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 …
… oh yes I’m turning Japanese, I really think so! Those of you of a certain age may remember this song by the Vapors. And it comes into my head as I consider my growing obsession with all things Japanese. Well as long as it’s sewing related that is! It started about 5 years ago …
Here is my newest project for Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine! Some of you may be surprised at the simple, sparse look of this quilt, as usually my quilts are a little ‘fancier’. But read on and you will find out why I wanted to make it so much. Issue 23 is now available and …
These days I am in the enviable position of making quilts and sewing for a living. I have a wonderful life and every day I count my blessings. But making your living with your hobby does give you one problem – you need a new hobby! crochet is also part of my working life as …
And we have a winner! Comment number 98 … Congratulations Isisjem! And thank you all for taking the time to enter and give me all that great advice about storing fabrics! I have actually found a solution now I think, or at least I will have when I get to Ikea and get my OH …
The Stitch Gathering 2015 ticket is now landing on doormats all over the UK so I can now share our Ticket Project with you!! This year’s attendees will be receiving a special Stitch Gathering 2015 ‘I’m going!’ badge, a piece of Kona Snow and instructions. Instead of printing our SG logo on to the ticket …
It’s been a few months since I had any projects featured in Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine so I am excited to share my patchwork knitting bag and needle roll with you! Issue 22 is out now and my bag even made the cover inset shot! The snowball pattern is meant to resemble balls of …
To celebrate the publication of 50 Fat Quarter Makes and our Author’s Bloghop I am giving away a copy of the book plus a huge pile of fabric!! There are 28 different fabrics here, some Fat Quarters, some Fat Eighths, some in between and some even bigger! But they’re all killers no fillers!! Quite a …
Back in January I told you about a book I had co-authored, well it’s finally been published (more than a month early, slightly catching me off-guard!) and us authors have organised a bloghop to introduce ourselves and celebrate all our beautiful projects! There is a full schedule for the 50 Fat Quarters bloghop at the …
We have a vast selection of fabulous classes to share with you over on the Stitch Gathering website! We are changing things slightly this year with a full 3 hour workshop in the morning and then shorter ‘carousel’ type sessions in the afternoon. We hope this will make for a more informal relaxed afternoon with …