Thought that I would share this lovely wall hanging with you. This was not made by me but by my friend Sarah. Sarah only works in linen and works often in an abstract way; however in this instance she has taken a traditional block and put her own twist on it. She quilts with thick …
It is so lovely to see signs of Spring breaking through and some little clumps of snowdrops have appeared in my garden. They are such delicate little blooms but always a joy to see. These small quarter circles were pretty simple and came together quite easily. Here they are all pieced together in another round: …
For World Book Day, I thought that I would share with you my most recent book purchase. This is “Quilting With Liberty Fabrics” written by Jenni Smith. It is a hardback book in a slip on case with 224 pages of content.The book contains a little history about Liberty and then history of the fabrics. …
Its so lovely to see some warmer and sunnier days. I so love being outside and it always makes my daily walk so much nicer when the sun shines.I have a project in Love Sewing magazine this month. The magazine actually comes with two free dressmaking patterns so is pretty good value if enjoy making …
I am slowly adding to my medallion quilt and making it up as I go. I added a very narrow border to the flower centre and then decided that a chequer board round would work well. Lots of nine patch blocks in pink and green. The pink is pretty bright but hopefully I can tone …
Following on from my post below I thought that I would share the second quilt and also the bag that I have designed and made for Mez Crafts in the Dee Hardwicke fabric collection. This second quilt uses two of the navy floral fabrics for the hearts and a lovely berry print for the background …
Last year I was pleased to be able to design and make some projects for Mez Crafts using this lovely collection of fabrics designed by Dee Hardwicke. The collection consists of twenty four fabrics featuring flowers, blooms, butterflies, berries and hares in turquoise, yellow, navy, grey and pink. The really good thing about the fabrics …
I have been collecting these fabrics for some time. I started with a one metre piece of the Jen Kingwell Moda stripey fabric. It has eight different fabric strips within the one width. (It’s the one on the very edge of the photo) I then based the fabric collection around that and have some orange, …
It’s always lovely to see my work featured in magazines and even though I have probably written more than a hundred patterns for magazines over the years I still get a kick out of being in print. In this month’s Sew magazine there is a pattern for my fabric storage baskets. These come in two …
Everyone needs a treat now and again don’t they? I thought that I would treat myself to a lovely box of Aurifil threads. I have used Aurifil for a number of years but mostly use the more neutral shades for piecing and have a nice collection of grey, beige, lemon, cream and sage colours. I …