As many of you will know I organise an annual one day quilting retreat called the Stitch Gathering. Every year we have a Ticket Project where I send something to all the attendees which they use to make their ‘ticket’ they then hand this in on the day to gain admittance. in previous years I …
A lot of my time is spent coming up with new designs for quilts and new designs for classes and sometimes both things at once. I often turn my magazine quilts into new workshops (usually due to student’s requests) but with a full-time teaching studio and three annual retreats I am still always searching for …
Hopefully you all got a chance to read my post yesterday. The 6th of June was 10 years to the day since I started writing this blog and I spent a little time reminiscing and sharing my very first post. I also mentioned that I would be hosting a special celebratory GIVEAWAY today, to say …
Earlier in the year the lovely folks at Free Spirit Fabrics asked if I’d join in with their Murmur Fabric Influencer Tour. Murmur is the new fabric collection from one of my favourite designer’s Valori Wells, so of course I said ‘Yes please!’. A beautiful box full of the new collection arrived a few weeks …
It’s May the Fourth and I’m heading to a wedding reception tonight. It’s the wedding of one of my students, Suzanne and her fiance Scott, who are big Star Wars fans, hence the date they decided to tie the knot! I’ve become very fond of, and proper lifelong friends with many of my students over …
The Quilter’s Guild of the British Isles is celebrating it’s 40th birthday this year and they are marking this in many different ways. One of them is the 2019 Specialist Group Challenge. One of the antique quilts from the guild’s collection, the Edwin and Mary Bloomfield Coverlet, has been chosen to be reinterpreted by members. …
It’s been quite a few months since I last had a pattern in a publication. Last year I stopped taking commissions for magazines so that I could concentrate fully on my new book. But since the beginning of the year I have been non-stop sewing for magazines and this is the first to be published. …
Last year I was asked to take part in an international group quilting event called World Wide Whispers. Have you heard of Chinese Whispers Quilts before? I had and had always thought it an intriguing idea. I will explain exactly what this involves if you keep reading. This was called ‘World Wide Whispers’ because it …
I am currently in a high state of excitement due to my forthcoming trip to QuiltCon in Nashville next week! This will be my 3rd QuiltCon after Savannah in 2017 and Austin in 2015 and I’m sure this one will top those previous trips due to even more UK pals travelling with me, and even …
I’ve had a bit of time away from quilting deadlines since Christmas and this has given me some space for experimentation. This started when I needed a Christmas present for a neighbour and so I stitched a couple of panels of scrappy improv for a pouch. I used up the odd left over class sample …