Those of you who attended Festival of Quilts this year and stopped at the Love Patchwork and Quilting stand may have seen the launch of a brand new quilting magazine from the same publishers. If not then let me tell you a little bit about it, and stay tuned for a fantastic subscription offer at …
This year’s Stitch Gathering is getting very close now!! And the excitement is mounting! I have been working hard behind the scenes to organise another legendary Goody Bag, with the help of our wonderful sponsors! I thought it would be nice to write a post introducing them all and letting you know how lovely and …
Issue 25 of Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine goes on sale today and here is my offering this month! It is made with an improv house block and the magazine has called it the ‘Homebody Quilt’ which I like and am keeping. I made it completely from a Fat Quarter bundle of Denyse Schmidt’s Franklin …
Anyone that follows me on Instagram will have seen this Teddy taking shape over the last 6 weeks or so. But it hasn’t been a smooth ride, in fact near the end it got decidedly bumpy and I wondered whether Teddy would actually appear at all! So let me tell you a little story, all …
Now I don’t usually take part in quilt-a-longs, in fact I think I have only done this once before in all my 6 years plus blogging history! But something about this new Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt books and it’s delicate tiny blocks really appealed to me. Kerry announced she would be hosting this QAL (starting …
Introducing a new magazine for Modern Quilt lovers! Simply Moderne is brought to you by the same French publishers that produce Quiltmania, a magazine I had never heard of until the ‘my small world QAL‘ hit Instagram a few months back! In case you don’t know what I am talking about Quiltmania magazine published a …
We’ve just launched our Autumn Term prospectus at myBearpaw Craft Studio! I’ve been very busy over the last few weeks making some new class samples, and feeling quite festive despite it being July (not that you’d know it as we have had the most atrocious weather this summer in Scotland – it’s just starting raining …
A few weeks back I posted about using up my workshop samples and showed you a piece made from 4 fan blocks left over from my Modern Sampler Course. Well I finished the hand quilting and made it into a cushion – yes a cushion! I ended up giving a lot of spare cushions to …
Issue 24 of Love Patchwork and Quilting landed in my mailbox yesterday (and it hits the news stands on Wednesday) so at last I can share this quilt with you! This has to be one of my favourite quilts ever, and sometimes it’s hard to keep things secret for so long! This was really a …
This week I have been tidying my sewing room. A few weeks ago I hosted a giveaway and asked all you lovely, wise peeps to give me your fabric storage tips as an entry comment. I got some great ideas and the one I liked best was to store my fabric in a trolley that …