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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The First Quilter I Ever Knew 7 years ago
Margaret is joining our merry band of Bloggers so we asked her to tell us about herself.
I think my quilting journey really began with fashion. From a very early age, I loved new dresses and watched my mum whip up…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Modern Quilts – Asymmetry and Alternate Gridwork 7 years ago
After a rather long break I am back today with the next instalment in my mini Modern Quilt Series. You can find the previous post by following these links:
Modern Quilts – An Introduction, Modern Quilts – Fabric…
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I haven’t experimented with alternate grid work outside of EQ8 but will be doing so when I get to join the blocks on Helen’s Modern Sampler.I do like the idea though…
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Hope you enjoy it! When I got EQ7 I found it difficult to design in an alternate way so I still use paper and pencil or a design wall!!
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If this doesn’t inspire us, nothing will!
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Templates from Sew Easy 7 years 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…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Gütermann creativ Hand Quilting Threads 7 years 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…
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Design your own block. Part 1 7 years ago
The simplest way to design your own block is to take a traditional block and add or subtract a few lines. The Ohio Star block for instance can be changed into Swamp Angel by turning the corner squares into…
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WOW that just completely boggled my Mind!
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It boggled my mind when I first realised it was not only possible but ‘allowed’! Hope you enjoy playing around and being further boggled by what you can achieve!
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, WOEWIT…(What On Earth…) 7 years ago
Have you ever had those times (quite possibly more than one) where you looked at a project, and thought ‘What On Earth Was I Thinking?’ (WOEWIT)? If you are anything like me, you will have numerous projects in var…
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Ruth Garner wrote a new post, Beartown Patchwork & Quilters – Celebrating our 35th Anniversary 7 years ago
Congleton Chronicle – a quilt made by 21 members in 1987, raffled for a local Hospice.
35 years ago (1984) a lady put an advert in a shop window in Congleton, Cheshire, asking if anyone wanted to get together…
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Happy Jade Anniversary and have a great Show. So wonderful to see some of the archives too in this fascinating blog.
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Thank you Teresa. The show is going well so far and a lot of interest in the quilts.
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Sharon Reid wrote a new post, Two for One Bank Holiday 7 years ago
How lucky were we this last Bank Holiday with not one but two local quilt shows within a half hour drive? A bonus that one was on Friday and Saturday and the other on Sunday and Monday! It couldn’t have been p…
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Sharon ….Fabulous report of 2 shows I wish I could have gone to, had they been nearer or if I had transport. Quantock Quilters are amazing for their first show, they should be immensely proud. How lovely that other group quilters at Corfe finished off Joyce Anning’s lovely work in her memory after her death to be a focal point of the show & fundraising & as for those Chooks, I would have rehomed all of them!!
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Teresa I was privileged to watch one of Joyce’s quilts get finished as one of the ladies goes to a group I attend, it was lovely watching it get finished and to know that someone had bought it prior to finishing and the show. The Chooks definitely made you smile when you turned the corner! I like to get the dates of these shows in my diary asap so I can work around them and not missed it!! Thank you for commenting.
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They were both excellent shows, I agree. A very good showing and variety at both. Next year you will have Apple County instead, as we alternate with Corfe. Let’s hope Quantock make it a regular thing-Gill Griffiths is a UKQU member!
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Thank you Maggie, you will have to supply me with all the dates and info for your show, I can the put in my diary and advise the ladies who attend my groups here and in the shop. My other half enjoys Corfe, he buys the paper, walks into the garden and find a table and chair, I get him a drink and a cake and he’s happy while I wander the show!! Such hard work by all.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Jenny Doan's trunk show 7 years 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…
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As a fellow left hander I need to win !!
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Jane Cooper … how could we refuse a leftie .. could you message me and I can arrange for two tickets to be sent direct to you for the Jenny Doan Trunk Show.
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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.
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Maggie Attfield! Could you message me via FB .. You have won two tickets to the Jenny Doan Trunk Show!!!!
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Would love the chance to see Jenny and here her talk x I would like to go on the Saturday
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My friend and I find Jenny’s tutorials on you tube extremely helpful. We would love to listen to her show on Sunday
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Would love to go see Jenny and take my friend who has never been to a show before
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On the Saturday please
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Thank you for the opportunity to win, I have never been to the FoQ, so to be able to see Jenny in her show would be a highlight, what a day that would be. xx
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How wonderful, I often watch Jenny Doan on youtube at Missouri Star, her fuss free instructions are amazing. To see her Trunk Show would be a great treat that presently is just a wish!
