Today I am taking part in the Oakshott Colourshott bloghop! I am the first stop on the hop and very excited to be sharing this new tutorial with you all! You can check out all the other stops on the bloghop over at Lilys Quilts. A few weeks back the very kind people at Oaskhott …
Issue 10 of Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine should have hit the newstands by now here in the UK. As usual it is packed to the gunnels (what are gunnels?) with amazing projects and fabulous fabric and quilty eye-candy! Lynne has got not just 1 but 2 amazing, jaw-dropping quilts in this issue (how does …
I’ve been meaning to post about this for ages. The Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guild is now well and truly established! That’s us above at meeting number 3, the first in my new studio, during our tea break (with cake of course!). We’ve had number 4 since then and have quite a few projects on the …
Last week I had a few days away with my sister in Bath. I had wanted to visit the American Museum (just outside Bath) for ages. I had a book of their quilts many years ago and had always longed to view their quilt collection. This summer they are hosting a Kaffe Fassett Exhibition so …
Now we’ve had a chance to get settled down into our new Edinburgh shop/studio, we’ve had a bit more time to focus on our poor, neglected website. We’ve been adding lots of new fabrics over the last week including these new fabric bundles. Called Jo’s Selection (no further description needed really!) these themed bundles have …
I have this other little project in Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine this month (issue 9) – the Swatches Quilt. This is a version of this mini quilt… …which I made last summer. You can read about how I came up with the idea here. I always thought it was a neat concept and so …
My participation in Lynne’s Fresh Sewing Day usually totals about one a year, mainly because I either forget or else feel I have not really achieved enough in the last month for a whole post. But May 2014 has been a productive month with 3 quilts finished and shared. That’s my Dresden Porthole (bottom middle), …
You have to see this totally incredible video for the new James song. Made completely with wool! And not just any old wool but Rooster Almerino Aran in Custard that was bought in OUR SHOP!! The uber talented animator, Ainslie Henderson, bought up our whole stock while he was working on this and told us …
I can’t tell you how much I have been longing to show you my Feathers Quilt! I made it for Love Patchwork and Quilting Mag a few months back and this issue finally hits the newstand today. And I made the cover again this month! So chuffed!!! This felt like an important commission as the …
Some of you may already know that I will be teaching at Fat Quarterly Retreat this summer. The workshops have just been announced so I thought I would blog about my classes here. I am very excited about this!! First off is Further Adventures in Embroidery. There’s been a few basic embroidery classes at the …