UKQU | Mo Jones | Friends Activity https://ukqu.co.uk/members/mojo/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Mo Jones's friends. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:29:55 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.3 en-GB 30 hourly 2 f69e7f780915eff93b1081cd62efa60d AbbieAnne wrote a new post, HNY, Happy New Mystery!! ......Hare it is!!! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=448379 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:31:43 +0000 Hi Everybody!!  Where does the time go?  Hard to believe I’m sat here writing this on New Years Day 2024!  Hope you’ve all had a fabulous 2023 patchwork and quilting?
It wouldn’t be New Year for me if I didn’t hav…

]]> 0 5862d7e1f81ef016bc674921d32deb52 Nina wrote a new post, Roll it up - UKQU Sewing Challenge https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=426966 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:54:00 +0000 Roll it up – UKQU Sewing Challenge
It’s time to reveal the FOURTH project in the UKQU Sewing Challenge; a laid back, ‘join as you can and let’s have some fun’ challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting…

]]> 1 bcaf72e017fba3eaf514be5189f8f324 AbbieAnne wrote a new post, 'Through the Window' - the next Mystery Quilt BOM! - How?? https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=424513 Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:52:21 +0000 Hello Everybody! 
I’ve been some busy!!   –  I had already designed and made a quilt but decided against it for the next mystery….why?

The process of deciding on a design is always a bit fraught for me,…

]]> 0 e5b196ed44224376a00bc566e5a75bab Nina wrote a new post, Bags, bags, bags - UKQU Sewing Challenge https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=417779 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:15:15 +0000 Hello and welcome to the third part of the UKQU Sewing Challenge; a challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create other things than quilts, such as for example garments, accessories, or…

]]> 0 d6a6c0c4c6dba46928a663a291f43437 Nina recommended the post Ange’s Lost Christmas Spirit https://ukqu.co.uk/activity/p/24285/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:55:17 +0000 0 f7bf7139cb118bc351de63e64f9c74bd Juliet Nice posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2022/11/15/anges-lost-christmas-spirit/#comment-12425 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:42:51 +0000 Lovely x

In reply to - Keren Baker wrote a new post, Ange's Lost Christmas Spirit If you’d asked Ange where her Christmas spirit had gone, she’d reply with a twinkle that it was locked away with the other bottles in her cocktail cab… ]]> f92842ff2b1c4addbce3ceccb7452668 Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Dinosaurs For The Win! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=406983 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:41:28 +0100 How cute are these dinosaurs?

This pattern by Lynne Goldsworthy has 4 super cute dinosaurs to applique and uses dinosaur fabric and 4-patches to make a lovely child’s quilt 58″ square.
The fabric range is…

]]> 1 c7e08359347cc3b8189fedf56bbbee08 Nina wrote a new post, Wrapping up summer - UKQU Sewing Challenge https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=396508 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 05:31:48 +0100 Hello and welcome back 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. Please read on to…

]]> 0 89ad597601217c1d78c14e760f522573 Nina posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2022/09/01/the-cheap-procrastinator-product-review-clover-fabric-tube-maker/#comment-12282 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:31:17 +0100 Great blog / product review!

In reply to - Denise Inkson wrote a new post, The Cheap Procrastinator: Product Review, Clover Fabric Tube Maker. First I would like to thank UKQU: https://ukqu.co.uk/ and https://www.clover-mfg.com/ for giving me the opportunity… ]]> be83d2b5f852f3b32030aebb07a1c1c4 Nina recommended the post The Cheap Procrastinator: Product Review, Clover Fabric Tube Maker. https://ukqu.co.uk/activity/p/24178/ Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:30:58 +0100 0 69daea61c7a5951e46bce49d9c0173ae Nina posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2022/07/06/get-your-head-in-the-game-ukqu-sewing-challenge/#comment-12141 Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:56:16 +0100 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 😉

In reply to - Nina wrote a new post, Get your head in the game – UKQU Sewing Challenge Hello and welcome to the UKQU Sewing Challenge where we are using our patchwork and quilting skills to create garments, accessories, things for… ]]> 6ce7f68d29442149028d80f8e5e65ed6 Nina wrote a new post, Get your head in the game - UKQU Sewing Challenge https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=393845 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:59:49 +0100 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…

]]> 2 d3138c7aa87823099fc9e8c8c9f92835 AbbieAnne wrote a new post, No Mojo!...... but then, Japanese Folded Patchwork! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=391830 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:29:35 +0100 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…

]]> 0 76a17492056fa6fdcf2be5ea5f2efa3d Nina posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2022/06/06/ukqu-sewing-challenge-coming-soon/#comment-12105 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 20:33:36 +0100 Hopefully! I’m working on coming up with the first few challenges at the moment and I’m getting tempted to sew again myself.