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My friend and I would love to see Jenny, she was inspirational to me to have a go at quilting quilting. To watch and listen to her would be a unforgettable experience and a brilliant way to spend a sunday afternoon
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At last one year I can actually visit FOQ & would love to win
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I would love to see Jenny. We were in Missouri in April but it was Jenny’s wedding anniversary and she wasn’t there. To say I was gutted was an understatement.
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Would love to have the tickets as a friend is visiting the FoQ for first time and was very disappointed her trunk show was sold out.
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I would love to win these for the Saturday, my lovely Aunt and friend Jacky would absolutely adore this talk. She is to blame for my love of sewing, came to stay one year and sent me to buy a sewing machine as she couldn’t survive the 6 week visit without one!! I would love to surprise her with the tickets x
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Would love the chance for me and my friend Dee to see her have followed her journey and been so inspired with her love of quilting and how she had the time with so many children aswell inspirational. We are booked to go the FOQ show on the Sunday 4 August for my birthday treat
These tickets would be a lovely ending to a great weekend
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Would love to listen to the show on saturday.
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I would love to win a ticket for the saturday 3rd august trunk show and experience her story. I watch her videos often. They are so helpful.
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Would love to see Jenny, I think she is fantastic and have learnt so much from her
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It would be absolutely wonderful to win this prize. I find Jenny’s tutorials easy to follow, with beautiful quilts so would love to hear the Trunk Show on Saturday.
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I am going to FOQ on the Sunday with a friend and would love to hear Jenny’s story. I watch her videos often, she has helped me to progress my patchwork skills enormously.
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Would love to see Jenny with my friend Gill we are both fairly new to quilting but Jenny is so inspiring she makes it seem easy
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Clover Snag Repair Needles 7 years 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…
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Forget quilts, I want & need these for my clothes!
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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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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Lily Pad By Debbie Shore for The Craft Cotton Co 7 years ago
I think the Craft Cotton Co are quickly becoming one of my favourite fabric companies. The quality of the fabric is superb and the latest batch of design are fantastic. I have been given the privilege of r…
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Another triumph Jane! Lovely material and put to excellent use!
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Thank you Teresa
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Sarah Wells wrote a new post, Springfields quilt show 2019 7 years ago
I have just returned home from a fabulous show at Springfields in Spalding Lincolnshire. It’s always a highlight of my quilting year, a lovely friendly show with lots of great traders who are always friendly and w…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Quilts for Comfort 7 years ago
Earlier in the month I wrote about the generosity of quilters. We all know what comfort a quilt can bring and that is why so many of us quilters make for others. There are many different charities you can support t…
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Wonderful but heart breaking, especially regarding the 3 children who lost their father, which you took quilts to recently. Like Abigail many of us make quilts for various charity initiatives and it gives us comfort too as well, just to make them to try to make a difference.
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It really is heartbreaking, but it is great to know that there is a whole load of quilters out there from all over the world ready to make quilts for comfort.
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Christine Hutchins wrote a new post, I'd know that silhouette anywhere…! 7 years ago
I love fabric – I am a fabriholic, and the chance to review fabric is right up my street. I think that someone must have been thinking of me particularly when I was sent this fabric to review. I was sent some l…
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A very thorough review, Christine. Not all reviewers consider how it stitches!
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, Malvern Quilt Show 7 years ago
You may remember my deliberations about going to the retreat last year, you can read about it here in case you missed it. There were all sorts or mental gymnastics to get there and I’m so glad I went. I then dec…
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Trimits Bamboo Embroidery Hoops 7 years 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…
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Quilts UK 2019 :: A Review 7 years ago
Quilts UK has just finished and what a show it was. It is held over four days at the Three Counties Showground set at the foothills of the stunning Malvern Hills. People come from all over the country and quite often…
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I saw several of your quilts there Abigail, and very nice they were too! I had a good day shopping and viewing there and it was lovely to be at the young quilters exhibit when the two girls came with their mum (I assume) after school. The younger one’s joy at finding her rosettes was really heartwarming. Great to see young quilters doing well, though I guess not many get a chance to long arm!
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Ruth Garner recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 5: Equipment, Needles & Thimbles 7 years ago
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