machb, Author at MachineQuilter

education, Little Box of Sunshine, Tips & Tricks

Mark Twain on Education

September 22, 2017

“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” Having been a teacher, I get nostalgic in September. It will always be for me the start of a new year, fresh with promise and possibilities. Now that we’ve recovered from our holidays and got the kids back to school ...

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Little Box of Sunshine, Project, Threads

Anchors Aweigh

September 1, 2017

Savour the summer with our Anchors Aweigh Little Box of Sunshine. We’re back from our family holiday in Norfolk. As I write this nautical themed post, I’m savouring the summer memories. Here I am flanked by the kids; Kate, Ellie, Rosie, Pete and Emily and Ben. Then we’re all ...

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Awards, Events, Festival of Quilts 2017, Threads, Tools of the Trade

Highlights from the Festival

August 16, 2017

The Festival was great! We enjoyed meeting so many quilters. It’s always a joy to match people up to the right tools. Juki was delighted to be a sponsor this year for the Pictorial Quilts category. We were also glad to introduce our new Juki Club. It was fun to engage with social media ...

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Awards, Festival of Quilts 2017

Pictorial Quilts Winners!

August 16, 2017

.Juki sponsored the Pictorial Quilts Category this year at the Festival of Quilts. The pictorial quilt category features figurative or representational pieces depicting a scene or subject. Ikuko Leska our Juki Club team leader, came from Juki Central Europe to hand out the award and ...

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Events, Instagram contest, Little Box of Sunshine, Retreats

Instagram Contest Winners

August 16, 2017

Congratulations to our Instagram Contest winners. We wanted to share some of the winning photographs. You’ll be able to view all the entries on Instagram under #myjukiclub and #foq17. The photos below won the Little Box of Sunshine subscription box for the most likes each day of the ...

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Events, Instagram contest, Little Box of Sunshine, Threads

Instagram contest at the Festival

August 8, 2017

We’re hosting an Instagram contest at the 2017 Festival of Quilts! Join the fun for the chance to win some great prizes. Instagram contest rules Take a photo at the Festival of Quilts that includes the Juki or the Juki Club logo. You can use our photo props at the Juki Stand A 46 or ...

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Events, Little Box of Sunshine, Threads, Tools of the Trade

Getting Ready for the Festival of Quilts 2017

August 2, 2017

We’re busy getting ready for the Festival of Quilts. We love the show! The fun of preparations, planning projects, ordering threads, designing handouts and editing film reels. We look forward to the buzz when we get there on the Wednesday and greet the familiar faces of the other stall ...

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Little Box of Sunshine, Project, Threads, Tips & Tricks

Summer Fruits

July 22, 2017

Our Cherries and Strawberries Sunshine Boxes and Moonshine Bags went out this week. Each month when I put together the Sunshine Boxes I think it’s my favourite. We really did enjoy putting this one together. The Sunshine Box has a retro cherry theme; very 1950’s American diner. The ...

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Events, Project, Threads, Tools of the Trade

Christmas in July: a Juki Club LIVE Event

July 14, 2017

During our Christmas in July event last weekend we celebrated summer and got ready for Christmas at the same time! The venue was the Franklins sewing shop in Colchester. Besides a massive selection of Juki sewing machines, Franklins have everything for the quilter and stitcher; a superb ...

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Events, Project, Threads

Christmas in July: Line by Line Postcard Project

July 13, 2017

We had a great time hosting our Juki Club LIVE: Christmas in July event in the Franklins Shop in Colchester last weekend. The weather was truly tropical! We had fun playing with tropical and Christmas fabrics and line designs at the same time. Juki Club LIVE provided free projects for the Juki ...

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