machb, Author at MachineQuilter

MicroQuilter NEW from Superior Threads

May 24, 2017

Machine Quilters are loving this New MicroQuilter thread! See the video and find out why. MicroQuilter is a 100 weight extra-fine polyester thread designed for invisible machine applique, detail quilting and stitch in the ditch. MicroQuilter is noticeably strong, especially considering its thin ...

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Events, Project

Alice Apron Update

May 5, 2017

It all started with this gorgeous fabric from Cotton + Steel’s Wonderland Collection by the Rifle Paper Company. This canvas weight fabric made the perfect apron for our Juki Club Tea Party. The new fabric lines come out in America several months before we get it over here in the UK. I ...

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Events, Project, Threads, Tips & Tricks

Cups ‘n Saucers Quilt

April 30, 2017

We put together this Cups & Saucers Quilt to celebrate our Alice Tea Party Juki Club event. We’re posting the directions here, so if you missed our first Juki Club event in Salisbury, you can still complete the projects at home. These applique projects were designed to explore the ...

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Events, Tools of the Trade

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

April 27, 2017

We’ve started a Juki Club here in the UK for people passionate about quilting. We created the Juki Club website to give online inspiration and support. We also wanted to have special Juki Club events so that we could meet up in person. For our very first Juki Club event, we hosted an ...

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Upcoming Events

Fancy a Retreat?

January 31, 2017

We’ve started hosting bring-your-own-frame Retreats. They’re GREAT! Despite the gorgeous photo, our venue is not a beach hut. But you can visit them on a walk to the beach. The Grange and Links Hotel in Sandilands near Sutton-on-Sea in Lincolnshire will be putting us up. The food ...

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Studio Stories

Jill Rose Brennan

November 18, 2016

Today we’d like to feature Jill Rose Brennan. Jill’s a quilter who makes all sorts “arty ones, beddy ones, large and small and commissions too. Here’s how we met. I’ll let Jill tell you in her own words. “For quite a while I had been looking at the Machine ...

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Tools of the Trade

Under the Arm

October 24, 2016

There’s a hidden dimension in long arm measurements. It’s the height! Lots of people talk about how long the arm of a sewing machine is. But the height is just as important! Long arm machines usually list the length AND the height of the machine arm. You can see this in the line up ...

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Project

Introducing… The Little Box of Sunshine

August 4, 2016

We’re very excited to be launching our new monthly subscription boxes! The Little Box of Sunshine is part of our ‘Circles round the Sun’ education programme. It’s the ideal way for quilters to gain basic free-motion-quilting skills by building on the simplest quilting ...

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Upcoming Events

Join us for a Retreat.

August 4, 2016

It’s just one week until the show – we are so excited! The buzz of the Festival of Quilts event is something we look forward to year after year and we love sharing that with our customers. If you’re keen on a frame but can’t make it to the Festival this year, we want to ...

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Upcoming Events

2 Weeks to the Festival!

July 28, 2016

Find us at stand A46. The Festival of Quilts is our really BIG show and it’s coming up soon. We can’t wait! You’ll find us at stand A46 under JUKI sewing machines brought to you by Franklin’s Group the UK Distributors. JUKI has just brought out an updated version ...

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