It’s almost a year since I wrote this post about the new Gathering Blooms Block of the Month I had designed for Today’s Quilter magazine. Well here is the finished quilt! I’ve really enjoyed making these blocks every month, they are a lovely mix of piecing and needle-turn applique and of course I got to …
The Gathering Blooms BOM officially starts today with the publication of issue 94 of Today’s Quilter! I wrote a whole post about this new BOM a few weeks back which you can read here. Please note that the 60% off subscription offer is still valid but of course you won’t get your first issue with …
I have something very exciting to share with you today. I am about to take over the Block of the Month slot in Today’s Quilter! This will be the third time I have been the TQ BOM designer and I think I may have said ‘never again’ after the last time. But then I had …
It’s been a while since I’ve had a quilt in a magazine so I’m delighted to share the Flower Pot Tumbler quilt as featured in the new issue (91) of Today’s Quilter. This issue also includes a supplement with four absolutely stunning star quilts designed by Lynne Goldsworthy! I have been hoarding a stash of …
I have a new quilt to share today. This is my Dresden Daisy quilt, made earlier this year for Today’s Quilter. Almost every year for the last five I have scored the cover quilt for the issue that comes out at the same time as Festival of Quilts. In fact I plan a ‘show-stopping’ quilt …
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 …
One week into Lockdown here in the UK and it feels like things are settling down a little. It’s still an incredibly strange and sometimes scary time but I have not had to make the same adjustment as others. I usually work from home anyway, as does my husband and our children are grown and …
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 …
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 …
I’m just catching my breath after a very busy October and popping in to share some news. Last week I was in Houston at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, What an intense whirlwind that was! If you want to check out the photos I took of some of the incredible quilts I saw check out …