(Yes, this is the Cherry Blossoms of Washington, DC!) Greeting from Virginia. Hello everyone out there in myBearpawland, I’m thrilled to be here as Jo’s first guest blogger!:) I asked Jo if she would mind telling all her fans about the new round at Old Red Barn Quilt Along and she said, sure… how about you …
I’m very busy with my craft classes at the moment and now patchwork is vying with crochet as the most popular class. A few weeks back I taught a full day workshop in the porthole technique that Lu Summers had taught us at FQ London (I checked first to see if she was ok with …
My Frida Kahlo quilt top has arrived home! And just look at it! Who would have thought that centre panel would inspire such a stunning quilt!! It is actually SO big that I can’t get a very good photo of it (90 x 81″). But taking it outside yesterday in the sun should give you …
Isn’t this just stunning?! It’s not mine and I can only take credit for a small part of it, but this is the last top in the ‘Around the Bend and Across the Pond’ round robin I have been participating in (an Old Red Barn Company group). Our group is called ARRR8 (long story and …
Well I failed dismally in my attempt to post about more of my current swaps before the weekend! I am just running to catch up, as always. Never mind, I am here now to tell you about this unusual swap from the Old Red Barn Co Quilt group on Flickr. It’s unusual because it is …
… and Hello to 2012! I am just hoping it will be an improvement on 2011 which was a pretty pants year as far as I was concerned, but it did have lots of good points too. And look at all the quilts I managed to actually finish! I am very impressed with myself. Of …
A few weeks back I made a tickertape cot quilt as part of the latest ORBC quiltalong. Deeroo was hosting the quiltalong on her blog and I posted about the quilt I made here. Well that quilt sold in my shop really quickly and since then I have had it on the top of my …
I decided to take part in the latest Old Red Barn Quilt Along. These have been going for a few years now and though some of my very good blogging friends have been involved I haven’t managed to get my act together to join in before. This time it is Dolores’s turn from Deeroo blog. …