It’s been quite a while since I shared a finished quilt here! This Poplars Quilt is a bit special as not only is it my biggest quilt ever it’s also been many years in the making. And its the first quilt to have it’s photo shoot enabled by a telehandler! Let’s go back to the …
My teaching travelling trips have now slowed down (after a big post-covid catch up) and I am enjoying being at home this summer and getting on with some new projects. Some of which are still too secret to share much about, but read on for a sneak peek or two… One thing I can shout …
One week into Lockdown here in the UK and it feels like things are settling down a little. It’s still an incredibly strange and sometimes scary time but I have not had to make the same adjustment as others. I usually work from home anyway, as does my husband and our children are grown and …
Last weekend I headed down to Yorkshire for the first ever Thread House Summer Retreat. This was held at the wonderful High Trenhouse centre which is set in the most amazing countryside, close to Malham Tarn. As I said to the slightly shaken attendees, who arrived after quite an alarming drive up steep slopes, hairpin …
A lot of my time is spent coming up with new designs for quilts and new designs for classes and sometimes both things at once. I often turn my magazine quilts into new workshops (usually due to student’s requests) but with a full-time teaching studio and three annual retreats I am still always searching for …
Yes… that IS me and Kaffe Fassett! This year my Festival of Quilts adventure began (at 8am!) with an appearance on the Sewing Quarter. And if you read my last post you will already know that the other guest that day was none other than the legendary Kaffe Fassett – one of my biggest design …
My working life is roughly divided into four parts: MyBearpaw Studio and Shop Stitch Gathering Retreat The Thread House Retreat Quilting/Sewing Patterns for publication I always joke that I’m part of the gig economy as I need to run at least four businesses to survive! Actually I am only partly joking and sometimes I can …
For this year’s Thread House Retreat we thought it would be fun to make a quilt using all the workshops and techniques we would be doing over the weekend and offer it as an exclusive pattern to all our Retreaters. And here is the finished result – the Thread House Retreat Medallion Quilt! This year’s …
And so our second Thread House Retreat has come and gone! We returned to Folly Farm in Bristol with another 45 Retreaters from around the world for a jam packed weekend of workshops, fabric, frolicking and fun! We started things off on Friday afternoon with a fabulous goody bag (thank you to all our amazing …