Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Templates from Sew Easy 6 days, 12 hours ago
Easier to use than standard templates, these mini squares and right angled triangles are perfect for creating smaller piece quilts. They complement the existing pentagon, diamond, triangle and hexagon s…
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Gütermann creativ Hand Quilting Threads 6 days, 13 hours ago
It really pays to select the right thread for hand sewing so your project runs smoothly without the thread splitting, tangling or snapping. Gütermann creativ provides the perfect choice with this premium…
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 1 week ago
Hi Lesley – We popped a message on here regarding the FOQ tickets. We can only assume you are no longer interested in these so will be drawing these again next week.
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, The Ultimate Competition – sponsored by Makower UK 2 weeks ago
All good things come to an end, and this is the final competition of this series.
Don’t despair as we are working on new ideas to keep you on your toes.Grosvenor Shows will be displaying all o…
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 2 weeks ago
Hi Lesley and well done … you were picked out of the hat to win the pair of tickets for the Festival of Quilts this year! If you could pop your address over to hello@ukqu.co.uk we will post them on to you in time for the event. Thanks to everyone who supports our wonderful website.
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Jenny Doan’s trunk show 2 weeks ago
At the Festival of Quilts this year, for the very first time, one of the first ladies of Quilting – Jenny Doan – will be visiting with her famous Trunk Show.
Jenny Doan has been called ‘The most famous…
As a fellow left hander I need to win !!
What a fabulous chance! As she was the very first person I watched on youtube explaining piecing, I have a very soft spot for this lady.
Would love the chance to see Jenny and here her talk x I would like to go on the Saturday
My friend and I find Jenny’s tutorials on you tube extremely helpful. We would love to listen to her show on Sunday
Still can’t enter …. Sob! Fabulous prize! I read the terms and conditions and shed a tear….. as a blogger/contributor to the UKQU site, I can’t enter, but whoever does win will have an amazing time!
I am a New Quilter but have been Dressmaking for many years. I would love to experience the Festival of Quilts to get some inspiration and stock up on supplies.
Jenny is a great Quilting inspiration. As a newbie quilter I love her Youtube videos. To watch her, maybe meet her would be a tick on my bucket list! I would love to come on Saturday 3rd August.
Would love to go see Jenny and take my friend who has never been to a show before
On the Saturday please
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 2 weeks ago
Hi Clare – You have just been picked out to win a pair of tickets to the Festival of Quilts this year! Would you care to send your address to the website email address and we will post them on to you. hello@ukqu.co.uk Well done and thanks for supporting the website.
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Clover Snag Repair Needles 2 weeks ago
With the Festival of Quilts on the horizon I am sure many quilters are frantically burying threads in readiness for completing their entries. Clover has a clever snag repair needle that might help.
The q…
Forget quilts, I want & need these for my clothes!
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 2 weeks ago
Hi Linda
This would need to be posted into the FB group as the list I think you refer to is on there. Thanks for the heads up though, it sounds a great shop.Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Trimits Bamboo Embroidery Hoops 4 weeks ago
Whilst our focus here at UKQU is patchwork and quilting, there are other needlecrafts that cross over into our territory so to speak. Many of our members enjoy applique, or will mix crafts to embellish a quilt w…
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
I am working on a set of bunting created from the scraps from all my quilts. Well, once I get started that is. All too often the quilts are gifted or donated, and what better way to remember them eh!
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
haha .. I cannot deny I had not thought of that either
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, The great Cabin Adventure 1 month ago
I am getting ridiculously excited. A long last we plan to turn our garden cabin into my sewing room, mostly because I have outgrown the small bedroom and space in there has shrunk. Well, I say shrunk, but if tr…
Wow, hubby wont see you for weeks!!!
haha .. I cannot deny I had not thought of that either
Sounds wonderful. Look forward to hearing more about your moving to your cabin. An opportunity to sort through and remember all the quilts you have made. Wonderful
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I am working on a set of bunting created from the scraps from all my quilts. Well, once I get started that is. All too often the quilts are gifted or donated, and what better way to remember them eh!
I can understand your excitement. Love the patchwork chair. Just make sure Tilly does not order too much extra fabric on the phone!
It looks lovely in there. And you will be able to lose yourself sewing away from the phone, the doorbell etc. I wish I had insisted in double glazing for mine!
