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Christine Hutchins created the group
Project Linus North Devon 8 years, 4 months ago -
Christine Hutchins recommended the post The 70,273 Project 8 years, 4 months ago
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Christine Hutchins posted an update 8 years, 4 months ago
Great day at Craft4Crafters at Westpoint today. Now aching, tired, and want to play with all the lovely things I got today, but also want to sleep as well. I shall write a review of the show tomorrow.
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, Life, The Universe, Everything – Or, What I've Learned from being 42 8 years, 4 months ago
2016 was a significant year for me; I turned 42 and towards the end of the year, my mum died. Warning – here is a spoiler alert; according to Douglas Adams, the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is 42, a…
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Love the post Christine. Your words are so poignant. I have saved things ‘for a rainy day, special handcreams (expensive!) for some obscure day in the future! Why do we do that? I sometimes look at all the stuff I have and think, Goodness my daughter is just going to chuck all this when I have gone! Your post has brought it home to me with a bump. Going to use up my lovely smellies and if i need more I will buy them! If I have used up that lovely fabric – then yes buy more. Yes, indeed, life is short, too short. LIVE IT!!!!!!!!
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Absolutely Sue! I’ve saved those lovely, special, expensive hand creams and body lotions previously, and now I’m on a mission to use it up! I’m just having a problem not buying more supplies…
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Well said…I overheard someone say ‘ we don’t keep anything for best anymore’…which hit home to me. So now nothing is for best, everything is for now.
We now use our best china dinner service, which only used to come out for xmas!
How silly is that…great blog Christine.-
Thank you!
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A great read…so true, thanks for the reminder
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Thank you! I’d love to say that I have decided to use up all my fabric before I buy more, but Doughty’s Roadshow last week and Craft4Crafters today tell a much different story!
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Great article and a poingnant reminder that life is for living and to enjoy those nice things while we can
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Thank you!
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A lovely post with which I completely empathise. It also took sadness for me to appreciate that here and now is the best place to be so enjoy every moment of it. I want somehow for my children to learn this before they lose someone important in their lives.
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Thank you. We care for a young person, so I hear “I can’t wait for…” lots of times, and I think that is quite sad, as it seems to be wishing your life away.
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Loved your post and so true. I lost my Dad in my thirties and made the same decision in life. Live, love and find joy in the small things.
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Thank you Helen – I think it really hit home for me with my mum, having seen her go from doing so much to being able to do very little, and not being able to knit, crochet, sew or make lace.
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What a great philosophy for quilting and life. I’m in the process of clearing my house for sale, so I’d add one more rule – if its useful but you aren’t going to use it, pass it on now to someone who will.
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Good idea! Now, if only I could hear to do it with crafting items…!
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As a fellow Douglas Adams fan as well as running very quickly up to 42 myself this blog really resonated with me. For me it was 40 when we took the brave step to up sticks and move from Milton Keynes to North wales (a long time dream). It’s been tough but worth it
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I’m glad you liked it! Making a life move can be very tough – I left teaching in 2011 and combined with that my dad was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and then died – the manner of my leaving teaching was not ideal, although I have done some supply teaching and maternity cover since then. It has all helped me to get to where I am now.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The 70,273 Project 8 years, 4 months ago
Did you ever have an idea for a quilt pop into your mind with such vividness and detail that you could almost touch it? What did you do? Did you . . .
think “that’s nice” and go on about your day?
sketch it ou…
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This is really moving and I love the quilts shown. It is a great thought provoking feature Sylvia on a subject we should never forget.
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Thank you again, Sylvia, for giving me this wonderful opportunity to connect with quilters in the UK (and beyond!) on your beautiful, user-friendly site. I’m honored and delighted.
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Amazing story Jeanne, I’m going to share this with my quilting group and see if we can help you with a piece!
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That would be fantastic, Amy! Thank you.
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I’ll certainly be talking about this to our quilting group on Wednesday. I’m sure that some of them will want to be involved. Thought provoking project.
