Sew Easy are well known within Quilting circles, but did you know they also make for dressmaking and other sewing hobbies.  (Did you actually realise there are other reasons to sew!)

 
These new Mini F…

Iron-on tapes help you achieve a smooth, crisp and professional finish to garments and home sewing projects. Whether your fabric is stretchy or firm, cut on the bias or straight grain, there will be a tape to…

Let creativity abound with these heart and star template sets from Sew Easy. These shaped transparent templates have marking points for easy positioning and a ¼” seam allowance to make the task of drawing and cu…

Having seen Sylvia Priest’s ‘Quilt of Memories’ on display at the Queen’s Centre Oncology Unit in Hull’s Castle Hill Hospital, Helen Dickinson was inspired to create a group quilt that captured people’s experienc…

Wonder Clips from Clover are now available in multi-sizes within one pack! Already available in separate Regular, Mini and Jumbo sizes, they now also come in a variety pack.

Wonder Clips provide a whole new…

Something exciting is happening this Christmas at UKQU – for the whole 12 days!
We will be releasing the full details shortly, but for now, we are calling out to all the quilting educators, designers and…

Quilting for charitable causes has become quite a thing these days .. the local sewing group I go to, Our Quilty Pleasures, has supported a number of charities over the years and we have recently been fortunate to…

Do you applique?  From time to time we see people asking about the best way to secure their applique prior to stitching in place, so when Hemline popped up with this we wanted to let you all know about this…

Its always good to see new, improved products arriving in our sector – like this new wadding from Vlieseline. We have asked two of our bloggerati to test drive this too so watch out for their reviews t…

There were some fabulous quilts at FOQ this year, but there’s a second chance to see the winning competition quilts and the Fine Art Textile Gallery at the Knitting & Stitching Show,  which will be taking place 7th…

2021 Hemline Advent Calendar
Summer’s past and now we look forward to darker months – and the advent of things to come.   Hemline are far ahead of us with their popular Sewing Advent Calendar.

The Hemline a…

Earlier this year we ran a competition featuring some lovely notions from Clover, and launched a series of videos created with Stuart Hillard showing how useful the different notions were proving to be.  He…

Every so often we see something of real interest that we just have to share with you all.  This article is one of those times:

Hi I’m Chrissie Menzies and I am a textile artist living and working in Mid Wales, I…

Introducing Vlieseline ECO 150, the first 100% biodegradable voluminous wadding with high insulation performance. Made from renewable resources, 100% Lyocell which is sourced from Eucalyptus trees. This…

Bridges, not Walls

“We build too many walls and not enough bridges” – Sir Isaac Newton

From time to time our craft pops up in all sorts of different places.  We spoke to Luke Jerram, the artist behind the ‘Q…

We promised to keep our members here at the website and facebook up to date with what’s happening at FOQ and watching all the comments at UK Quilters one of the biggest questions is safety during this year’s…

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…