Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Clover Graph Rulers 1 week, 1 day 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 weeks, 1 day 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 weeks, 3 days 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…
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 1 day ago
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Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Quilts 4 Care Leavers – are you a long armer ?? 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Maggie Lloyd-Jones .. founder of the Q4CL Project has an appeal ..in her own words:
I’ve written lots about Quilts For Christmas Dinners – the public face of Quilts for Care Leavers (Q4CL) – and our fantastic…
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I’m happy to help quilting, my Gracie frame is calling out for more use! So please add me to the list, I am very happy to help, especially for these young people who I think need more support than they often get!
Hi I would love to help , I have a 6 ft Freestyle frame so I could do the smaller ones . Please contact me.
I can help, I have a mid arm sweet 16
Hi Maggie. I need more practice using my long arm so would be happy to work on some quilts.
I have an APQS Millie longarm 14 foot long machine and would be happy to help. The beast is restless!!
I have a Q’nique 15r and a Qzone Hoop Frame. I’m not very experienced but would be happy to help.
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 2 days ago
I agree with your ethic – if you are gifting then that’s fine, but they are gifting at your expense then that’s altogether different. In the least they should pay for the materials and a contribution to your time, or if not the time make a gesture!
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, The Great Janome Giveaway … Part Two 3 weeks, 3 days ago
We gave away the first Janome M100 QDC machine on 1st April — and it was no fool who won this.
Congratulations Rachel Withill.
But we are resetting the counter and we have…
my 1986 Janome is still working fine but a new one would be fabulous!
I would love to be able to replace my current Singer
Always room for a new machine in my life.
Wouldn’t it be nice to win a lovely Janome sewing machine…
I think I need to upgrade my very basic John Lewis machine!
How excited would I be to win this
Good luck everyone
What an exciting competition
Great competition.
I wish!
I don’t have a Janome- yet!
Wow, I love Janome machines and would love to win this one
Would love to win a janome
My goodness, my old faithful, very ordinary basic machine, would be TOTALLY eclipsed by this amazing machine! Will need a lot of referring to the manual though methinks!!
Here’s hoping!
This would be a brilliant asset! Great competition
Fingers crossed xx
How I’d love to win this!
Great competition
Well done Rachel , hope you enjoy x
Fingers crossed
Pick me, pick me!!!!!!!
Love Janome and I would really love to win this one!
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, A great April ahead of us 3 weeks, 3 days ago
All is not what it might seem today! Check the date before you look any further!
Someone commenting on the foolish blogs posted today only might just win a lovely Riley Blake bag. And no that’s no joke eith…
Thanks for the heads up
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Sew Easy Patchwork Ruler 4 weeks ago
This Patchwork Ruler from Sew Easy is ideal for cutting strips, squares, rectangles and triangles and an absolute ‘must-have’ for patchwork and quilting. Suitable for both right and left-hand use, it has cle…
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, The Ultimate Competition – sponsored by Makower UK 1 month, 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…
A simply fabulous first prize! What lovely designs and colours Makower are launching in April! Isn’t it also great that Grosvenor Shows are again supporting these competitions. I would love to enter, but as one of the UKQU bloggers, I obviously can’t. I am really looking forward to seeing all the entries, and I can’t wait to see all the special quilts and the memories that mean so much to other quilters.
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Hi Margaret .. have you looked at the March and April competitions. The sooner the quilt entries appear in the FB Group the more likes you will attract. Hope we will see an entry from you.
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 1 month, 3 weeks ago
You are very welcome. We hope you will enter further competitions coming up too and are looking forward to seeing all the lovely quilts at the Grosvenor Show Exhibitions later this year.
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, April – showers or flowers 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The penultimate competition for entries to the UKQU website exhibition with Grosvenor Shows that will be travelling with their events from the Great Northern Quilt Show in…
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Hobbygift Sewing Machine Bags 1 month, 3 weeks ago
New! Deluxe Sewing Machine Bags with collapsible trolley
Available in two sizes, the deluxe sewing machine bag from Hobby Gift comes with a sturdy collapsible aluminium trolley to provide the most…
Sylvia Priest posted a new activity comment 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Thanks .. that’s a great contribution and one that will really make someone happy this year!
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, The February Sewathon .. a great idea? 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Last year, during the Retreat for the Bloggerati [a marvellous event to be repeated this year], a plot was hatched and Quilts for Christmas Careleavers began. Well, if truth be known it was already happening, but i…
It is such a pleasure to be able to make a few quilts for this and hopefully there will soon be a quiltaton somewhere near where I live, I have so far this year made two coplete quilts, been involved in another one with a group of friends and have three tops that can go to a longarmer.
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Thanks .. that’s a great contribution and one that will really make someone happy this year!
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, The Great Janome Giveaway – Part One 2 months ago
Yes, you read that perfectly correctly.
The Great Janome Giveaway .. Part One
The lovely people at Janome have given us FOUR Janome M100 QDC Sewing Machines to give away
Grieat prize would love it please
Great prize, the winner will be very lucky
Tremendously generous of Janome. I would love to win one!
My dear friend died and left me her Janone Gem, I love using it especially because of the memories and it was this friend who introduced me to quilting. How wonderful it would be to win this amazing M100 QDC Janone machine. I will keep my fingers crossed
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Mad March Hares .. our March quilt competition 2 months, 1 week ago
This months competition is sponsored by
Grosvenor Shows and EQSThe theme for March was the Mad March Hare.
We had some fabulous entries and our lucky winners are shown below. Well done…
Such a lovely surprise, I am absolutely thrilled to bits, thank you to everyone who voted
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, The Hauxwell Collection … Auction Results 2 months, 1 week ago
The Facebook groups have been really active with commentary about the Hauxwell Collection that recently went under the hammer at Tennants Auction House and one of the quilts will be joining the collections at the…
Sylvia Priest wrote a new post, Quilts for Christmas Dinner and EQS 2 months, 1 week ago
Every so often something wonderful happens and today was one of those days.
You may have heard already about the Quilts for Christmas Dinners project. For those who haven’t there are several blogs already…
How wonderful of EQS, we are all so inspired to make this happen as volunteer makers, this is the icing on the cake!
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2 weeks, 3 days ago
Wonderful to learn more about the organisation of the show. Thanks for getting the interview Sylvia.
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Great interview !! And this year, i can get to FOQ and can’t wait
2 weeks, 1 day ago
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.
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Interesting to hear a bit about the work behind the scene. Looking forward to another great show!
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Really interesting to hear what goes on behind the scenes.
2 weeks ago
Thankyou that was so interesting. Thankyou for sharing
2 days, 11 hours ago
Great to read about all the work that goes on thank you