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Little Box of Sunshine, Project, Threads

Anchors Aweigh

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 heading off to Holkham beach. There’s something restful and invigorating about the long horizontal line of sand, sea and sky. It makes me think that anything is possible. For our Sunshine Box  ...

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

Highlights from the Festival

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 and get people to join in our Instagram contest. We also enjoyed chatting with people at our Juki Club oasis and quenching our thirst with juicy water. The best part, as always was demonstrating our  ...

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Awards, Festival of Quilts 2017

Pictorial Quilts Winners!

.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 congratulate the winner, Janneke de Vries-Bodzinga for her quilt ‘African Village’. Follow the link to Janneke’s gallery to view the amazing quilt in greater detail. The second and third  ...

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Events, Instagram contest, Little Box of Sunshine, Retreats

Instagram Contest Winners

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 Festival of Quilts. Our big winner for the combination of best picture juried by the Juki Club team AND most cumulative likes over the course of the Festival of Quilts was Elle from Sew Positivity. Elle  ...

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