It always takes me a while to get round to these popular quilts that are quilt-a-longs etc. I’ve loved the Granny Square quilts from afar for a while now (especially the one Lynz made which was part of our Scottish Modern Quilt Exhibition last year) but never got round to making a whole quilt – …
I made these cushion covers for the latest issue of Love Patchwork and Quilting, which is out today… This issue is all about colour so I was playing around with a 2-tone effect. A bit out of my confort zone really (why use 2 colours when you can use 20?!) and I have to …
Do you remember the Sweet Life pillow I made last year for Blend Fabric’s stand at Houston? Well I intended to make a kit of that particular cushion. However I never got my act together in time and now we have just about sold out of Cori Dantini’s The Sweet Life fabric. So I thought …
For a while now I’ve had this gorgeous ‘Made for Adventure’ panel of Cori Dantini’s (from her The Sweet Life collection) and have been meaning to do something with it. Recently we put our remaining stock of these panels in our summer sale and I decided it would be a good time to finally make …
And the winner is number 21 Roz!! Congratulations Roz! I will contact you on Twitter as you are a ‘no-reply commenter’ 🙁 Thanks to everyone who entered and for sharing all your Christmas carol/song choices with me. My own favourite is ‘Oh Little Town of Bethleham’.
Our Christmas Fabric has arrived! I know you are all hot and sweaty and Christmas seems such a long way off but it’s here anyway so let’s celebrate!! And not any old Christmas fabric, no, this is a whole collection from my favourite designer Cori Dantini!! And I’m going to give away a whole FQ …
Issue 11 of Love Patchwork and Quilting is now on sale, so I can now show you the project I designed for it It’s a trio of yo-yo pieces – a throw, a cushion and a framed picture. Jen, the editor (who we all got to hang out with at FQR!) had seen this …
A very belated report on this year’s Fat Quarterly Retreat! Once I got back I had a big deadline looming and I also needed to get all our Autumn/Winter craft classes listed and released, so I’ve not had a moment! Finally I’ve caught up and can share the magic with you. First up is the …
I’m giving away this Cathedral Window Cushion Cover on my Facebook Page! Help me get to 1000 likes!! Do you remember this cushion? it’s Essex linen in natural with Chicopee in the windows and hand sewn and hand quilted. I made it about 18 months ago and it has been much admired. But I’ve discovered …
It’s nearly that time of year again – yes it’s time to head down south to London Town and meet up with all my quilty pals at Fat Quarterly Retreat 2014! Woot woot!! This year will be extra special (and slightly more stressful) because I am teaching at the Retreat. I am teaching ‘Further Adventures …