I am entering a time of both great excitement and upheaval as we reach the culmination of years of work and planning. So I thought it was time I told you all about it! We are partially demolishing and rebuilding our house. This is something we have wanted to do since we moved here 13 …
Today I am revealing a brand new quilt! This is my Giant Button Card quilt, made for the RJR Fabrics ‘What Shade Are You?’ Blog hop! Every week RJR Fabrics feature a quilt made by a different quilt blogger using their gorgeous Cotton Supreme Solids. They approached me earlier in the year and I was …
Last week I showed the top for this quilt when announcing my new Aurifil thread collection, Sherbert Dip. I am pleased to show you the finished piece! I made this to accompany the thread box and to hang on the stand at Festival of Quilts. Here’s a little reminder of the colours from the box… …
I have had a few very exciting things to share recently – TV appearances and Bookazines – but I have kept the best and most exciting announcement till last! I now have my very own Aurifil thread collection box!!! This is such a dream come true for me, I love Aurifil and I love colour …
I finally had some time to finish a quilt this weekend! This is a version of my Feathers Quilt that I’ve made during the last three years that I’ve been teaching this workshop. The pattern was in Love Patchwork and Quilting issue 9 (and it made the cover!), and has been one of my most popular …
As we are just over half way through I thought it would be nice to have a catch-up with my Block of the Month for Today’s Quilter magazine. Every month I design two blocks inspired by my surroundings at Shangri la Farm, the seven acre smallholding where I live. The blocks are accompanied by a …
I planned to post about this before my recent holiday, and definitely before Christmas, but I just ran out of time. So now we are on ‘the other side’ (as I like to think of this rather relaxing time of year) I can finally write a post about my husband’s Tiny House and my recent …
When I was asked to design the new Today’s Quilter Block of the Month I’ll admit to being both proud and nervous, seeing as I was following on from my quilt hero Jen Kingwell! Jen’s BOM was absolutely stunning so I had my work cut out! I had asked the TQ editor (another Jen) whether …
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 …
Hello! Today I am entering my Modern Medallion Quilt into the Original Design category of the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! I have taken part in almost every Blogger’s Quilt Festival since they started but I missed last Autumn’s. So it’s good to be back and showing this finished quilt for the first time!! I made the …