I’ve waited such a long time to share this quilt with you! My Compass Spin quilt was finished last September, but due to the vagaries of magazine publishing it is only just being published today! It’s a simple version of a traditional compass block made from Denyse Schmidt’s Washington Depot collection by Free Spirit Fabrics. …
What a week it’s been for weather! Almost all of the UK has been in the grip of the ‘Beast from the East’ and Shangri la Farm is buried under a deep blanket of snow. I have had to cancel all my classes even for tomorrow and the supermarkets look like the zombie apocolypse has …
Welcome to month 5 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! Wow we are getting through them, nearly half way now! This month we will be making bowls! Some of you may recognise the block above from my ‘Dishes Quilt’, the first quilt that I made for Today’s Quilter (issue 3). I loved how this …
I am so honoured and pleased to have a quilt included in the QuiltCon Magazine 2018! This is Quilt Invaders, probably one of the most minimalist quilts I’ve made. This is the second time one of my quilts has appeared in the QuiltCon magazine, Mid Century Modern was in the 2016 magazine. The magazine is …
Welcome to Month 4 of the Today’s Quilter Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! This month it’s all about storage. Perhaps you’ve had a big re-organisation or a clear out of unwanted clutter at the start of the year? Maybe you’ve found some new (or vintage) tins or containers to store stuff in? Well that’s the …
I just read the 2016 version of this post where I said I wanted to slow down my quilt production in the following year and have a little more time to spend with family and friends (and myself) . Well though I still managed to fill a 16 square mosaic, a lot of the quilts …
Welcome to month 2 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! I have been so happy to see your teapots popping up all over Instagram! Even my sister Jane is joining in 🙂 This month we are adding to our Tea Party with with some cups and saucers. And as these are quite small blocks we …
During my trip to QuiltCon Savannah earlier this year I attended a fascinating lecture by the wonderful Shruti Dandekar on Indian quilting, specifically Siddi and Godhadi quilts. I was especially taken by the quilts made by members of the Siddi community of Southern India. The Siddi people are descendants of African slaves brought to Goa …
I’ve been through a bit of a manic phase in the last few weeks, no time to blog and nothing to show anyway as I have been sewing magazine commissions like crazy! I’m just about through a bit of a backlog (phew!) and have a quilt in the latest issue of Today’s Quilter to share …
It’s a long time since I made a quilt with Kaffe Fassett fabric and I had forgotten what an uplifting joyful experience it can be! This quilt was destined for the issue of Today’s Quilter that coincides with Festival of Quilts so it always need to be a bit of a showstopper. And what better …