PART ONE OF THE QAL CAN BE FOUND HERE PART TWO OF THE QAL CAN BE FOUND HERE (CONTAINS NEEDLE-TURN APPLIQUE TUTORIAL) Finally, after a year of broken promises I am ready to launch the Bedding Plants QAL!! This is actually the first Quilt Along I have ever hosted and there is a surprising amount …
I’ve just completed my third quilt finish on the Handi Quilter Moxie! I’m going to be sharing the story of this quilt as well as another ‘Moxie Report’ on my long arm quilting progress. This quilt was begun back in 2018 when I started to make blocks along with the Splendid Sampler 2 book and …
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 …
I have a new quilt to share with you today, and this one made the cover of the latest Today’s Quilter! This quilt seems extra special due to the fact I have made so few full-sized quilts this year. This is the only magazine commission I have made and it was due to be the …
I’ve started a new project which I am finding particularly helpful in these difficult times. A month or so ago the Modern Quilt Guild sent a ‘call-out’ for Temperature Quilts for a special exhibit at QuiltCon 2022. You can read more about it on their website here. I have wanted to make some sort of …
Since I wrote my last blog post our whole lives, and yours too I am sure, have been turned upside down by the Corona Virus crises. I planned to write a post today about the things I am doing to deal with all the changes and keep parts of my business going. But after a …
New Patchwork and Quilting basics is now officially published and starting to arrive with quilters so I think it’s about time we celebrate this with a BOOK TOUR! I’m kicking things off today with another look inside the book, a new make, and news of a giveaway. Then I’ll be handing over to my quilty …
And so we come to the end of another year, in fact to the end of a decade! I love to look back at all the quilts I have made over the last 12 months, it’s a great way to round up the year and get ready for the new one ahead. What I notice …
My Dandelion Clock quilt is finished and ready to share! This all started when I designed a block for the Summer Sampler 2019 using my Freehand Foundation Piecing technique (tutorial available here). I thought it looked a bit like the quarter of a dandelion clock (a VERY abstract interpretation of a dandelion clock!). I enjoyed making …
Introducing Bear Paw Parade! This is a new quilt that features in issue 54 of Today’s Quilter which is out now. I made this quilt using the beautiful Murmur fabric by Valori Wells that Free Spirit sent my at the start of the year. It’s lovely to be able to finally reveal this …