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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 5: Equipment, Needles & Thimbles 7 years, 1 month ago
Needles
The type of needle you use for hand quilting depends on which stitching technique you use. I stitch in the traditional way using the “rocking stitch”. More details about how to do this will be in the last pos…
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Ruth Garner recommended the post A Saucy Little Retreat…. 7 years, 1 month ago
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Sharon Reid wrote a new post, Behind closed doors 7 years, 1 month ago
The men have the Masons and the Masonic Hall; we have quilting and Southwell House.
Stitch & Brue are now going into their seventh year, hopefully there will be no 7 year hitch with this relationship; Brue a play…
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I wish I lived nearer, looks like a great way to spend a Sunday!
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Thank you Teresa, you would be made most welcome, we do this as often as we can and in the summer we can sit outside with our work and eat our lunch too. Its a great day spent with some lovely ladies.
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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years, 1 month ago
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Carolyn Gibbs recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years, 1 month ago
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Juliet Nice wrote a new post, A Saucy Little Retreat…. 7 years, 1 month ago
One of the best things about UK Quilters United on Facebook, is how it brings quilters together in real life (the outernet!) instead of just the internet.
Whether you are looking for a friend for ‘cuppa and sew’,…
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See you at the Blogtreat.
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Denham is a great venue for a retreat, I have been there twice with Avril’s group. Some amazing quilts your group has made there! Love your flowerpot and Rainbow. So pleased you enjoyed it, and like Lyn I can’t wait to meet everyone again at the Bloggerati retreat in November!
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What amazing quilts and sounds like a great time was had by all.
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Always a pleasure to meet fellow quilters and our group ” Barclay Quilters” have been up and running for years with 3 successful retreats per year. Lovely to have met Juliet, if only from a distance just in case she spied my mini quilt…….
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Fabulous. I love our annual trips to Paignton with my quilting group and this year I have a lovely trip up to Derbyshire to look forward to in July. Like many, with work and tutoring I don’t get much time to stitch myself, so a few days away just for stitching is a real treat.
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, The great Cabin Adventure 7 years, 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…
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Wow, hubby wont see you for weeks!!!
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haha .. I cannot deny I had not thought of that either
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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!
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I can understand your excitement. Love the patchwork chair. Just make sure Tilly does not order too much extra fabric on the phone!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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Carolyn Gibbs wrote a new post, Starting hand quilting: Part 4: Equipment: Hoops and Frames 7 years, 1 month ago
What equipment do you need to start hand quilting? Well, there are lots of different views on this, so I will share what works for me.
Hoops14″ quilting hoop, bound with tape
I prefer to use a hoop to hold the p…
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Sarah Wells wrote a new post, Half term on full steam! 7 years, 1 month ago
A well earned half term flew by, but I ensured I worked my through my project list. I finally got lavender Lane block of the month into one piece. It all went wrong!, that sinking feeling set in several times when I…
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The black background really makes the Kaffe Fasset Collective fabrics zing. The Lavender Lane quilt is exquisite, I adore the twiddled blocks. Taking pictures is essential to remember what you have made, especially if the quilt is going to a new home.
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I love the colours and prints you have used, the quilt is so vibrant and happy.
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Starting hand quilting: Part 3: Threads 7 years, 1 month ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Hold all caddy 7 years, 1 month ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Sampler Quilts 7 years, 1 month ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post Gullivers Adventures 7 years, 1 month ago
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Juliet Nice recommended the post cut&alter :: Not the blog it was supposed to be! 7 years, 1 month ago
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Denim – Its your Style — new thread Pack from Gutermann 7 years, 1 month 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!
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Chris Franses wrote a new post, Sampler Quilts 7 years, 1 month ago
Sampler quilts are a great way to learn a lot of different techniques and still end up with something useful rather than a random collection of blocks stuffed in a drawer (or a folder with notes if you are truly…
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Wow those are gorgeous!
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Thanks, Juliet! I’ve had fun dreaming up different ways to put blocks together so students feel they are getting something new if they return each year.
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Some amazing ideas, particularly useful because I am in a group making charity quilts from sometimes donated orphan blocks.
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Thank you, Teresa. Orphan blocks can be a challenge (and I have quite a few myself) but the settings can often bring quite different blocks (and colours) together.
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Yours quilts are fabulous, I have never made a sampler style quilt and you have inspired me to have a go when I have time
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Sylvia Priest – webmaster and quilter wrote a new post, Tennants Auction House – Stitches in Time 7 years, 1 month 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…
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That’s a must! It is so rare we get up close to threads of the past.
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Abigail Sheridan de Graaff wrote a new post, cut&alter :: Not the blog it was supposed to be! 7 years, 1 month ago
Today should have seen the next instalment in my Modern Quilt series but, as you may have guessed from the title, it isn’t!
The last week seems to have passed in a blur with a trip to IKEA for bedroom furniture, new…
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Quilters are so generous!
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They really are!!
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Such Kindness
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It was an overwhelming response and I have enough fabric to make 2 more eye spy quilts!
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Ruth Garner wrote a new post, Carry Case for Work-In-Progress. 7 years, 1 month ago
The other night I lay in bed tossing and turning thinking about my upcoming holiday and how I was going to transport a mini quilt I was working on without folding it and messing it up (lots of little pieces…
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Snap. Without seeing this, a few months ago I made something very similar for the same purpose. I did use flannelette on the inside and put a pocket on the outside to hold pattern or small ruler. Works a treat to keep blocks in place. Great minds I think …
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Hi Carol. That is a coincidence! Flannelette is a really good idea as it does need something to ‘cling’ to the pieces it is carrying. I tried to find some spare
fabric used for a hanging wall but couldn’t find it. A pocket in the outside is a really good idea as well. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
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Jane Galley wrote a new post, London Town Continued 7 years, 1 month ago
You might remember I said in my previous blog that I had more plans for the London Town Fat Quarters from the Cotton Craft Co. As promised, I’ve come back to share my next make using the f…
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That is a really lovely piece if work. I have some of this fabric, so now I am inspired!
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Would love to see a photo when you’re done 🙂
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Very nice !
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thank you
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