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Nina wrote a new post, Get your head in the game – UKQU Sewing Challenge, on the site UKQU 1 month, 1 week ago
Hello and welcome to the UKQU Sewing Challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create garments, accessories, things for the home and perhaps also something for charity. We’ll be embarking on v…
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AbbieAnne wrote a new post, No Mojo!…… but then, Japanese Folded Patchwork!, on the site UKQU 2 months ago
The last few months for me have been very strange, family duties needing to be done. As many of you are no doubt aware, it takes a toll from creativity and what we generally refer to as our ‘Mojo’ did a runner on…
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Sewing Challenge – coming soon, on the site UKQU 2 months, 1 week ago
Not sure if you’ve been visiting our Facebook group UK Quilters United recently, but I floated the idea of starting a set of challenges inspired by the BBC series Great British Sewing Bee, but with a patchwork and q…
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Exciting, and maybe really revitalising for all of us who have lost his/her sparkle.
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Hopefully! I’m working on coming up with the first few challenges at the moment and I’m getting tempted to sew again myself.
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU book club – The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan, on the site UKQU 3 months ago
The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan is a brand new book due to be published at the end of May (eBook and Audio versions) and the printed version a week or so later.
I was expecting this to…
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Carol Munro wrote a new post, English Rule – Rulers and Templates, on the site UKQU 3 months, 1 week ago
I was asked to review some new quilting rulers which are now available, these are made by Mark Pickering at sewonsewforth.co.uk. Mark’s mother runs classes and was finding students were struggling with the use of r…
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AbbieAnne wrote a new post, 'Quilts from the Cupboard' – a quilt display from my students & myself, on the site UKQU 4 months, 1 week ago
Hi All!
Just thought I’d scribble a quick update having attended my first main quiltshow since, well, a long time ago!!
It was so much fun to be back out there and teaching again, 6 workshops a day for 3 days -…-
I really enjoyed seeing them at the event. Superb.
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Thanks Maggie, the ladies have done fabulously!!
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AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Fanfare!!, on the site UKQU 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Just a heads up for everyone, my next Mystery BOM (Block of the month) will be starting very soon!!
The fabrics are picked, the design is in my head…….. just got to make it and write a few patterns now!!
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Nina wrote a new post, UKQU book club – Hope on the inside, by Marie Bostwick, on the site UKQU 5 months, 1 week ago
A fictional book about Hope Carpenter who has spent most of her life raising four children (all have now flown the nest) and running the household whilst her husband Rick has been working.
After Rick is…
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AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Another Sunflower it is then!! 🙂, on the site UKQU 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Sylvia – the lady responsible for the UKQU Website put a challenge out to us Bloggers for some new patterns and blogs with flowers as the subject. A specific flower would be allocated to us as individuals…. now t…
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AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Fibonacci Spiral Mystery Block of the month!!, on the site UKQU 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Hello All!
I know I say this every time I write a blog, but where does the time go?? (……having fun completing a mystery BOM perhaps?) It’s just about March already, hopefully we’re all still safe after germs & st… -
Nina wrote a new post, Create a unique Valentine's Day gift or a treasured Memory Cushion , on the site UKQU 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately, we can’t always be with our loved ones; sometimes because they live too far away, and in other cases because they are no longer with us. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I wanted to sha…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Now's the time to Get It Finished!, on the site UKQU 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to crazy town! Well, more like crazy world right now eh? But all is not lost, you now have 12 weeks to get up to date on all those UFO’s, WIP’s and all the niggling little jobs around the house that you kee…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Tale of Two Circles. And Lemons., on the site UKQU 8 months, 1 week ago
Someone Bosal HQ is really into circles. Bosal have been selling continuous inch-wide strips for rugs and bag for ages (it’s on the list) but lately they’ve been churning out circles with the intention of using them…
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OH I LOVE YOUR MAKES HERE!! SOOOOOOO Lovely! Well done! And those fat quarters are lush. Off to try source one or two packs now! Great blog.
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Sarah Wickett wrote a new post, Field of Dreams Part 1, on the site UKQU 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Who doesn’t love a Kevin Costner Film. Field of Dreams is one of my favourites, Little did I know that one day I would have a ‘Field of Dreams’ of my very own.
In the Kevin Costner version, he ploughs up a Field…
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Lovely to hear how it all started, Sarah. A dream come true!
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Very well written Sarah, your field of dreams keep most of us going through both lockdowns, by you sending a select few many lovely updates. It was a big pleasure to be part of it with you. Love working in the lovely workspace as often as I can. Onwards and upwards lovely Sarah. X
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Carol Munro wrote a new post, Tilda Scrap Bundle – Part 2, on the site UKQU 8 months, 3 weeks ago
If you read my previous review of the lovely Tilda Scrap Bundle you may remember that I mentioned I may do something with the fabric left over from the small quilt top I made.
Surprisingly enough I did…I had pr…
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Carol Munro wrote a new post, Carol Munro – Tilda Scrap Bundle Review, on the site UKQU 9 months ago
When I was asked to review the new Tilda Scrap bundle, I wasn’t too sure what to expect, and was really surprised to receive a beautifully wrapped bundle of ten really pretty fat quarters.
There’s a lov…
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Love that, Carol
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Carol Munro wrote a new post, Clover “Quick Cut” Thread Cutter, on the site UKQU 10 months ago
Clover “Quick Cut” Thread Cutter
When Sylvia asked me to review the thread cutter, I assumed it would be like many of the other cutters that are out there, you use them for a short while then forget abo…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Retreat's Tale., on the site UKQU 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Recently I was exited to be able to join what was the second (somewhat delayed) annual retreat for an intrepid group of quilters collectively known as ‘Lady Chattey’s Quilt Lovers’. Thirteen ladies travelled to Denha…
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Nina wrote a new post, October 2021 UKQU Book Club, on the site UKQU 10 months, 2 weeks 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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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Fabric Review – Around the World by Makower UK, on the site UKQU 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I was sent a sample pack of Around The World by Makower UK. Sample packs usually have 10″ squares but this one was a bit different- they included a full panel! It had the panel of a world map, and nine 10″ squ…
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It looks great Juliet.
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Thanks Nina x
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Lyn, I realise you’ve got a bit of a headstart on this one! I’m wondering if postage stamp / round the world blocks would look amazing for this 😉