I have long been telling all and sundry that I am building up a stock of fabric for if and when I can no longer afford to buy it. I have a badge saying ‘It’s not stash. It’s my retirement fund’! I am fortunate in that my OH encourages me to buy! After all, he says, if you don’t use it someone will! As we have a daughter and a grandaughter who sew, it’s a point. Our grandson enjoys a bit of sewing now and then, too!
Looks like its going to be the in place to go! How lovely is this to finally get a dedicated space. My small bedroom has also become outgrown, one day soon I too shall have another place to go. I bet you are dead excited.
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Denim – Its your Style — new thread Pack from Gutermann 1 month, 1 week ago
Next month we will be looking at recycling in patchwork, which some might say is where our craft began. The lovely people at Gutermann have put together a great collection of threads for working with denim, and o…
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Nice!
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Tennants Auction House – Stitches in Time 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Needlework was an important accomplishment for all women in times gone by, and some exceptional examples are up for sale as two important private collections of Samplers and Quilts come up for auction in Tennants…
That’s a must! It is so rare we get up close to threads of the past.
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Have you entered the UKQU Quilt Competitions? 1 month, 2 weeks ago
We asked Sandra Pearson why she entered the quilt competition here and this is what she said, in her own words with comments from some of her friends too:
I have been asked to talk here on the web site a bit about…
Very interesting and although I don’t quilt myself (YET) I thoroughly enjoy going to the shows and am amazed by the talent, thought and passion that goes into every quilt.
Keep up the lovely work everyone can appreciate every stitch.
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Clover Graph Rulers 2 months ago
The brilliant people at Clover have come up with a clever new ruler to help us draft our own patterns or blocks.
This pliable ruler adds a new dimension to scaling and drafting sewing and knitting…
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, New! Gutermann C NE 50 Thread Pack with Clips 2 months, 1 week ago
New to the Gütermann creativ range is a pack of ten x 100m reels of gorgeous thread colours with a 5% discount. Made from100% mercerized premium Egyptian cotton, C Ne 50 thread harmonizes with a wide range of…
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Festival of Quilts 2019 2 months, 1 week ago
We spoke to Anna Baptiste, the event director for the Festival of Quilts and she agreed to give a very rare interview for us here at UKQU. Leave her a comment and someone will win a pair of tickets to this years e…
Wonderful to learn more about the organisation of the show. Thanks for getting the interview Sylvia.
Great interview !! And this year, i can get to FOQ and can’t wait
Interesting ‘behind the scenes’ information, I was there at the beginning and most years after. So good to have our own F of Q’s in the UK.
Interesting to hear a bit about the work behind the scene. Looking forward to another great show!
Really interesting to hear what goes on behind the scenes.
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Hi Lesley and well done … you were picked out of the hat to win the pair of tickets for the Festival of Quilts this year! If you could pop your address over to hello@ukqu.co.uk we will post them on to you in time for the event. Thanks to everyone who supports our wonderful website.
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Hi Lesley – We popped a message on here regarding the FOQ tickets. We can only assume you are no longer interested in these so will be drawing these again next week.
Thankyou that was so interesting. Thankyou for sharing
Great to read about all the work that goes on thank you
Fantastic interview thanks! Can’t wait for this year’s festival
My quilting group had a speaker who was a Volunteer at Festival of Quilts.
It was fascinating all the behind the scenes work that goes into making this a fantastic show for us.
I have a quilting friend in Australia who comes over for it Every Year!Great Interview!
Great beh8nd the screams look thank you for everyone that helps, I Would love to go this year, not been for several years x
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Such an interesting read for one of the highlights of my year.
Got to be in it to win it, second time lucky? (Fingers and toes crossed. Lol!)
Much to my shame, I have thought very little about the hard work in producing the show. I had my first visit last year and loved it.
If bloggers on the UKQU site are not prevented or disallowed from entering the draw for tickets, I would love a pair of tickets because it is the first time it hasn’t clashed with the Fairport Convention Cropredy Music Festival.
I would love the chance to win tickets. I’ve been on a no-spend for nearly a year now and this would be a fab way of working round my ban.
Haven’t been for a couple of years. A day there would be great.
I would love to win tickets for this incredible display of quilty, fabric talent and inspiration.
Just discovered I can go to FOQ this year, so excited!
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
I’ve just seen I’m getting some tickets to malvern. Thank you so much!