A Cornish Sojourn - now that is just the tonic after a gruelling winter, a sick house and flagging spirits....and so it was. I am bubbling with inspiration from the sweeping coastline, the incredible gardens and the charming Cornish villages, peppered along the seashore. It is a land of myth and legend and I can see why - the imagination is free to roam around rocky islands, smugglers coves and ancient castles.
Read MoreI may have mentioned to you before how much I liked the bi annual magazine 'Making' and this week I got the new spring issue. As usual, it is to swoon over....indefinitely. Packed full of beautiful, contemporary makes, both knitting and sewing, it is just gorgeous.
Read MoreSo I have a new embroidery pattern to introduce today and I am really delighted with this one. It began because we took a long weekend in Whitby. Have you ever been there? You should....it really is an absolutely lovely place.
Read MoreI retreated to the sewing room with the idea that I wouldn't work on any patterns or kits or plans, but that I would just sew something for our home. It took me all of 30 seconds to decide what. Sitting in a basket on my cutting table for the last few weeks has been Elizabeth Hartman's Greenhouse pattern.
Read MoreWe have a new little one just arrived in our extended family and I wanted to make her something special. Hot on the success of my patchwork Santa, I turned to my Tilda books for inspiration. This time it was the a little elephant in the Tilda Studio book that caught my eye. Her books never fail to entice me into making something as they are so beautifully presented.
Read MoreNot only would this make a very special gift, but you can make it entirely your own with more or less embroidery and you can use the machine or do hand work to complete the pattern. There is a free tutorial on tutorials page if you would like some help with making one.
Now that they are all finished, I think they look so lovely all together. What a great idea for a playroom or a family room - something for everyone I hope.
Read MoreMeanwhile, I have two new patterns up in the Etsy shop. They are part of a series of 4 'hashtag' patterns and I hope you will like them. I love this modern way of organising things in the digital world and hashtags seem to be so much part of life now that I decided to use them for a collection of patterns which reflect different emotions. #Remember and #Explore are the first two patterns.
Read MoreHi everyone,
Hope you have managed to find your way over here from my old blog. 2018 seems like the right time for a change...
Read MoreEvery year, it gets to just before Christmas and I wish I had made a Christmas quilt....every year. But this year, I actually did it!
Read MoreI mean, seriously....isn't he just darling?!?!?! In fact, this statement would apply to just about anything in the book that he came from - the latest book from Tilda's Tone Finnanger, 'Sewing by Heart'. I think the only way to describe it is 'divine'. Glorious photographs of beautiful hand made things with a Scandinavian flavour - it is an all year around book, with projects for every season.
Read MoreI love this time of year....the colours....the chilling air, the early morning sparkle of frost, pulling out favourite sweaters and making soup, but most of all I love the promise of Christmas. I think winter is the season that I love the most, although I don't believe this was always the case.
Read MoreThe brief was, Paris themed with pale green/turquoise. The fabrics were easy to select. I chose the backing first. This may seem a little unusual, but the more quilts I make, the more I am sure that the backing is a key piece of the jigsaw. Beautiful and bold backings really make the whole project just fantastic and in this case, allowed me to set the Paris theme and the colour way.
Read MoreMaking Embroidery Modern
