Adventures in patchwork and other handmade crafts
Today I’m introducing Metal & Vinyl! Metal & Vinyl is my newest Etsy shop (that makes three now), and I plan to supply local sewists and bagineers with cool stuff that you probably haven’t seen anywhere else. If it’s quirky, I’m going to try and stock it! I love...
It’s sad to say, but Popular Patchwork will be no more after the June issue (pictured). I’ve enjoyed working with the magazine for five years as a writer, and then for a couple of years before that when I edited a sister title (that had a similar fate). It’s...
It’s been a while since this last happened – my Scallops quilt is the cover star of the latest (May?) issue of Popular Patchwork! It’s in most large newsagents in the UK. My grandma is kindly posting me a copy. I have seen it in large Chapters stores here...
There have been a couple of things I’ve made blocks for lately. It nice as a rest for my brain between projects and for using up a few scraps. In case you’re looking for some causes, here’s what I’ve been up to. The cat blocks (above) are for Christy...
Maybe I should try and get one of the historical finishes done…. it might be hard as we are doing some home renovations (read: my husband is ripping out doors and door frames, meanwhile I make sure I do his usual house chores and make cups of tea, etc)...
This was a race to finish this weekend, but it is now in the post and it’s another thing off my to do list! It’s very different to my usual colour scheme, and is quite small, but has to be to be a happy size to post. When I...
I totally lied in my last post folks, not only did I finish Scallops, but I finished Trellis too. Two finishes! I seem to have a think for one word named quilts. Anyway, I didn’t share Trellis because I didn’t think I had photos, and while they’re not NICE...
I’ve felt a bit obstructed by blogging these few weeks. I have lots to say, but so much content from my old blog is missing, I daren’t save over any pages in fear that the information won’t come back. I’m hoping to rectify that soon. Lots of quilt bloggers...
Sorry for the disarray, my blog (and website) are not quite performing the way I’d like them to, I need to spend a serious amount of time working on my online presence and patterns before the end of September. Why then? You ask…. MY BOOK(ette) IS FINALLY HAPPENING! (Yes...
I do have another finish from before this one, but in my haste, I forgot to take proper photos, so this one will have to come first! Scallops has gone to the UK to be in the May issue of Popular Patchwork. It was pretty quick to put together,...