Yes, you read correctly I actually made a quilt. In real life (as the boys used to say, when they were small and cute and still did as I asked them too). We’re on our last week of exams: A levels, GCSEs and end of year … all three boys are at it. It’s not […]

I love the idea of a Christmas quilt.  A Christmas quilt means Christmas and sofas and hot chocolate and Hallmark Christmas movies (which I looooove but don’t tell anyone)… and snow… and children cuddling up to you and so on and on.. All that is well and good, the problem is that my children are […]

M’s story is not mine to tell… but it’s a little sad… and whilst I’ve never met her personally I know of her and Mr M and his friends from way back then are all helping her out I wanted to do something too so I made her a quilt.  It’s what I know to […]

Two quilts in one month… you could be forgiven for thinking this is a quilting blog like it used to be in the good old days! Anyway, this is a commission, and like all commission it’s a bit scary because… well… what if the person doesn’t like it? what if I misunderstood what they’re after… […]

My talented nephew is beginning his student life this week at the London College of Fashion and I simply couldn’t send him off without a quilt to keep him warm, also, he cheekily asked for one so…   However it’s a tough call to make something for someone who loves textiles as much as he […]

More quilts.  Hang in there…  I wrote this post yesterday and then managed not to press ‘publish’… so today you’re getting a long double one effectively.  Grab a cup of tea and let’s go So first up Ruth Singer ,  who had a residenship at the Staffordshire Record Office and researched and created artworks inspired by […]

Today I’m going to show you some of the quilts that caught my eye at the show.  No theme… just as I saw them here and there… First of all the quilt above was the winner of the Art Quilt category, it’s by Jean McLean and it’s called ‘And the Sky Danced’.  Not my stile… […]

I’ve just got back from this year’s Festival of Quilts in Birmingham (UK…).  I almost didn’t go because last year was so overcrowded and I ended up feeling overwhelmed and frazzled and frankly didn’t enjoy the experience at all.  I almost didn’t make it there because my car tyres were a little flat and at […]