Well 2016 has been quite a stand out year, and not always for the right reasons!! But on a more positive note… Look at all the quilts I made!! Yes I was pretty busy! And though I am very proud of all the lovely things I made (well most of them anyway…), I think I …
Introducing my new Thread House quilt – Starlights! And the third finish on the blog this week! Yes three months have (somehow) passed since our first patterns were released back in September. So it’s time for three more Thread House Patterns, and this is my offering. I was attempting something relatively simple ( I often …
Issue 39 of Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine comes out today and I have a quilt featured! This is my Square Cogs quilt made with Joel Dewberry’s gorgeous Wander fabric (the same line I used for my Crockery Cupboard quilt). Absolutely love this modern sampler quilt by Karen Lewis on the cover! And Karen has an …
Our The Thread House patterns are now ready to purchase! You can check them all out here. Right get ready for some serious quilting eye candy… We are so pleased with our first six patterns! We hope you like them too. At present you can only buy them as a download but paper patterns will …
Following on from yesterday’s Conkers Quilt unveiling, here is my second pattern for our first The Thread House release – The Crockery Cupboard Quilt! Eagle eyed readers will recognise the bowl motifs from an earlier version, my Dishes Quilt which featured in Today’s Quilter last year. I loved making those bowls so much that it got me thinking …
Many of my loyal readers will have heard me talk about The Thread House. This is the new quilt retreat and pattern venture I started earlier in the year along with my two partners Karen Lewis and Lynne Goldsworthy. Well it’s nearly time for us to release our first patterns! The launch is scheduled for …
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 …
Those of you on social media may already have heard my good news (and the rest of you my have heard my extra loud gasps all the way from Birmingham!) but I’d like to share it over here on the blog too. My quilt was HIGHLY COMMENDED at the Festival of Quilts!!!! This is my …
Wow, two finished quilts in the same week! Of course these were both finished months ago but at last I can share them here! This quilt features in the latest issue (12) of Today’s Quilter and there’s a bit of a story behind it that involves a feature I’ve contributed to! (so not just sewing …
So there I was staring at the laundry label on a piece of clothing before putting it in the wash, and I started thinking hmmmm, those little symbols would make cool quilt blocks! Really I should have left that thought right there as this quilt is probably my least favourite ever. But no, instead I …