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Category Archives: Quilting
Coming Home Quilt
Last week I managed to finish last months section of my Coming Home quilt BOM. This is the medallion quilt BOM by Sarah Fielke and last month’s was particularly labour intensive! There was lots of houses to piece, roofs to … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Home Quilt, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #cominghomequilt, applique, Coming Home Quilt, Sarah Fielke
29 Comments
Dancing Round my Spring Wreath
This week I finally settled down and stitched the last part of my Spring Wreath quilt, this is a Block of the Month (BOM) by Andrea Walpole of Raggedy Ruff Designs and it has been amazing to do. I fell … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Quilting
Tagged Free Motion Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Raggedy Ruff Designs, Spring Wreath Quilt
22 Comments
Nineteen for 19
This month is flying by, I thought if I don’t hurry up with my update, I’ll be writing Nineteen for 19 on the 19th! So we are now half way through the year, so how am I doing with my … Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, Garden, Nineteen for 19, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged embroidery, gardening, Nineteen for 19, Quilting, Walking
8 Comments
Coming Home from Holiday
As well as taking my Zoe box to stitch on holiday, I also took my Coming Home quilt, well part of it! This is a BOM by Sarah Fielke and I’d got a bit behind with it as there was … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Home Quilt, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #cominghomequilt, applique, Coming Home Quilt
10 Comments
Coming Home is Going Away!
During last week I was concentrating on my Coming Home quilt, it’s a BOM by Sarah Fielke and I was already a month behind, if I waited until after my holiday I would be nearly two months behind! I’d made … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Home Quilt, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #cominghomequilt, applique, Coming Home Quilt, Foundation Paper Piecing
17 Comments
Inching Down the Rabbit Hole
Slowly but surely I’m am making progress on hand quilting my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt. As I keep telling other, progress is progress! It’s three weeks since I last showed you my quilt, I had just started the rope … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand-quilting
19 Comments
Stars
Last week I decided to catch up on some time-limited projects, I’d been concentrating on finishing my first quilt for care-leavers, but it meant I was a bit behind on other things, some of which had a date on them! … Continue reading
Quilts for Care Leavers
Last Saturday I met up with a group of ladies in Steeton to make quilts for young people who are leaving the care system.I do feel quite strongly that these young people have had a pretty poor childhood and then … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity
Tagged Oh My Stars quilt, Quilting, Quilts for Care-Leavers
18 Comments
Going Round the Rabbit Hole HQAL
It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I’d just finished the sunflower border and I was on a bit of a roll… Unfortunately I came to an abrupt halt and failed miserably with … Continue reading
Posted in Down The Rabbit Hole, Quilt-a-long, Quilting
Tagged #downtherabbithole, Down The Rabbit Hole, Hand quilting
25 Comments
Jelly Roll Workshop; A Quilt in a Day
I’m quite excited at the moment, I fixed a date at the weekend to run my first quilting workshop. It’s on June 29th!! A little while ago one of my local fabric shops, B&M fabrics, opened a workshop in the … Continue reading


