I felt very honoured to be asked to take over the Technical Feature in Love Patchwork and Quilting for this issue. Sarah their Tech Editor is on maternity leave so they invited some ‘guests’ to fill the gap and asked me to do a feature on embellishing quilts, which or course is right up my …
Just a quick post to let you know that tickets for our Thread House Retreat go on sale tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm!! Check out our website for more info. And here’s a link to our Store where you can buy the tickets and view the different room options. We’re very excited about our first residential …
Recently I’ve been teaching an evening class based on my Improv Meadow Quilt below. So of course I’ve been making another quilt alongside the students, but this time with a dark background. The first 5 sessions were all about using different improv techniques to create flowers, leaves and stems. Here are some of my class …
I’ve been a bit busy over the last week getting ready for a weekend of celebration for my 50th birthday (which is actually tomorrow). I had a fab time at my party on Saturday with lots of family and friends coming to visit and general merriment (and of course Karaoke!!)! The weather was also amazing! …
Ta Da!! This is my Fujiwhara Quilt and it’s already one of my favourite quilts ever – maybe actually THE favourite! I find it very difficult to stop myself staring at it lovingly – is that weird?! I made this back in February/March and have been desperate to share it since then! But of course …
This year’s Stitch Gathering classes have just been announced! You can read descriptions of all the class here. Let’s have a look at them in more detail! We have some really interesting new teachers this year like Juliet Van der Heijden of Tartankiwi blog. Originally a Scot Juliet now lives in New Zealand but is …
YES! As it approaches the sixth anniversary since I started it, I am delighted to tell you that the African Flower Crochet Blanket is now officially finished!! And just in time for summer! Though as this is Scottish summer that sentence is not as ironic as it sounds! I started this way back when, not …
Somehow I’ve accidentally made this cot quilt! I only intended to make a block or two of these super fun ‘tell me a story’ blocks from Amy Friend’s new book, but I got a bit carried away and made a whole quilt! But I bet that’s happened to everyone at same stage, hasn’t it?! Amy, …
We’ve had some funny old weather in the UK these past few weeks, even for us! Today it’s sunshine and showers all the way. So hears a nice ‘sunshine’ slogan and a fun project! Last year I made a small wall hanging to go with this House Quilt for Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine. It …
I am very excited to share something myself, Lynne Goldsworthy and Karen Lewis have been working on over the last few months! This is The Thread House, a new Quilt Retreat and Pattern business which we properly launched last Thursday with our new website. Please take a look around and let me know what you think! If …