We are moving into the sewing room for month 9 of the Today’s Quilter Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! I hope this will be a fun month for everyone. The row of spools above is such a nice quick project, and it’s a lovely way to showcase different prints. And then we have two button …
I can’t believe how well timed this month’s Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along block is! When I planned the commemorative mug block I had in mind the forthcoming wedding of Harry and Megan, but then on the day that I shared the block online it was announced that Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, had given birth …
Month 6 already! We are now half way through this QAL! This month it’s time for some plates. This was a tricky one because basically they are just a circle, so I struggled coming up with a design until I remembered portholes, a very versatile technique that I learnt from Lu Summers at the first …
Welcome to month 5 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! Wow we are getting through them, nearly half way now! This month we will be making bowls! Some of you may recognise the block above from my ‘Dishes Quilt’, the first quilt that I made for Today’s Quilter (issue 3). I loved how this …
Welcome to Month 4 of the Today’s Quilter Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! This month it’s all about storage. Perhaps you’ve had a big re-organisation or a clear out of unwanted clutter at the start of the year? Maybe you’ve found some new (or vintage) tins or containers to store stuff in? Well that’s the …
Welcome to month 3 of our Vintage Home BOM quilt along! I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas. I always think this period between Christmas and New Year is an odd, disorientating time, I never know what day it is and I’m all out of my routine! So this latest issue of Today’s …
Welcome to month 2 of the Vintage Home BOM Quilt Along! I have been so happy to see your teapots popping up all over Instagram! Even my sister Jane is joining in 🙂 This month we are adding to our Tea Party with with some cups and saucers. And as these are quite small blocks we …
Here’s a cushion I finished back in January. I did give you a sneak peek and shared the embroideries I used, but now you can see the finished result. Another Cathedral Window (it’s becoming an addiction!), made again from Essex Linen this time in bleached white, and with vintage and new embroideries peeping through the …
Regular readers will know that I have a large collection of vintage embroidered linens. I have been cutting these up and using them to make things like notebook holders and cushions for a while now. But, inevitably, I’m starting to use up all the best bits. And some of the bits are just so gorgeously …
There’s been a lot of embroidery and a fair bit of quilting on the blog recently, but what about crochet I hear you ask? Do you have some crochet on the go Jo? Of course I do, dear readers, I always have crochet on the go. But this time I thought I’d be a bit …