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The Great British Quilter Podcast!

Have you heard about the new Great British Quilter Podcast?  Sarah Ashford founded the Great British Quilter Challenge nearly 3 years ago now. This is a month long photo challenge on Instagram, where quilters respond to daily prompts.  Last year Sarah launched the GBQ Aurifil thread box, curated alongside Charlie Mankin of Sydney Rose Designs and …

Passionflower embroidery and thread collection

I’ve got my embroiderer’s hat on for a change today.  As quilting is pretty much my full time job these days I like to think of other crafts like embroidery and crochet as my hobbies. But also sometimes I combine the two for an embroidery commission. I first designed this passionflower pattern a couple of …