mandy munroe

stitching, quilting, fabric, projects

Now we can workshop!

Hello everyone! I’m absolutely thrilled we are gradually and safely emerging from lockdown and getting back to what we love, namely community stitching and face to face chatting 🙂 Festival … Continue reading

June 18, 2021 · Leave a comment

Fly Past Quilt

This quilt was such fun to make! I had a beautiful Carolyn Friedlander jellyroll I was excited to use, so I came up with this quick quilt. Working one block … Continue reading

March 11, 2021 · Leave a comment

Free Bluebird Block Tutorial

This is a fun block that comes together really quickly. The birds can be made in any colour of course but I’ve made these with Spring in mind to cheer … Continue reading

January 18, 2021 · 2 Comments

A Year of Quilts 2020

Well what a year that was! It started off well enough. I had a regular slot with British Patchwork and Quilting (BPQ) magazine, plenty of teaching planned, shows and fairs … Continue reading

January 6, 2021 · Leave a comment

Nasca lines – Peru

A few years ago I was lucky enough to have a touring holiday to Peru. I’d heard about the Nasca lines and made them a priority to visit but hadn’t … Continue reading

November 18, 2020 · Leave a comment

Star Flower Quilt

My friend Beth Studley offered me the opportunity to work with her brand new fabric collection, Reef. Such a vibrant array of richly coloured prints inspired by corals, reeds and … Continue reading

October 19, 2020 · 3 Comments

Herman Revisited

With an interruption in the supply of new prints this year I dug into my stash and pulled together all my original Cotton + Steel and Ruby Star Society fabrics. … Continue reading

September 30, 2020 · 3 Comments

Spectrum Quilt

The magazines are back! British Patchwork and Quilting magazine September issue has just gone on sale, woohoo! The first since lockdown! I originally designed this quilt for the June issue … Continue reading

September 3, 2020 · Leave a comment

Shutter Quilt Tutorial

In 2014 I was invited to design a quilt for Timeless Treasures in NYC and write a tutorial for their blog. It was a huge honour and I got to … Continue reading

June 22, 2020 · 2 Comments

Another Finish and “How to eek out a border to fit” tutorial

After another rummage I pulled out this 🙂 The blocks were fussy cut, animal themed samples from some family workshops at Godinton House a few years ago.Nine hexie wreaths already … Continue reading

June 10, 2020 · Leave a comment