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Great! Thank you, Christine!
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post The Sewing Geographer 8 years, 4 months ago
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post P&Q Class…or is it P&Q Therapy? 8 years, 4 months ago
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Making a Difference .. a Charitable Tale 8 years, 4 months ago
This webmaster lark is a bit of a laugh from time to time, and an awful lot of hard work keeping everyone and everything in check. Certainly no hidden perks, but from time to time I plan to indulge myself a little…
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Duck, duck, duck, duck….duck?
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Over the Hill and far away
One little duck went quack quack
and … hopefully one more life saved!
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I love the wee ducks, I never knew that such a wonderful project existed and I’m off now to have a further read.. unfortunately the blood transfusion service no longer visits the western isles as it became not viable with so many ferry cancellations so financially and loss of donated blood in delay getting it back to Inverness
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It’s a brilliant project and one that helps save lives too.
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What a lovely idea.They are sooo cute…I’m off to take a quack peek
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Oh my!!!
What a wonderful blog, thank you so very much in blogging about this and bringing to my attention and hopefully to all the others who happen on it. I can assure you I shall be making so many aware of this LYD awareness campaign, an illness that we all dread. For those of us who on the side lines feel helpless in having to sit and watch as loved ones take on a frightening and painful journey, that us fortunate in having good health can only imagine, a little something to feel like we are doing ‘our bit’.
I cannot wait now until Monday to take patterns to all the ladies in my knitting group and spread the word on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to the quilting groups I hold and attend.
Believe me I shall even be telling my friends in the pub!
So very close to my heart.
LYD will (with considerable re-telling, knitting and sewing) be in abundance in these Somerset towns.
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Sharon, that is wonderful! Thank you xx
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These are great Sylvia, my next make I think – might even use freezer paper as a template and try making the tag on calico!
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, Starters and Enders 8 years, 4 months ago
A friend of mine has been following advice from Pat Sloan (she is one of the ladies who is responsible for The Splendid Sampler), about using starters and enders. She starts with squares of 2.5 inches, and starts and…
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You can do so much with leaders and enders, and its a great way of organising and using your scraps. Thanks for posting about these. Bonnie Hunter (check out her Quiltville blog) has an annual leader and ender project that is great to join in with.
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Thank you!
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Great idea – I’m going to start doing this…
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I can see the sense of this. It would require discipline, I think, to get into a good habit, but well worth it!
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Doughty’s Fabric Roadshows 8 years, 4 months ago
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Christine Hutchins recommended the post Carol Munro – AKA The Quilting Procrastinator 8 years, 4 months ago
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, February 2018 Competition – Shirley's Quilt 8 years, 4 months ago
We are continuing our series covering the quilts entered into the February 2018 competition and Shirley has claimed her quilt. It’s an interesting technique and one I am sure you will all appreciate.
If you want…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, February 2018 Competition .. Judith's Quilt 8 years, 4 months ago
Rohilla
Judith has claimed her beautiful quilt which is part of the February competition. We have asked everyone whose quilt was chosen to write a few paragraphs so you can all understand their thoughts and t…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Freezer Paper … Does it help? 8 years, 4 months ago
I’d heard of freezer paper (FP) but didn’t quite know how to use it so I was a little perplexed as where to start.
The box gave me some examples of how I could use it for appliqué and a web search brought up a…
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I use it for a number of different things but not piecing.
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Thank you for your straightforward explanation, and visuals, on using freezer paper. I’m now tempted to redo one of Carol Munroe’s house blocks again
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, February 2018 – Samantha's Quilt 8 years, 4 months ago
In January 2018 we set a challenge to the Six Administrators of UK Quilters United to choose a quilt from the ones the members posted onto the Facebook group feed.
They were transferred to Competition Corner and…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter replied to the topic Website Improvements in the forum UKQU 8 years, 4 months ago
Thanks for the comment Chris. We will ask our bloggers to take up this challenge.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter replied to the topic Website Improvements in the forum UKQU 8 years, 4 months ago
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