PART ONE OF THE QAL CAN BE FOUND HERE PART TWO OF THE QAL CAN BE FOUND HERE (CONTAINS NEEDLE-TURN APPLIQUE TUTORIAL) Finally, after a year of broken promises I am ready to launch the Bedding Plants QAL!! This is actually the first Quilt Along I have ever hosted and there is a surprising amount …
I’m a huge fan of Heather Black’s quilts and loved her first book, written with Daisy Aschehoug, ‘Quilt Modern Curves and Bold Stripes’, so I was delighted to be given a preview digital copy of Heather’s new book, ‘Design Make Quilt Modern’. I have to say that I was immediately impressed by Heather’s ambition with …
I’ve just completed my third quilt finish on the Handi Quilter Moxie! I’m going to be sharing the story of this quilt as well as another ‘Moxie Report’ on my long arm quilting progress. This quilt was begun back in 2018 when I started to make blocks along with the Splendid Sampler 2 book and …
About 10 days ago a pallet arrived at Shangri la Farm with all of this!! Yes my Moxie has arrived! This is the new long arm quilting machine by Handi Quilter and I am lucky enough to have one of the first in the UK. You can read all about the start of my Moxie …
As I’m sure most regular readers are aware I run a small business, The Thread House, along with my two quilting friends Lynne Goldsworthy and Karen Lewis. Being a self employed crafts person can be quite a lonely business, especially during this current crises, so having friends to turn to and share any problems with …
It’s time for my annual round up of quilts made in the last year. And what a year! Not for the quilts, as there has been so few against my usual tally, but for all the changes and trauma that we have had to watch or participate in. It’s strange to think that last New …
Time to catch up with my Schoolhouse AND some exciting news I have to share about a new addition to my Sewing Room! First of all I need to fess-up about something and I’m just going to apologise right at the start as some of my dear readers are going to feel very disappointed with …
It’s time to catch up with my ‘Weather Bubble’ Temperature Quilt as I am officially halfway through! I started this project just after we went into lockdown here in Scotland and I wrote all about it in this post here. This has turned out to be such an important part of my daily routine during …
Back in June I shared my latest batch of 6 donated Social Bite Village quilts in this post. At the same time I put out a call for some more quilts and you lovely generous quilters answered! Two weeks ago I dropped off 16 quilts! Thank you so much to all the wonderful donors. Now …
A few weeks back I told you about The Thread House Club and our Folk Dance Quilt. Since then I have finished my version of the quilt and caught up with my two partners, Karen and Lynne. Last week Karen came for a visit while on holiday in Scotland. We knew this was the perfect …