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The Loving Earth Project

August 13, 2021Leave a comment

As part of our Summer theme of 'Mend', today's post highlights a project that might keep you occupied if the remaining weeks of the Summer holiday don't turn out to be all that sunny. Rachel's post 'Mending for the Soul' discussed the positive benefits sewing can have for mental health and to calm anxiety. If, … Continue reading The Loving Earth Project

MENDING FOR THE SOUL

August 2, 2021July 29, 2021Leave a comment

When the theme of mending was decided by the team a while back, I knew straight away that I wanted to share my journey of using sewing to help mend and sustain my mental wellbeing over the past couple of years. It's definitely been a tough year for us all and I think even the … Continue reading MENDING FOR THE SOUL

New Young Quilter video workshop!

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021Leave a comment

Here at Youngish Quilters we're focussing on the theme Mend. Over the summer we're going to explore this theme in all sorts of different ways. Today we have a wonderful sewing tutorial to share with you. Have a go at making a Snack Pouch, taught by Gill Towell. Sewing is a fantastic way of improving … Continue reading New Young Quilter video workshop!

A Few Mends of Mine

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021Leave a comment

With 'MEND' as our theme, I thought I would share some of my mending with you. I have enjoyed the process of mending things far more since a few years ago I heard about 'visible mending'. My friend showed me a mend on her woollen winter coat. The coat was red, the mend was green! … Continue reading A Few Mends of Mine

MEND Inspiration – Heidi Parkes

July 9, 2021Leave a comment

I first learnt about the Heidi Parkes when I attended the 2018 Modern Quilters Guild QuiltCon event in California (I know – so lucky!). There were many speakers there who were new to me and Heidi Parkes was one of them. As soon as I heard about our summer MEND theme here at Youngish Quilters … Continue reading MEND Inspiration – Heidi Parkes

Introducing our Summer theme: Mend!

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021Leave a comment

The Summer months here at Youngish Quilters are going to be all about mending. After the awful impacts of the pandemic which has now lasted for a year and a half, we all have a lot of mending to do: emotionally, physically, in terms of our mental health, our relationships, our education, our health system, … Continue reading Introducing our Summer theme: Mend!

Vlieseline’s Quilt-A-Long

June 23, 2021June 24, 2021Leave a comment

Fancy making this gorgeous quilt? During July Vlieseline are hosting an exciting quilt-a-long and you can take part! The quilt was designed using Vlieseline's Quilters Grid product and they have kindly donated some for you to use. So any YQ members or YQ volunteers who would like some, send us a message and we'll post … Continue reading Vlieseline’s Quilt-A-Long

Search Press Spring Festival

April 29, 2021April 28, 2021Leave a comment

This weekend Search Press book publishers are hosting a Spring festival with lots of wonderful craft tutorials, projects and demos. It's completely free to attend! It's on Saturday 1st - Monday 3rd May 10am - 4.30pm on the Search Press Facebook page. Click here Thank you to Search Press - they sponsor our YQ book … Continue reading Search Press Spring Festival

Some cool quilty links …

April 28, 2021Leave a comment

Create & Sustain (@create.and.sustain on Instagram) is a non-profit organisation 'dedicated to shifting environmental change with our collective voice in the quilting, home sewing, and craft industries'. They have been very active with live events recently and have done really interesting take-overs, such as by Zak Foster who makes burial quilts (@zakfoster.quilts) and ChiChi Nwizu … Continue reading Some cool quilty links …

New Year, New Inspiration – the Zaha Hadid project

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021Leave a comment

Al Janoub Stadium, Zaha Hadid Architects The fluid lines in Zaha Hadid's architectural designs seem to lend themselves so well to a quilting project! In this week's project, therefore, the star of the show will be curving lines. There are two different designs you can try your hand at: one inspired by the Al Janoub … Continue reading New Year, New Inspiration – the Zaha Hadid project

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We have a fun couple of posts coming your way! We are all about stars right now
Fancy a bit of slow stitching for the bank holiday weekend? New blog post on our website!
Fun new project on our blog to get you in the mood for Valentines Day, Valentine’s Day, or whatever you’re celebrating in February!
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We’re coming towards the end of the summer as well as our theme MEND which we’ve really enjoyed exploring with you! Let us know what you’ve enjoyed?
As part of our Summer theme ‘Mend’, today’s post highlights a project that might keep you occupied if the remaining weeks of the Summer holiday don’t turn out to be all that sunny.
Next up is the talented @rachelcare who is exploring our summer theme Mend! Read all about how important sewing is to help mend and sustain mental wellbeing. Her textile creations are beautiful - don’t miss seeing these...link in bio
🌟News!🌟 It’s the first day of @thefestivalofquilts and even though the children’s workshops are not running this year, we have a special video tutorial to share with you instead! Make this handy snack pouch taught by the amazing @gillymacdesigns , it’s perfect for storing your tasty treats on the go!
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