A week or so after the event and I finally feel recovered enough to post my Thread House Retreat Report! This was our first residential retreat, held at Folly Farm near Bristol two weekends ago. Speaking for myself, Karen and Lynne we are happy to pronounce it a resounding success! And as far as the …
Have you heard about hygge? It is a Danish word that roughly translates as staying in, being cosy and relaxed, and hanging out with friends and family. It’s been all over the media these last few months. I first heard it referred to on Radio 4 back in July/August and wondered whether I could use …
The Stitch Gathering 2017 date has been announced! We’ve moved it on a couple of weeks this year mainly so we don’t clash with Yarndale! Tickets will be released early April. More info at the Stitch Gathering website, and while you are there sign up for news to be the first to hear when tickets …
At the Stitch Gathering 2015 we sent attendees fabric and asked them to embellish it with their favourite word. This would then be their ticket. We asked for words to be positive and life affirming. You can read more about the ticket words project inception here. Our amazing retreaters brought along fabulous works of art …
Happy New Year everyone! Let’s start 2017 with a brand new quilt! This is yet another pickle dish quilt, this time a straight-up version of the traditional pattern, made completely in Jennifer Paganelli’s new line Hotel Frederiksted (for Free Spirit Fabrics). Yay! It made the cover of Today’s Quilter! I actually received my copy …
Well 2016 has been quite a stand out year, and not always for the right reasons!! But on a more positive note… Look at all the quilts I made!! Yes I was pretty busy! And though I am very proud of all the lovely things I made (well most of them anyway…), I think I …
I planned to post about this before my recent holiday, and definitely before Christmas, but I just ran out of time. So now we are on ‘the other side’ (as I like to think of this rather relaxing time of year) I can finally write a post about my husband’s Tiny House and my recent …
I have had a VERY busy weekend! In fact I have had a very busy couple of months! And tomorrow I will be lying beside a pool in the sun as I am off on my hols to Tenerife!! I can’t wait! But before I go, I just have time to tell you about our …
At this year’s Festival of Quilts I re-joined the Quilter’s Guild. They help run the show and have a ‘recruitment’ stand there. I’d been planning to do it for a while having become re-connected with some of the Scottish groups through ‘trunk show’ visits over the last couple of years, and also through my work …
Introducing my new Thread House quilt – Starlights! And the third finish on the blog this week! Yes three months have (somehow) passed since our first patterns were released back in September. So it’s time for three more Thread House Patterns, and this is my offering. I was attempting something relatively simple ( I often …