My Moon Tree Quilt is finished! I’ve been working on this since November last year when I started stitching these moon tree appliqué panels. I didn’t start out with the idea of making a quilt but I was enjoying sewing these so much that I knew I had to find a use for all the …
Two years ago I took part in my first 100 Days Project. This is a free global art project that takes place online every year. You can read about my first project, 100 Days of Organic Appliqué, and the subsequent fabric book I created in this post. The 100 x 4″ blocks I stitched became …
Let’s start with the exciting news… I am getting one of the Textile Galleries at this year’s Festival of Quilts! This is a very big deal for me. I applied for a gallery six years ago and got rejected and it’s taken me a while to give it another shot. I am so excited to …
My latest obsession is stitching these panels that feature trees in front of a moon. It’s a further exploration of my Freehand Rainbow Applique which I started 3 years ago now. The idea behind that was to cut and stitch simple shapes with the least fuss possible. No templates, no instructions, just some fabric and …
As soon as I got up on Tuesday 31st December I stitched the last temperature block for 2024. Luckily (!) it was a very rainy day so I could decide on the weather code for the day with confidence. I’d already sewn the other 2″ blocks into the 16 block pages and had them up …
It’s been quite a while since I posted over here! I’m sure I’ve been as busy as ever but working on many different projects at a time and not really finishing anything enough to share here. However I wanted to tell you about a little journey I’ve been on recently to create a Folk Art …
15 year’s ago today I wrote my first ever blog post! Huge thanks to all my blog readers who have joined me on this journey, for all or some of the last 15 years!! I remember so clearly asking my then teenage sons for help and we actually had such a fun time together setting …
I have a finished quilt to share today, one that I started about a year ago. This is Beech Canopy and it was inspired by looking up at the tops of my favourite beech trees from below in the spring. I love that fresh green colour and the way the sun sparkles through them. I …
Back in the summer of 2021 I launched a series of block designs in collaboration with Crafter’s Companion. I wrote all about it here. These were packs of die sets that worked with their Gemini die cutting machines. Since then we have been planning a further collaboration to produce template sets for applique designs. It’s …
Today we launched the second year of our Thread House Academy. The first year has been a wonderful experience for both students and us! And now we have a whole new programme of classes planned for 2024/25. I thought I would share my classes here. We have three themed terms and the first is ‘curves’. …