There is a lot of chat in the social media, including our own UK Quilters United about this years Festival of Quilts.  Will it happen, won’t it.  What’s the entry criteria.  what’s needed and more.

We aim here at…

When Clover asked Resolution (my video company) to create a series of explainer videos to showcase their fantastic range of notions we were really excited. We asked Stuart Hillard to work with us – he i…

We often see comments from the facebook membership asking about quilt-a-longs so when Vlieseline contacted us about the one they have starting from 3rd July we had to let you know!

They are commenting about…

The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle has some beautiful collections, including one of the greatest collections of North Country Quilts.  This collection will be on display until…

We have been rather busy in the day job at Resolution recently, and for once it was an assignment I really enjoyed.

Many of you here might not realise that aside from running this fabulous website Resolution are…

Have you been thinking about visiting the Festival of Quilts this year?  Have you bought your tickets yet .. those who haven’t don’t forget to use the exclusive UKQU2021 discount…

Now available on 300m reels, Gütermann creativ has added some colourful Cotton 30 Thread Packs to their already extensive range!  Do we really need an excuse to add to our thread stash?

 

Cotton Thread is…

Well, can you?   The UK Quilters Facebook Group, alongside this website can.  Imagine if that was or is your shopfront.

Whether you are a bricks and mortar shop or an online trader, there’s never been a be…

An intriguing headline for sure.  Every so often something really interesting drops on my desk that captures my attention and draws me away from the day job.  This was one of those moments.

The Bowes Museum have b…

 

Entry for Quilts Deadline extended to 11am Monday 7th June 2021
With two weeks left to create and enter your quilt into the 2021 Festival of Quilts, it’s worth considering why you might want to do that.   …

One of the  popular designers of both fabrics and quilt designs – there is a growing cohort of quilters who hoard, crave, lust after the Tula Pink designs.   This one features her True Colours range (True Colors if…

Designed by Lynn Goldsworthy for Makower UK, Joy was originally released for Christmas 2020 using their Joy fabric collection.  It’s a pattern that could be adapted to either a range of fabric, or even make use of…

 

Quilters are in for a real treat with these luxurious new tools from the new Hemline Gold Collection!

Rotary Cutter

The new Hemline Gold 45mm rotary cutter has a premium brushed gold blade made from…

Clover has released this clever piece of equipment which some may say bears a resemblance to the old darning mushrooms our grandparents might have used to darn the heels of socks or replace the knee of a worn-out…

Gütermann creativ has released an exciting new Sew-All Thread pack which includes a Textile Glue stick.

The pack contains 10 x 100m reels of Sew-All in popular shades of yellow, blue, green, red and grey to g…

Our friends at the Festival of Quilts really are hoping for a great event this year after having to cancel everything in 2020.   I am sure many of us will still be reticent about attending but there’s still time to…

 

An exclusive new collection inspired by the rich history of the haberdashery industry; Hemline Gold is fused with sleek, modern finishes. Drawing its influence from traditional Victorian aesthetics and…

Newly added to the Clover range are these rather delicious looking macaron-shaped magnetic needle holders.

 

Not only is the design very appealing, these holders are incredibly useful and also very…

After spending more than a year of living mostly at home and or isolated, we are all hoping we can meet up with the people who matter to us, over the Christmas holiday. But we also…