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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Spring clean and the UFOs, WIPs and PIGs 8 years, 2 months ago
Let’s hope the spring is finally here (no more snow please!) It’s so nice to open the doors and windows in the house for more than just 5 minutes to get some fresh air and new energy in. Before we dive into…
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Vendulka Battais recommended the post Let’s make a patchwork jacket 8 years, 2 months ago
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giniscanlan wrote a new post, Mad as a March Hare! 8 years, 2 months ago
There’s nothing nicer on these cold, dark evenings than snuggling up on the sofa, under a quilt, in front of an open fire with a good book. Or in my case, Kindle. I struggle to hand sew in poor light, so this time o…
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Oh that’s lovely…must get time to make one of these
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I love Hares! This is on my to-do list
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Obsessive Compulsive Crafting Disorder 8 years, 2 months ago
I promised I would tell you about Laurel Burch. One of my favourite designers, probably my all time favourite, she passed away in 2007, and with her passing, all production of her fabric designs ceased. Finding her…
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I love Laurel Burch designs which I first came across in San Francisco & San Diego in the v early 2000’s. I bought scarves, T shirts, greetings cards, calendars, mugs etc. I have acquired some vintage fabric pieces now, and more recently purchased some of the new lines being revived by her daughter.
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Amazing designer and artist, and one I’d never heard of before. Thank you for introducing her to us, and so glad her designs will be being produced again.
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I wasn’t a fan, purely because I didn’t know of her; but I am now, thank you!
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I love Laurels cat designs. I’ve got one of her handbags and was lucky enough to find a fabric panel in the charity shop earlier this year.
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AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Mystery Block 2 & Dragonfly 3 now available……….and STUFF!!! 8 years, 2 months ago
Hi Everybody!!
I hope you’re all well?……
……..there’s too much of this coughing lark going on for my liking, I’ve been laid up with bugs!  I had to cancel going to the Duxford Show before the weather had ev…
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Loving the mystery quilt and dragonfly BOM
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Thanks Frances! 🙂
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Carol Munro wrote a new post, Carol Munro AKA The Quilting Procrastinator 8 years, 2 months ago
Hi Everyone
It’s been a rather hectic few weeks, you may remember in a previous blog I mentioned that I’m designing a Block of the Month which will be launched on the website in a couple of months.  It’s all ve…
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Looking forward to seeing this quilt Carol!
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Thanks Abigail, it’s progressing slowly. Hoping to get lots done this weekend.
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Val Brooks wrote a new post, Tales from Val's Blog Cabin – March 2018 8 years, 3 months ago
Free Motion Quilting – NOT as daunting as I first thought
I remember at the beginning of this passion, I asked the question ‘What’s the difference between Patchwork and Quilting?’ and I know it’s a question…
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Fab Val..look forward to some more.
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Wow – you certainly have got this technique going well. Your detailed piece is great.
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Excellent introduction for someone who is new to the quilting world, thank you.
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very informative thanks
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Nina wrote a new post, Feeling eggcited – FPP egg pattern and discount code 8 years, 3 months ago
This blog post has two parts; both equally amazing if I may say so myself… There is an egg FPP pattern and a discount code for some lovely fabrics to use when making the eggs.
I really enjoyed creating the p…
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Curious Charlie 8 years, 3 months ago
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Nina wrote a new post, You are amazing – thank you 8 years, 3 months ago
Juliet and I started UK Quilters United four years ago and what was once a group with just the two of us and ‘some random’ people we’d met online, has now grown into a group with over 14,000 members in the United…
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Nina posted an update 8 years, 3 months ago
I have uploaded a new pattern to my shop : Easter Egg Scramble, an FPP template to make your own easter eggs.
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AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Here we go!! Mystery & BOM's away!!! 8 years, 3 months ago
Amazing!! Yep, that’s you’s!
Such a take up of the Mystety Quilt, be it patterns or kits. Â Thank you! Â And it’s not too late to join us.You should all have had your patterns and instructions…….may I j…
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Carol Munro wrote a new post, Carol Munro -AKA The Quilting Procrastinator 8 years, 3 months ago
Hi everyone, welcome back
By the time you read this the inaugural UK Handi Quilter Academy, which I was lucky enough to attend, will be over and everyone will be back home, I thought you might like to hear about…
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Thank you for the insight Carol, very jealous, wish I could have been there
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You would have really enjoyed it, Kelly and Kim were really good teachers.
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Sounds amazing.
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It was great fun, met lots of lovely people too.
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It was wonderful to meet you at this event and so good to hear your take on the event. It is very different being on the other side, as it were, and I know I came away with itchy fingers just wanting to quilt all day long!!
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Nice to meet you too Abigail, I really enjoyed being on the pupil side of the table for a change. It was a very relaxing weekend, great fun with lots of super samples at the end.
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Nina wrote a new post, Making new friends – join a quilting bee 8 years, 3 months ago
Would you like to try new techniques? Do you need a bit of inspiration and perhaps a plan for your quilting? Do you usually get bored after making two or three blocks of the same design? Can you commit to making…
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Lovely idea Nina, especially for people who are housebound.
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Love Quilting Bees – I have learnt so much from them and met some wonderful people.
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Val Brooks recommended the post A quick way to check you are sewing a 1/4 inch seam 8 years, 3 months ago
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Val Brooks wrote a new post, A quick way to check you are sewing a 1/4 inch seam 8 years, 3 months ago
Now be honest, after spending loads of time piecing fabric to make a quilt top, have you ever found matching your blocks difficult and you realise it is because your measurements were slightly out? It happens to all…
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Excellent suggestion. I have 3 machines and they all have 1/4″ feet and they are all different size!!!!!
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Thanks Sue! It’s amazing that there is such a variation, isn’t it? Always best to check I’ve now learnt!
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I’m definitely going to try this out. So simple too.
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AbbieAnne recommended the post Making a Difference .. a Charitable Tale 8 years, 3 months ago
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Nina wrote a new post, Flying the flag – make your own UKQU logo 8 years, 3 months ago
Following the success with the enamel badges, which you can find in Juliet’s shop, we are now excited to share with you our latest UKQU merchandise – the patterns for you to make your own logo in two different tec…
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I can see lots of bags with logos coming up!
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The more the merrier!!!
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Thank you Nina 🙂
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Good idea Vendulka, tomorrow’s job
8 years ago
Oh how I wish…! I have a sewing room and a crafting room. My crafting room is more planned than the sewing room, but one of my stepsons came back to live with us last year, and I said he could use the crafting room for storage short term…obviously we have different ideas about what short term actually is. I have been trying to finish off WIPs and PHDs recently, including getting projects hung in the home, and I finished a quilt top 3 weeks ago that I’ve been working on, on and off, for 6 years. Problem now is finding the time to quilt it! I’d love to get going in my sewing room today, but alas, work calls!