asked to…
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What a super idea
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Thank you, I’m glad it can help a few
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Where history and quilting meet 5 years, 6 months ago
My favourite subject at school was history. I never retained much about the dates, but I loved the stories. Over the next year, I am combining my love history with my love of quilting. For the last two years, I’…
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What a nice viewpoint!
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I love thinking about all the people that practised our craft before we did 🙂
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club 2020 – December 5 years, 6 months ago
For December, what better than a Christmas and winter story? When searching on Amazon this summer I came across The Christmas Wedding Quilt. It had three authors and three, what looked like, sub-titles listed.…
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I wouldn’t normally read books like this, but maybe I should give them a go. I’m definitely up for reading one and chatting about it!
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club 2020 – November 5 years, 7 months ago
“You are Wardrobe, aren’t you?”. It may not get down in history as the best pick-up line ever, but it was the first line spoken by Alfie to Gwen. Nonetheless, it started their friendship which soon also involved some…
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Nina wrote a new post, Ideas for additional blocks #GFBH2020 5 years, 8 months ago
Have you had enough of flowers for one quilt, or would you just like some ideas to break up the design a bit? I’ve had a look online and found quite a few different free* patterns which may go well with the Garden F…
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Very interesting and well done Nina, some fiddly bit of sewing there…might not be anything I will do… you know me and handsewing…. Kram
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Nina wrote a new post, Nina's FPP flower block #GFBH2020 5 years, 8 months ago
For this block we’re going to make four 6.5″ foundation paper pieced blocks each with a flower, stem and leaf. Once sewn together, they’ll make up a 12.5″ (12″ finished) block. Please read the full instructio…
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Even better than the single flower!
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Keep it Simple-Appliqué Flower Block 5 years, 8 months ago
One thing I love about appliqué is that you can make it as complicated or as simple as you like. With raw edge appliqué you can create images that have a childlike quality. Something fresh and simple can be ple…
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Lovely Jane x
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thank you
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lovely block
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thank you
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Daisy Chain Block 5 years, 8 months ago
Are you enjoying all the different flower blocks and the different techniques used? I’ve loved seeing them all.
This is my second block and this time I had in mind summer days and daisy chains. Do you remember s…
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lovely block look forward to the on line class
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thank you Sandra, October 29th is the date to remember
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So pretty: I love these.
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Nina wrote a new post, Nina's improv flower block #GFBH2020 5 years, 9 months ago
For this block we’re going to make one 12.5″ (12″ finished) improv block consisting of a flower with a stem and a leaf. Please read the full instructions before you start and use the comments (scroll down to the b…
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Great block interesting way to do it thank you
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There’s a similar block coming up in a while, but then I’m using foundation paper piecing and there’s a template!
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Thankyou will look
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The best improv “how to” I have ever seen.
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Thanks Maggie! It’s always hard to describe something that isn’t really a pattern / instructions as such.
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You’ve got me wanting to have a go. I love the idea of improv, but have never given it a go. The block looks fab!
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club 2020 – September 5 years, 9 months ago
With summer almost over and people returning to work and school in earnest again, I have selected a feel-good story for us to read during September. We’ll get to know master quilter Grace and her granddaughter…
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Nina wrote a new post, My quilting t-shirts for sale on Amazon 5 years, 9 months ago
The themes for my blogs this year have been stash busting and the UKQU bookclub, but recently I’ve been busy designing t-shirts for sale, yep, you read that correctly. A while back I was approved as a Merch by…
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Nina wrote a new post, Stash busting idea – bags for garden toys 5 years, 10 months ago
Trying to bring structure to our garden toys and to ensure all sets are together, I decided to make some simple fabric bags to store everything in. As a result, here is another stash busting idea.
A few of our…
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You are so organized x
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Let’s see how long it lasts lol
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club 2020 – July 5 years, 11 months ago
Our July book is different to what we have been reading recently but I felt it was time for a more thought-provoking book, instead of yet another quilting mystery book.
This is one voice from the horrors that ended…
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Book Club 2020 – June 6 years ago
As promised last month, the book for June has exactly the same title as the one we read during May; A Single Tread. The author for the June version is Tracy Chevalier.
The book takes us to Southampton and…
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Make Bags-Shop in Style, Hygienically 6 years ago
Never in our wildest dreams would we have ever imagined the changes to daily life we have had to make over the last couple of months. Who would have thought that we would be disinfecting shopping and parcels as…
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A great thought. I bet no-one washed bags before!
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I imagine a lot more people are doing it now 🙂
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Love this idea, will be joining in xxx
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it will be lovely to have you there
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Nina wrote a new post, Stash busting idea – face masks 6 years, 1 month ago
So far this year all my blogs have been about stash busting or the UKQU Book Club. This time I am sharing another stash busting idea, and a timely one at that in this time of lockdown – face masks.
The medical e…
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Good morning, Nina. Thank you for doing a mask test. With all the mask patterns around on the internet it is helpful to us all that you have road tested some of them and found a final two that you like. So far I have made three masks of different designs and dismissed all of them for one reason or another. I have to make 15 for the family so want to get it right before I go into production!
Which style did you finally choose after road testing them both, fitted or pleated?
My only concern about Paula’s pattern is that four layers may make the mask a bit hot to wear.
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Judith Clarke
@judithsemporium
Judith Clarke
