It’s been a while since I’ve had a quilt in a magazine so I’m delighted to share the Flower Pot Tumbler quilt as featured in the new issue (91) of Today’s Quilter. This issue also includes a supplement with four absolutely stunning star quilts designed by Lynne Goldsworthy! I have been hoarding a stash of …
Happy New Year everyone! Let’s start 2017 with a brand new quilt! This is yet another pickle dish quilt, this time a straight-up version of the traditional pattern, made completely in Jennifer Paganelli’s new line Hotel Frederiksted (for Free Spirit Fabrics). Yay! It made the cover of Today’s Quilter! I actually received my copy …
I’ve had some free time this week so I decided to do a little recreational sewing (as opposed to work sewing!). I recently got hold of a copy of Amy Gibson’s new book The Quilt Block Cookbook. You may know Amy from her blog Stitchery Dickory Dock (such a great name!). There are so many …
I mentioned earlier in the week that I would be hosting a little giveaway this weekend (just made it phew!). I have some Color Brigade fabric left over from making my New York Beauty quilt, enough for two Fat Eighth Bundles with twelve fabrics each. I thought it would be nice to share these with …
Welcome to my New York Beauty Showstopper! This was the design brief I had from my lovely editor Jen when I discussed making a quilt with Jennifer Paganelli’s sumptuous new line ‘Color Brigade’ (I know, it’s an American name so it has American spelling, just grit your teeth and let it go). I have a …
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 …
I am so happy that I can at last share my Dishes Quilt with you! I came up with the idea for this quilt back in the summer and offered it to the editor of Love Patchwork and Quilting, Jen. But instead Jen wanted it for her new magazine Today’s Quilter. You may remember I …