There hasn’t been much time for sewing during what I am calling ‘Mental March’. I have hardly drawn breath since I came back from QuiltCon, what with 2 ‘Fairs’ on consecutive weekends, lovely Karen Lewis staying with me last weekend, 2 magazine commission deadlines (so I have been sewing but nothing I can show you!), …
I’m delighted to be sharing my Lone Star Rising quilt with you today! I made this quilt at the beginning of the year for Quilt Now magazine. It is the first Lone Star I have made and I totally fell in love with the pattern. I can see a few more Lone Star quilts in …
While I was at QuiltCon I took part in the ‘Go Tell it at The Quilt Show’ film project with the Quilt Alliance. They make short films of quilters talking about their quilts and did quite a few at QuiltCon, check them all out here. So if you’d like to watch me rambling on and …
Yes that is me and Anna Maria Horner!! I am back from QuiltCon and I had the BEST TIME!! I feel kind of bad bragging about it as I know I was so lucky to be able to go, but I have to be honest, it really was a wonderful experience! I can’t possible capture …
Yes! The date is confirmed!! I hope you are all as excited as I am about our THIRD Stitch Gathering! More info will arrive over the next couple of months and tickets will be released some time in April. For more info about previous events check out our Stitch Gathering website, and while you are …
So I think you all know by now that I AM GOING TO QUILTCON!!! This is probably one of the most exciting things I have ever done (is that a bit sad?!) and I am on my way to Austin TOMORROW!! I have a lot of workshops booked and have to take a large amount …
Following on from my Feather’s Quilt Workshop at The Village Haberdashery in March (I’ve just heard there has been a cancellation so there’s still time to grab a place on this fun workshop!) I am really pleased to announce that I will be teaching Cathedral Windows at Simply Solids on Saturday June 13th! Simply Solids …
Issue 18 of Love Patchwork and Quilting is out now and it includes this Kantha Throw which is the last in my series of ‘stitchy’ projects. I am loving the colour palette on the cover this month and all three of these projects are fabulous, especially Modern Handcrafts genius hexy technique and Julie’s gorgeous cushion. …
…that I contributed to! 50 Fat Quarter Makes is now ready to pre-order from Amazon for delivery on the 25th June. I am so excited to see this book (such a long time to wait!). It is by myself and another 10 contributors, including a few familiar names like Emily, Ali, Jesse and Louise. I did the …
I am so proud of our Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild. We only started our group less than a year ago and yet look at this stunning quilt we made together!! Have you heard about the QuiltCon Charity Quilt Challenge? The Modern Quilt Guild asked groups to make a quilt to be exhibited at this year’s …