I have been teaching a monthly class at Tudor Rose Patchwork in Bedford for the last five months and the students have been working on my Hearts and Stars in the Garden quilt. Each month we have added another part to the quilt so that they have slowly been growing. Last week we added the […]

I have a cushion in this month’s Love Sewing magazine. It features a folded fabric technique and is stitched in fabrics from The Snowy Day collection by Mr Domestic for Art Gallery Fabrics. The magazine has some great dressmaking patterns as well as a supplement featuring Christmas gift projects so if you want to get

Well it probably is way to early for Christmas crafting but I needed to make another pillow wreath as I am teaching a workshop on it later in the year. I have two pillow wreaths already but they are looking very tired and worn. The original wreath I made probably fifteen years ago is stitched

August is turning out to be a pretty busy month as I have been teaching a number of face to face workshops. Its so lovely to be interacting with sudents in real life and sharing their creativity. Here is some work in progress from a couple of the workshops: I taught two beginner workshops at

It was so good to see the Festival back this year and organised and run in a careful and socially distanced manner. I spent three days there, teaching workshops, attending lectures, looking at amazing quilts and catching up with friends. My friend Sarah Hibbert had a stand to promote her forthcoming book “From Collage To

I have a project in this month’s Love Sewing magazine. It’s for a Beach Bag. The bag is stitched in fabrics from the ‘Beside the Sea’ collection from Makower. It is a super collection full of little boats, beach huts, sandy icons and stripes. The bag is fully lined with a turquoise spot fabric and

I have a pick up/put down EPP project on the go. I am more of a machine stitcher but every now and then I do like to relax with some hand sewing. This is a scrappy project so I am having fun delving into the scrap box for little bits of fabric for these blocks.

Karen purchased one of my patterns for the quilt – A Taste of the Orient and has been beavering away on it during the lock down. It is a quilt that uses a number of different techniques including piecing, applique and foundation piecing. I love the colour scheme and the beautiful fabrics that she has

Yesterday I taught a workshop at Tudor Rose Patchwork in Bedford. This was my first face to face workshop for ages and it was so good to be back. Everyone was so happy to be there too. We spent the day working on star blocks. These blocks will form part of a quilt called Hearts

I love making zippy pouches as I think that they are super useful for all sorts of things including cosmetics, stationery, masks, small toys, cards, sewing items etc. The list is pretty extensive. I have just made four using this lovely collection of fabrics called Pamper from Makower. I love this collection with its little