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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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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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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

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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Little Box of Sunshine, Threads, Tips & Tricks

June Bugs

June 25, 2017

The Butterflies and Dragonflies in our June Bug tutorials this month are giving us the chance to practice symmetry. In both cases, making sure that the wings on one side of the bug, mirror the wings on the other. Our Sunshine subscription boxes include two beautiful butterfly fabrics by Dena ...

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Threads

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, 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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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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