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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, The Perfect HST Ruler – No Trimming! 6 years, 4 months ago
I made a thing!
The most used method of making HSTs or Half-Square-Triangles is to use two squares cut 7/8″ larger than you want the finished square to be. The simplest way to achieve this is to round up to the n…
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Blooming 2020!! 6 years, 5 months ago
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Calendar BOM by Juliet Nice 6 years, 5 months ago
Got any plans for the year ?
How about a free BOM (Block of the Month) to mark the months off?
Since starting the UK Quilters United group on Facebook, one of the things I’ve enjoyed is starting to design q…
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That looks brilliant Juliet. I shall try to keep up
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That is a really lovely design. I can see lots of people seeing lots of possibilities for it…anniversaries, birthdays, weddings, memories!
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I love these Juliet, will try and have a go soon
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Thank you Juliet. Another challenge to complete
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Sue Burford wrote a new post, Felices Navidad! 6 years, 5 months ago
Twelve Days of Christmas [and yes we know its Christmas Eve, but we like to get things off to a fun start.
Merry Christmas all our members .. from now until 6th January we are running the Twelve Days of Christmas…
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What a truly informative article. It is really interesting to see how local ways have entered the traditions.
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Lovely to hear about the different traditions
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, What colour is your Christmas? 6 years, 5 months ago
Christmas is traditionally red and green, I’m sure we all remember having a green tree and the tree lights with flower covers that had to be checked every year for that one bulb that died and stopped the whole t…
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Very thought provoking! There are some lovely fabrics there, they got me thinking….? Do I go up to raid my stash for the lovely red panel I have, or do I pray my other half doesn’t have a bright idea and decorate the house while I am out? Hnhmmm,….
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Sue Burford wrote a new post, Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan 1969 6 years, 6 months ago
1969 was ‘My’ year.
‘Lay Lady Lay’ was written by Bob Dylan and recorded on Valentines Day, 14th February 1969. It hit the Charts in the July and reached No 5 in the UK. In the September I was 21 and a couple…
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Brilliant!
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Brilliant, what a great idea. You’ve set the bar high. Well done. Look forward to the rest .
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Love it!
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Great song and lovely quilt.
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You haven’t half made me laugh Sue! Not sure Bob Dylon in his wildest dreams could every have predicted this . Wonderful!
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Excellent play on words!!!! Glad I’ve submitted mine already or I’d have real angst.
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Brilliant!
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i like your use of intense. i have the pencils and aloe gel, I need to be brave an go for it. very cute take on the song!
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 7: Transferring the design 6 years, 7 months ago
There are three main ways to copy a design onto your fabric:
Tracing the design onto the fabric from a paper copy. This must be done before layering.
Drawing the design through the gaps in a stencil (purchased or…
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, Aldi fabric – What's that all about? 6 years, 7 months ago
Over the last decade or so, a decline in small speciality shops has seen a surge in the supermarket…er.. market. In my small town we now have a Morrisons, tiny Tesco, giant Tesco, giant Asda, Iceland AND an Iceland…
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Great blog Julia x
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Idea for a non-traditional sampler quilt 6 years, 7 months ago
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Vendulka Battais wrote a new post, Living Wild Quilt 6 years, 7 months ago
Have you ever heard of digitally printed fabrics?? The technology these days is moving forward in everything and the production of the fabrics is no exception. I had the opportunity to test a series of digitally…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 8: Layering 6 years, 8 months ago
A quilt is made up of three layers – the top (which may be wholecloth, pieced or appliqued), the wadding and the backing. These three layers are held together by the decorative quilting stitches.
It’s imp…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 6: Marking methods 7 years ago
The quilting design needs to be marked onto your fabric, so that you can see where to stitch.
The ideal marker is one which shows a clear line until you have quilted along it, but then completely disappears!…
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 5: Equipment, Needles & Thimbles 7 years ago
Needles
The type of needle you use for hand quilting depends on which stitching technique you use. I stitch in the traditional way using the “rocking stitch”. More details about how to do this will be in the last pos…
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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years ago
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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years ago
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Saucy Little Retreat…. 7 years ago
One of the best things about UK Quilters United on Facebook, is how it brings quilters together in real life (the outernet!) instead of just the internet.
Whether you are looking for a friend for ‘cuppa and sew’,…
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See you at the Blogtreat.
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Denham is a great venue for a retreat, I have been there twice with Avril’s group. Some amazing quilts your group has made there! Love your flowerpot and Rainbow. So pleased you enjoyed it, and like Lyn I can’t wait to meet everyone again at the Bloggerati retreat in November!
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What amazing quilts and sounds like a great time was had by all.
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Always a pleasure to meet fellow quilters and our group ” Barclay Quilters” have been up and running for years with 3 successful retreats per year. Lovely to have met Juliet, if only from a distance just in case she spied my mini quilt…….
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Fabulous. I love our annual trips to Paignton with my quilting group and this year I have a lovely trip up to Derbyshire to look forward to in July. Like many, with work and tutoring I don’t get much time to stitch myself, so a few days away just for stitching is a real treat.
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 4: Equipment: Hoops and Frames 7 years ago
What equipment do you need to start hand quilting? Well, there are lots of different views on this, so I will share what works for me.
Hoops14″ quilting hoop, bound with tape
I prefer to use a hoop to hold the p…
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Hold all caddy 7 years ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Sampler Quilts 7 years ago
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6 years, 4 months ago
What a brilliant bit of kit! Like all the best ideas-so obvious when you think of it….but you never do! You genius! I could have done with it before Christmas when I made a complete hsq quilt!
6 years, 4 months ago
Brilliant idea Juliet 🙂
6 years, 4 months ago
Ordering one now!
6 years, 2 months ago
Excellent! It is the little things that make all the difference.