In reply to - Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Sewing Challenge – coming soon 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… ]]> f8f5f8b493c0e6baae5699b062b17fac Nina wrote a new post, UKQU Sewing Challenge – coming soon https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=390622 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:19:35 +0100 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…

]]> 2 3c291103a99f3412a0dbfd095cec66f9 Nina wrote a new post, UKQU book club - The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=387580 Mon, 16 May 2022 13:32:17 +0100 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…

]]> 0 54f447fd0a2ac537eacede70419ccf57 Carol Munro wrote a new post, English Rule - Rulers and Templates https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=386294 Thu, 12 May 2022 09:05:58 +0100 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…

]]> 0 c458a18d0e313a6ce7960dd8a6d5df07 AbbieAnne posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2022/04/10/quilts-from-the-cupboard-a-quilt-display-from-my-students-myself/#comment-12025 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:38:35 +0100 Thanks Maggie, the ladies have done fabulously!!

In reply to - AbbieAnne wrote a new post, 'Quilts from the Cupboard' – a quilt display from my students & myself Hi All! Just thought I’d scribble a quick update having attended my first main quiltshow since, well, a long time… ]]> bffda353705c9e39a26e32bcf82b9ae7 AbbieAnne wrote a new post, 'Quilts from the Cupboard' - a quilt display from my students & myself https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=380825 Sun, 10 Apr 2022 05:37:51 +0100 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 -…

]]> 2 afe5cb4a3da283b9f3d3ce4066ca9305 AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Fanfare!! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=382157 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:33:15 +0100 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!!
Those…

]]> 0 a7550fa6770b8bd2da1ddc186f76439e Nina wrote a new post, UKQU book club - Hope on the inside, by Marie Bostwick https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=377321 Fri, 11 Mar 2022 06:48:57 +0000 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…

]]> 0 f1f559816a15a89296ec8114b0c1aac8 AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Another Sunflower it is then!! :) https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=375347 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:19:12 +0000 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…

]]> 0 f105ee435cb7e2fc8e533f37ba93e514 AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Fibonacci Spiral Mystery Block of the month!! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=375007 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:35:31 +0000 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…

]]> 0 a6739c7464ad80c6c64975dc1e00068b Nina wrote a new post, Create a unique Valentine's Day gift or a treasured Memory Cushion  https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=153232 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 06:44:40 +0000 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…

]]> 0 b8989e0306bf80c780a67d9f17663e4d Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Now's the time to Get It Finished! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=255893 Sun, 02 Jan 2022 06:19:19 +0000 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…

]]> 0 ced4d95f906345b1d19b582ec3b640b7 Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Tale of Two Circles. And Lemons. https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=361820 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:42:45 +0000 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…

]]> 1 5fd5c834e4dcd5ebf0c50453607fc9d4 Sarah Wickett wrote a new post, Field of Dreams Part 1 https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=359657 Sat, 27 Nov 2021 06:03:29 +0000 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…

]]> 2 56bb90b80765b46c475b3b32b8c6cff1 Carol Munro wrote a new post, Tilda Scrap Bundle - Part 2 https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=359136 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:37:44 +0000 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…

]]> 0 7b0a45f1de84750ba7f55d2dc79f2b42 Carol Munro wrote a new post, Carol Munro - Tilda Scrap Bundle Review https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=358354 Sat, 20 Nov 2021 16:04:58 +0000 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…

]]> 1 8d389133e7d3424d7448c427749e98cf Carol Munro wrote a new post, Clover “Quick Cut” Thread Cutter https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=352910 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:45:10 +0100 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…

]]> 0 c580f5712e69c853642a6aadc8c5b087 Juliet Nice posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2021/10/12/clover-quick-cut-thread-cutter/#comment-11376 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:42:28 +0100 ooo I like it!

In reply to - Helen Kent wrote a new post, Clover Quick Cut Thread Cutter Do you chain piece? What is chain piecing I hear some ask? This is where we have numerous units to join and piece them one after the other without breaking… ]]> 10b9f49e52a02efcbc05e4d349ed4ea8 Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Retreat's Tale. https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=344378 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 05:33:05 +0100 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…

]]> 0 b9dead994abc3d05da9a52543750f2a4 Nina wrote a new post, October 2021 UKQU Book Club https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=349809 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:33:35 +0100 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…

]]> 0 06758effd8f9a5e0dbf00764789b12d8 Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Fabric Review - Around the World by Makower UK https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=348072 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:49:04 +0100 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…

]]> 1 f572bd27d56176d8cb2fa85141a1d117 Juliet Nice posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2021/09/20/one-bank-holiday-and-360-half-square-triangles/#comment-11352 Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:27:37 +0100 I knew you’d be a brilliant blogger!!!! Now, can you make one for me please? heehee

