Today I’m delighted to share a new finished quilt! This is Intertwined and it’s made from all my Improv Flowers Workshop class samples, plus some extra details. I’ve been teaching this class since 2017 when it was a workshop choice at that year’s Stitch Gathering retreat. The initial spark was a class I took with …
It’s been quite a while since I last posted, I hope you’ve not been missing me too much! I have been fulfilling a lot of teaching obligations which date back two years and were all cancelled due to covid. This has kept me very busy, and though I have been making progress on various ‘class …
Yes it’s yet another pony! You saw the beginnings of this one in the Part 1 post last week and here he is all brought to life and looking gorgeous! Welcome to Part 2 of the Patchwork Pony Sustainable Sew Along. I hope you are all ready to sew your pony parts together. But if …
Welcome to Part One of the Patchwork Pony Sustainable Sew Along!! We will begin by concentrating on creating our outer panels for the pony. Firstly a HUGE thanks to everyone who has purchased the pony pattern! I was overwhelmed by the response and will have a lovely big donation for Create and Sustain ready to …
It’s been a while since I had a project in a magazine but now, just like buses, two have landed at exactly the same time. One is quilting and the other is embroidery which adds a nice balance to this post. The first one is my Landscape Wardrobe mini quilts as featured in the latest …
What a productive start to the year I’ve had! In this post I’m going to be showing off this first batch of charity orphan quilts, telling you about The Golden Bobbins and reporting on my current Moxie quilting practices and some recent troubleshooting. Let’s start with The Golden Bobbins. This is the name of my …
My first quilt finish of 2022 is called Watermelon Eyelashes. This is quite a long post as I’ll be discussing how you can put too much pressure on yourself and become paralysed by it. So buckle up! This quilt begun almost a year ago after I taught my Journey to the Centre of the Earth …
Things have got a little quieter around here as we get ready for Christmas. I love this time of year when work sewing slows down and I get a little playtime in the Schoolhouse. I’ve been neglecting my bird applique patterns for a while now. Every year I think I’ll get more than one new …
Today I’m delighted to share my finished Tiny Improv World quilt. The quilt top was finished during the first lockdown when I put together many collected sample pieces from all the Tiny Improv Streetscape classes I had taught. I actually didn’t have quite enough (having made plenty into puches and bags!) and so I needed …
I have two finished flower themed quilts to share with you today! Both were quilted on my Handi Quilter Moxie and I have again learned a huge amount. So in this post we’ll be exploring the quilting of my Journey to the Centre of a Flower quilt and my new version of the Bedding Plants …