It’s been quite a while since I shared a finished quilt here! This Poplars Quilt is a bit special as not only is it my biggest quilt ever it’s also been many years in the making. And its the first quilt to have it’s photo shoot enabled by a telehandler! Let’s go back to the …
Today I’m delighted to share a new finished quilt! This is Intertwined and it’s made from all my Improv Flowers Workshop class samples, plus some extra details. I’ve been teaching this class since 2017 when it was a workshop choice at that year’s Stitch Gathering retreat. The initial spark was a class I took with …
Get ready for exciting news about a brand new ‘sew along with a difference’ that I’m launching today! The Patchwork Pony Sustainable Sew Along will start in February and run for a month. In this post I will be sharing all the info you need and answering all those questions you have. First off, what’s …
What a productive start to the year I’ve had! In this post I’m going to be showing off this first batch of charity orphan quilts, telling you about The Golden Bobbins and reporting on my current Moxie quilting practices and some recent troubleshooting. Let’s start with The Golden Bobbins. This is the name of my …
Today I’m delighted to share my finished Tiny Improv World quilt. The quilt top was finished during the first lockdown when I put together many collected sample pieces from all the Tiny Improv Streetscape classes I had taught. I actually didn’t have quite enough (having made plenty into puches and bags!) and so I needed …
I’m a huge fan of Heather Black’s quilts and loved her first book, written with Daisy Aschehoug, ‘Quilt Modern Curves and Bold Stripes’, so I was delighted to be given a preview digital copy of Heather’s new book, ‘Design Make Quilt Modern’. I have to say that I was immediately impressed by Heather’s ambition with …
About 10 days ago a pallet arrived at Shangri la Farm with all of this!! Yes my Moxie has arrived! This is the new long arm quilting machine by Handi Quilter and I am lucky enough to have one of the first in the UK. You can read all about the start of my Moxie …
Today I am sharing a new quilt finish along with news of the workshops I will be teaching at QuiltCon Together next year. Yes I am now part of the QuiltCon Faculty! QuiltCon wisely decided to change their 2021 physical event (planned for Atlanta) to a virtual one, which means everyone can get involved no …
Welcome to my stop on the Keep Calm Brit Hop! And thanks so much to Jo Westfoot for getting us UK based quilting businesses together and using our blogs and sewing wisdom to help keep you all distracted and occupied through the lockdown period. You can read Jo’s intro post here. I’m delighted to welcome …
Happy New Year! It feels good to be getting back to normal after the festivities and I am delighted to share what I have been working on over the last week or so. Back in August the lovely folks at Oakshott Fabrics asked me if I would like to design something using one of their …