In reply to - Helen Waddington wrote a new post, One Bank Holiday and 360 half square triangles When your twin nieces have very definite ideas about what they want for their birthday, you do all you can to make those dreams come… ]]> 17d5216a309210ee369cf0f117388b1d AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Fibonacci Spiral Quilt - Mystery BOM  https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=342277 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:38:29 +0100 Hi All!
Its been a while again!  Life keeps over taking me, where is this year going at such a rate of knots?!!….. Loads of new designs this year, TV stuff and prep for a fabulous Irish retreat in a couple of w…

]]> 0 30a6e2b6017360cc6bf1a9c8e85073a1 AbbieAnne's profile was updated https://ukqu.co.uk/activity/p/23502/ Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:07:31 +0100 0 60be130e3b8948cc3589f03fb1c34e34 Nina wrote a new post, September 2021 UKQU Book Club https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=340864 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:29:04 +0100 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…

]]> 0 4e4ae76da24c48083857662eb10774c7 Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Güttermann Creativ Threads http://ukqu.co.uk/?p=340314 Sat, 21 Aug 2021 06:25:08 +0100 I was sent this gorgeous pack of Güttermann 100% cotton 30 weight thread to review. This thread is slightly thicker than the thread you would use for quilt piecing, making it perfect for hand or machine quilting, as…

]]> 0 385f51c6999da518830deefcc822a713 Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Rainbow Plague Mask... https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=327559 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:24:07 +0100 So I had this crazy idea at 3am, mid April 2021. A rainbow plague mask to send to the Festival of Quilts. I nearly didn’t sleep at all thinking about it. Thankfully I did sleep, so I was alert enough the next day t…

]]> 3 94c276336d5b7d119cefafc7da2c7aec Carol Munro posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/blog/2018/05/08/connies-flower-garden-block-1-nbs/#comment-11249 Sat, 31 Jul 2021 11:38:46 +0100 Hi Avril, sorry I have just seen this message. I suppose better late than never and before you finish the quilt.

In reply to - Carol Munro wrote a new post, Connie’s Flower Garden – Block 1.                                                   Coneflower by Carol Munro Hi everyone Finally after several months of doodling, drawing, cutting, s… ]]> db33835385b0c1d36aad3e84f0a372d3 Nina wrote a new post, August 2021 UKQU Book Club https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=337715 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:21:19 +0100 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…

]]> 0 c2b1d995700545efd2e86343a6a54dfd Juliet Nice wrote a new post, UKQU Mini Swap - What's your Swap Mumma up to? Part 1 https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=337079 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:27:47 +0100 Over in our Facebook group UK Quilters United, we’ve completed seven Mini Swaps since 2015.
In the simplest explanation possible you are allocated a team and given the name of another team member to make a mini…

]]> 0 2c0c2b86b065b072893b4093bf33be05 AbbieAnne wrote a new post, Sunflowers everywhere! ......a Mystery Quilt Reveal!!! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=335830 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:17:50 +0100 Hi All,
I truly cannot believe time has passed so quickly for me this year!  So much time consuming stuff has been going, so heres the latest Mystery Reveal……. and the introduction to the next Mystery Quilt BOM…

]]> 0 aaa8f6c03b10f28ff19743af4f2479f5 Juliet Nice wrote a new post, The Mini Quilts are coming! https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=335132 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 05:36:20 +0100 Yes it’s that time again, the UK Quilters United Mini Swap is up and running.
This is the 8th Mini Swap, which started in 2015 , but we did two during 2018, just for fun!
The ‘You know what’ is (touch wood) winding…

]]> 1 b191ebb996befe3184427a656d361885 Nina wrote a new post, July 2021 UKQU Book Club https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=333764 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:47:50 +0100 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…

]]> 0 39279c0ceab1129dd059b3fccc2be4ad Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Use it or lose it - now more relevant than ever!!  https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=333463 Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:31:02 +0100 The long winter lockdown is over and retail has now been open for nearly three months. We are all happy that we can see our family and have a chatter over coffee with a friend. Unfortunately not everything is as…

]]> 0 0207010617f373c5ce83ac00bdc7174a Nina wrote a new post, June 2021 UKQU Book Club https://ukqu.co.uk/?p=330783 Wed, 26 May 2021 09:17:42 +0100 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…

]]> 0 c5897db179ad94e2020565f9cfa71509 Juliet Nice posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/circles/#comment-11103 Tue, 11 May 2021 00:59:59 +0100 gorgeous!

In reply to - Jane Galley wrote a new post, 'Circles' 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… ]]> 1355539ff46db0a24a1ec1bdf7be1e44 Nina posted a new activity comment https://ukqu.co.uk/topping-marathon/#comment-11080 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:20:25 +0100 What an amazing result!!!! Great choice of block for the block drive. Quilty hugs

In reply to - Lyn Butler wrote a new post, Topping Marathon In January I volunteered to be the monthly block host for Q4CL (Quilts for Care Leavers).  This Charity Group creates quilts to donate to the Gold from the Stone… ]]>