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 …
Since I wrote my last blog post our whole lives, and yours too I am sure, have been turned upside down by the Corona Virus crises. I planned to write a post today about the things I am doing to deal with all the changes and keep parts of my business going. But after a …
And so we come to the end of another year, in fact to the end of a decade! I love to look back at all the quilts I have made over the last 12 months, it’s a great way to round up the year and get ready for the new one ahead. What I notice …
My Dandelion Clock quilt is finished and ready to share! This all started when I designed a block for the Summer Sampler 2019 using my Freehand Foundation Piecing technique (tutorial available here). I thought it looked a bit like the quarter of a dandelion clock (a VERY abstract interpretation of a dandelion clock!). I enjoyed making …
I’m just catching my breath after a very busy October and popping in to share some news. Last week I was in Houston at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, What an intense whirlwind that was! If you want to check out the photos I took of some of the incredible quilts I saw check out …
Introducing Bear Paw Parade! This is a new quilt that features in issue 54 of Today’s Quilter which is out now. I made this quilt using the beautiful Murmur fabric by Valori Wells that Free Spirit sent my at the start of the year. It’s lovely to be able to finally reveal this …
I have a new quilt to share with you today! This is Harvest Festival which is featured in the new issue of Today’s Quilter (53), out today. No cover quilt for me this month and rightly so as my quilt couldn’t compete with that stunning log cabin from Lynne Goldsworthy! Instead you will find my …
Another exciting quilt reveal today! This year I was very honoured to have my submission to design a quilt for the Quilter’s Planner selected. The Quilter’s Planner launched it’s pre-orders a couple of weeks back and last Thursday they started to reveal the 2020 quilts. Today is my day to show off my quilt! Do …
I’m so pleased that I can finally share this special quilt with you. This is my Avery Garland quilt which I made for the new issue (52) of Today’s Quilter, which comes out today in the UK. And it made the cover! It’s a mixture of English Paper Piecing and applique which I started back …
Settle down everybody for today I have quite a quilt story to tell… I should have written this post 3 weeks ago. The quilt was finished and photographed and I had started to write the blog post and was waiting for photos to load when I went back to check a little detail and discovered …