Thanks so much for taking the time to enter this little giveaway! The four winners are…. Carol Wilkie Zeynap Maule Suzanne Trew Lesley Chisholm Congratulations! I will email you separately for your mailing addresses.
Hello all you Farmer’s Wifers!! First of all I hope you have been doing better than me at making your Farmer’s Wife 1930s blocks. I have managed to make the huge total of two since I last guest posted for the QAL! *hangs head in shame* So this is Martha. And here she is on …
Stitch Gathering 2016 tickets are now available to buy!! This year’s event is on Sunday 25th September, 9.15 – 5.15 at Napier University Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh. Tickets cost £120 and include tea/coffee, lunch, workshops, events and goody-bag. Have a fantastic day with like-minded quilters and sewers! Last year’s event was a sell-out and we will NOT be …
A month from now I will be getting ready for the first Scottish Knitting and Stitching Show! And to celebrate I have 4 tickets to give away!! You can read more about the event (28th April – 1st May) here. While you are waiting to win your ticket you could book a place on my …
We are up to week 7 of my Mystery Quilt evening course tonight so I thought it was a good time to share the quilt’s progress so far. I shared the first couple of blocks in posts earlier this year and explained how offering this class back in December (when we launched the term) had …
After my slightly moany post last time and less than enthusiastic quilt unveiling (thanks so much to everyone who told me they liked it!) here is another magazine commission that I TRULY LOVE! I am doing a series of four seasonal applique cushions for Today’s Quilter, starting with Spring which is in issue 7 (out …
So there I was staring at the laundry label on a piece of clothing before putting it in the wash, and I started thinking hmmmm, those little symbols would make cool quilt blocks! Really I should have left that thought right there as this quilt is probably my least favourite ever. But no, instead I …
I’ve been busy launching our new myBearpaw prospectus over the last week. These are my workshops and evening courses from mid April till mid June. There are 5 new classes, four of them are for quilts and projects that I have made previously like this House Quilt and the Snowball Craft Bag. But I did …
At last I can share this quilt with you!! Last Autumn the Modern Quilt Guild asked for quilt pattern submissions for their QuiltCon magazine which is produced by the publishers of the American magazine Modern Patchwork. I had been musing on this idea which I could see working in the magazine, so I thought it …
Hi Folks and welcome to my latest guest post on the Farmer’s Wife 1930s QAL. We are up to block 43 – nearly half way through! This is Hope, she was quick and Easy and I think very striking. As before I English Paper Pieced the block as described in this earlier post. Not that …