…sung to the tune of ‘Matchstalk Cats and Dogs’! But unfortunately it doesn’t quite scan as well! I am wondering if younger people or those outside the UK are thinking I’ve gone mad – I have a feeling that was probably just a British hit single! There is a video at the end of this …
I recently got my hands on issue 2 of Simply Moderne magazine, this is the new quarterly mag from the people behind Quiltmania. I wrote about issue 1 here. As in the first issue, the mag is divided between articles about quilts and quilters and a number of0 projects. This issue has a large feature …
Oh Carolina! Hello and welcome to my first guest post on the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Quilt Along! And yes I hope you also have that old Shaggy song in your head now, as I have every time I think about this block! I actually made my version of Carolina months ago as soon as I …
I am so happy that I can at last share my Dishes Quilt with you! I came up with the idea for this quilt back in the summer and offered it to the editor of Love Patchwork and Quilting, Jen. But instead Jen wanted it for her new magazine Today’s Quilter. You may remember I …
Popular Patchwork was one of the first magazines to publish my patterns, nearly 3 years ago now. I’ve been kept pretty busy with the newer magazines like Love Patchwork and Quilting and Quilt Now recently, but now PP has a new editor I’ve been lured back! She is the lovely Liz Betts, one of my …
***UPDATE*** I won the Viewer’s Choice!! Thank you so much to everyone who voted!! Last week I entered 2 quilts in to the Autumn 2015 Blogger’s Quilt Festival, and amazingly my Buffer Wheel quilt has been nominated for the Viewer’s Choice!! How exciting! I have never had a quilt nominated for anything before!! Thank you …
Here is my second entry for this Autumn’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival, this time in the Modern Quilt category. This is my Off-centre Medallion Quilt. I made this a few months back for issue 26 of Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine (which was out last month in the UK but may be hitting the stores in …
It’s that fun time of year again – Blogger’s Quilt Festival time! When I first started blogging the Quilt Festival had just started too and I have managed to take part in all but one festival ever since. It used to be that I would save up a new quilt to preview in a big …
Who says number 1 comments never win??!! Yes they do win!! Congratulations Suzanne! I will email you for your address Suzanne. Commiserations everyone else, better luck next time!
Have you heard about this exciting new event next year? The Sew Brit Bag Camp is a weekend retreat focusing on all things Bag Making, what a great idea! The very talented bag making ladies Katy from The Littlest Thistle, Samantha from Mrs H and Liz from Moments are the organisers and teachers. Enjoy a long …