The Quilt Quine

Snippets of a Quilter's Quirky Life www.thequiltquine.com

Sunday, 9 August 2026

12 Days Straight

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This weekend I have been recovering from working 12 days straight, including FoQ. When I worked for myself I could unwind gradually and last...
Monday, 3 August 2026

FoQ 2026

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Another Festival of Quilts is already over! I first attended as a visitor with 3 small children in tow in 2006, represented APQS for a few y...
Sunday, 26 July 2026

Build Up to FoQ 2026

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  My week at work was mostly spent being involved in FoQ preparation. I long-armed mini quilts pieced using the Accuquilt system, packed up ...
Sunday, 19 July 2026

The Graduate

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Nella graduated from Norwich University of the Arts with a degree in Textiles. We could not be prouder of her achievement!!! We had a lovely...
Monday, 13 July 2026

A Patchwork Coat in High Summer

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  I spent all of last Sunday working out how to put my patchwork coat together which was not technically difficult at all, apart from me not...
Sunday, 5 July 2026

Fixer

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I consider myself to be a problem solver or a fixer, without the dodgy associations of crime or MI6. My children have often commented that ...
Sunday, 28 June 2026

Fan-Tastic

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This week was so hot that I wished for a Scottish summer, although it was hot there too. I was glad of the neck fan and bedroom fan that I h...
Sunday, 21 June 2026

Norfolk Minibreak

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Before I left on my Norfolk mini-break I completed a lovely customer quilt, an Irish Chain with silver metallic thread. The Q24 did a beauti...
Sunday, 14 June 2026

Crazy Busy

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This week at work was all demos, teaching and customer quilting as well as cracking out the machine inventory, preparing the classroom and a...
Sunday, 7 June 2026

Slainte Mhath, Slugs;)

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First I tried straw, then I teased out wire scourers to apply as mulch, splitting open the end of my thumb but NOTHING seems to stop the pes...
Sunday, 31 May 2026

Not an Actual Mummified Squirrel

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Last week was hot - it got up to the mid 30’s C and was just as warm inside at work which is not ideal for making quilts. I even missed my o...
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Crathes, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Longarm Quilter, Author, Teacher, Traveller, Experimenter, Procrastinator based in NE Scotland Bernina UK QSeries Ambassador
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