It’s been quite a few months since I last had a pattern in a publication. Last year I stopped taking commissions for magazines so that I could concentrate fully on my new book. But since the beginning of the year I have been non-stop sewing for magazines and this is the first to be published. …
Last year I was asked to take part in an international group quilting event called World Wide Whispers. Have you heard of Chinese Whispers Quilts before? I had and had always thought it an intriguing idea. I will explain exactly what this involves if you keep reading. This was called ‘World Wide Whispers’ because it …
I can’t believe it is already two weeks since I was in Nashville! Since I got back I’ve been busy catching up with quilt deadlines and being ill with what I suspect was a ‘plane lurgy’, so it has taken me longer than I expected to write up my 2019 QuiltCon report post. The photo …
I am currently in a high state of excitement due to my forthcoming trip to QuiltCon in Nashville next week! This will be my 3rd QuiltCon after Savannah in 2017 and Austin in 2015 and I’m sure this one will top those previous trips due to even more UK pals travelling with me, and even …
I’ve had a bit of time away from quilting deadlines since Christmas and this has given me some space for experimentation. This started when I needed a Christmas present for a neighbour and so I stitched a couple of panels of scrappy improv for a pouch. I used up the odd left over class sample …
Last weekend I hosted the third Thread House Winter Retreat alongside my dear friend and partner Karen Lewis. This is a residential weekend of sewing, fun and friendship held in the middle of beautiful countryside near Bristol, England. You can visit the retreat page on our website here and read about last year’s retreat here, …
I have a quilt finish and it is only 11th January! In fact I finished this a week ago but as it’s for a gift I have been waiting to post about it. This is a very long running WIP which I can trace back (thanks to this wonderful blog archive) to the summer of …
It’s time for my annual look back at the quilts I made in 2018. Last year I managed to fill a 16 square mosaic with my 2017 quilts so it appears I’ve been slacking a bit this year! In reality I have actually been much more productive than this but alas I can not show …
Did you think I’d gone for good?! I didn’t mean to leave a whole two months between posts (the longest I’ve ever left in nearly a decade!) but I was working on a really big project that took all my time and energy (there’ll be more info on this in the New Year) and this …
My lovely friend Karen Lewis has produced this beautiful book, Wabi Sabi Sewing, and I am delighted to be one of the stops on her ‘book hop’ today. The book, which is published by Sew and So, came out in August and I have been really enjoying exploring all the projects and finding out about …