BossyOz

 I really enjoyed creating the pattern for the foundation paper pieced logo for UK Quilters United, so much so that I wanted to create some more FPP patterns. Trying to come up with an idea, which also forced me to have a deadline, I started thinking about the festivities coming up. I realised I was too late to make something for Valentine’s Day and St Patrick’s Day is not really celebrated at my place (although it is at work), so the next holiday that sprung to my mind was Easter. Thinking about the festivities coming up, I realised I was too late to make something for Valentine's Day. St Patrick's Day is not really celebrated at my place (although it is at work), so the next holiday is Easter. After doing a search on Google and Pinterest, I realised that there were no great patterns available for eggs. There are loads of patterns for chickens and bunnies readily available, but alas no eggs, unless you like to appliqué them. Bring on the challenge! After a bit of drafti...

At the beginning of January 2018, we launched a website for UK Quilters United. Lots of hard work had been done in the background for a very long time. One of the rules in all the UKQU Facebook groups, since the start four years ago, has been that we do not allow any self-promotion or advertising, and there is a strict no-selling rule (except one of the groups which allow personal de-stashing of quilting related items). Many of our members are also shop owners and they have been asking us to allow them to sell / advertise. The website is our response to this. At the moment we have nine main categories, with more to come as we have the chance to develop it. For most of the sections, the content is provided by volunteers, doing it all for free, or in exchange for some freebie which they product test or write a review about. As one of the founders of the UK Quilters United Facebook group, I am contributing to the website when I can. So far it has mainly been in the background,...

Hazel the Hedgehog, Sweet Succulents and Cat Vent minis