It was so good to see the Festival back this year and organised and run in a careful and socially distanced manner. I spent three days there, teaching workshops, attending lectures, looking at amazing quilts and catching up with friends. My friend Sarah Hibbert had a stand to promote her forthcoming book “From Collage To …
I have a project in this month’s Love Sewing magazine. It’s for a Beach Bag. The bag is stitched in fabrics from the ‘Beside the Sea’ collection from Makower. It is a super collection full of little boats, beach huts, sandy icons and stripes. The bag is fully lined with a turquoise spot fabric and …
I have a pick up/put down EPP project on the go. I am more of a machine stitcher but every now and then I do like to relax with some hand sewing. This is a scrappy project so I am having fun delving into the scrap box for little bits of fabric for these blocks. …
Karen purchased one of my patterns for the quilt – A Taste of the Orient and has been beavering away on it during the lock down. It is a quilt that uses a number of different techniques including piecing, applique and foundation piecing. I love the colour scheme and the beautiful fabrics that she has …
Yesterday I taught a workshop at Tudor Rose Patchwork in Bedford. This was my first face to face workshop for ages and it was so good to be back. Everyone was so happy to be there too. We spent the day working on star blocks. These blocks will form part of a quilt called Hearts …
I love making zippy pouches as I think that they are super useful for all sorts of things including cosmetics, stationery, masks, small toys, cards, sewing items etc. The list is pretty extensive. I have just made four using this lovely collection of fabrics called Pamper from Makower. I love this collection with its little …
I purchased a bundle of fabrics called Rebel Girl designed by Lysa Flower, from Sew Hot and had been deliberating what to make with them for some time but finally settled on a design which I kind of made up as I went along. I added a cream background fabric and a plain black fabric …
It is so lovely to be getting bookings again for face to face teaching. I have been adding the details of the classes and the venues to the Day and Evening Classes page on the website so if you are interested in a class do check there for information. This is one of my new …
I have been working on several visible mending projects recently and have really enjoyed finding ways to mend garments. I have written a feature for Love Sewing Magazine Issue 92 where I explore different techniques for visible mending. I cover eight different skills for mending with step by step photos. The pinafore here had a …
My quilt Scrappy Crosses has made it to the cover of this month’s Patchwork and Quilting magazine. It is a great scrap busting project as only small amounts of fabric are needed for each block. I have used scraps of solid fabric with a grey linen effect background fabric. The magazine as always contains lots …