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Vintage Home Quilt Along – Month 6

Month 6 already! We are now half way through this QAL! This month it’s time for some plates.  This was a tricky one because basically they are just a circle, so I struggled coming up with a design until I remembered portholes, a very versatile technique that I learnt from Lu Summers at the first

Aurifil DOM – it’s time for my block!

Back in November I posted about the 2018 Aurifil Designer of the Month programme and the exciting fact that I was one of this year’s designers! Well my month has come round already – eeek! The theme this year is ‘The Places We Go’ and the palette is Black and White and a Colour. This

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 5

Welcome to month 5 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! Wow we are getting through them, nearly half way now! This month we will be making bowls! Some of you may recognise the block above from my ‘Dishes Quilt’, the first quilt that I made for Today’s Quilter (issue 3). I loved how this

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 4

Welcome to Month 4 of the Today’s Quilter Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! This month it’s all about storage. Perhaps you’ve had a big re-organisation or a clear out of unwanted clutter at the start of the year?  Maybe you’ve found some new (or vintage) tins or containers to store stuff in?  Well that’s the

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 3

Welcome to month 3 of our Vintage Home BOM quilt along! I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas. I always think this period between Christmas and New Year is an odd, disorientating time, I never know what day it is and I’m all out of my routine! So this latest issue of Today’s

Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along – Month 2

Welcome to month 2 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along!  I have been so happy to see your teapots popping up all over Instagram! Even my sister Jane is joining in 🙂 This month we are adding to our Tea Party with with some cups and saucers.  And as these are quite small blocks we