I have all sorts of news to share here today. First of all the business sale of myBearpaw, the Edinburgh shop and studio I’ve been running for the last 9 years, has now concluded and the new owner Catriona is getting to grips with everything and ordering lots of new fabric! You can follow along …
Welcome to my stop on the Keep Calm Brit Hop! And thanks so much to Jo Westfoot for getting us UK based quilting businesses together and using our blogs and sewing wisdom to help keep you all distracted and occupied through the lockdown period. You can read Jo’s intro post here. I’m delighted to welcome …
One week into Lockdown here in the UK and it feels like things are settling down a little. It’s still an incredibly strange and sometimes scary time but I have not had to make the same adjustment as others. I usually work from home anyway, as does my husband and our children are grown and …
My pattern releases are like buses, you wait ages for one then 5 come along at once! And here’s the latest, launching today, my Medallion Quarter Quilt pattern! I designed this mini quilt around a gorgeous bundle of Oakshott fabric that I curated specially and wrote about it in this post last month. This bold …
My Dandelion Clock quilt is finished and ready to share! This all started when I designed a block for the Summer Sampler 2019 using my Freehand Foundation Piecing technique (tutorial available here). I thought it looked a bit like the quarter of a dandelion clock (a VERY abstract interpretation of a dandelion clock!). I enjoyed making …
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 …
10 years ago today I made a momentous decision and began writing this blog! At the time I doubt if I expected I’d still be writing it 10 years later and for it to have completely changed my life. It led to so many new opportunities and more importantly to so many new and lifelong …
After a six month absence I am back in Today’s Quilter this month. And I think they must have missed me as they’ve announced me on the front cover! They’re are a few quilts coming up over the next few months but I’m starting back with a small project. It’s this Harbour Scene Picture! I’ve …
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 …