Quilts, Flowers, Bags and Bow Ties
At last I can show you what I’ve been up to! The International Spring Quilt Market opens in Portland this week, May 17th -19th. This is a trade only show, … Continue reading
Discovering Long Island
This weekend we decided to just get in the car and explore a little of Long Island. The weather was supposed to be horrible, thunderstorms and torrential rain but we … Continue reading
The scraps just get smaller
Well I’m sure you’ll agree that these beauties were worth saving! I’m starting to plan my next quilt and was pulling out some brights when these popped up. They are … Continue reading
Sarah Fielke at City Quilter
Just had a lovely evening at City Quilter. Sarah Fielke was there with her family and publisher promoting her new book “Hand Quilted with Love”. She showed us some of … Continue reading
Spoonflower Delivery
My first ever Spoonflower delivery arrived today, very exciting! Now that I have all of the blue colour block squares that the lovely girls of the Lucky Bee at NYCMetroMod … Continue reading
New Shoes!
We have a bit of a joke in our house. Whenever I ask ” notice anything new”? – there’s always a panicked response from Mr M “new shoes”? Now don’t … Continue reading
It started with a workshop with Lotta Jansdotter
A lovely day. Last weekend I was lucky enough to get onto a printing workshop with Lotta Jansdotter in Brooklyn. I’ve admired her modern patchwork fabrics for ages and have … Continue reading
Kantha Style Quilt
The May issue of Popular Patchwork Magazine is now out in the UK and the US version “Popular Quilting” will be on the shelves in a few weeks time. I … Continue reading
Flea Market Inspiration
The bathroom has just been repainted, I want to say updated but no, a very pale chalky Laura Ashley pink. For a small room this works very well even though … Continue reading
Just had to knit something
This lovely Koigu merino yarn was on sale at Purl Soho, there was only one skein left and I didn’t know what I would use it for. Needless to say … Continue reading
