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My fingers are sore as I’ve spent hours this week pinning all my Journal Quilts together ready for sending to Grosvenor Shows as they will be displayed at all their Autumn shows.

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My legs are sore as I’m training for a massive cycle ride so I’ve been out on my bike. We have a massive number of miles to cycle for 4 days. Halifax to Aylesbury. I cycled to The Quilt Cabin to teach a design class this ...

The Wonky Pinwheel Quilt in Honey Run

Last month, I showed off one of my new patterns, the Fan-tastic Quilt. This month, I got to preview Honey Run fabric and sew up the second quilt which is included in the Fan-tastic pattern. I call it the Wonky Pinwheel Quilt. Why? Well because there are big wonky pinwheels that repeat throughout the quilt, as well as some smaller pinwheels that also repeat throughout the quilt. It is such a fun and easy quilt to make. Its larger blocks really show off the fabric in the quilt. A great way to quilt ...

Bloque 1 quilt Where We Love is Home de Anni Downs

Si No Si No … así andaba yo, hasta que me decidí a hacer el quilt, y si algo me ayudó a decidirme, fue la oportunidad de hacerlo con las mismas telas que la diseñadora. Cuando las vi al natural, tan bonitas, tan diferentes, fue lo que me ayudó en la decisión final.

Y no me arrepiento para nada, esto de no tener que seleccionar las telas, es ir a tiro hecho. Si eres como yo, de las que piensan y repiensa qué tela poner, esto es muy cómodo y ...

Have you stitched On Ringo Lake by Bonnie Hunter? I decided back in October that I would try Bonnie Hunter’s annual mystery quilt. Of course, I then decided to overthink the whole thing,...

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After so long away I really wanted to get back in my studio. It was cold and grey weather which was good – on sunny days I find it hard to be inside

I started this quilt back in January, now it’s finished. It’s single bed sized. It’s not a scrappy quilt and it is not made with left overs. I really hate the term – scrappy quilt.

I bought some fabric in the Central Market in Kuala Lumper. I think it is probably printed in Indonesia. It was about £5 for a 2m length. I have made 6 ...

Quilt Where We Love Is Home empezamos, o eso esperamos

Porque tenemos muchas ganas de empezar y parece que no llega el momento. Y como sabéis las que me seguís en instagram, más con la sorpresa de tener que cortar todas las telas una a una.

Para vosotras, mucho mejor, pues se os facilita un montón el trabajo, pero para nosotras están suponiendo horas y horas de trabajo. Nos dijeron una cosa y al final ha sido otra. Pero bueno, vamos sacando el trabajo.

Os cuento cómo vamos a funcionar. Por un lado tenéis

-El patrón

-Las telas cortadas de ...

I have a fun easy pattern for you! It is a GIANT Trip Around The World. Not a jaunt across town; think of it as a BIG trip. Think of more like Jackie Chan’s Around The World in 80 Days, or...

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If you have listened to the Modern Sewciety podcast with Stephanie, you will know that one of her lightning round questions is, “Are you a creative mess or neat and organized?” I am definitely the first, a creative mess. So when I was presented with the opportunity to be on the Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop put on by Cheryl Sleboda, I thought YES!!! This is what I need to get back on track with a clean slate. In all honesty I was a little hesitant since I have to show the real and messy photos to the world ...

The Foreign Office declared Sr Lanka a no go, so with 6 of us planning to meet up there we had some quick decisions to make.

The travel agents in principle agreed to refund most of the flights we had booked from the UK so changed our plans and met up in Kuala Lumpur

My daughter packed her bag, booked her flight on the train on the way to work, at the end of the day went straight to the airport.

Surprisingly the flights were not too expensive.

We met in KL airport, having had no time to make any ...

Telas French General Vive la France

Estos diseñadores son de mis preferidos como bien sabéis. De ellos son los paneles de lino con letras del abecedario que andamos bordando.

Todas sus colecciones se basan en rojos y azules, por lo que todas combinan con todas, da igual del año que sean, siempre pegan.

Y son las telas que voy a elegir para acabar mi cojín de letras bordadas, en concreto, la azul de flores blancas y rojas para la parte de delante, y la azul más oscura con dibujo de rombos, para parte de detrás.

Os cuento un secreto, si ...

EEEK!! I am so relieved to be able to announce the Mod City Center Quilt Along and to have this quilt pattern done. I have been tinkering with it for about a year now. I have decided to add more sizes to all the new patterns that I create for Brown Bird Designs, but that has left me with having to decide what the right size for a twin and a queen quilt is . . . For me this was a can of worms. Originally, when I wrote the twin size, it was way too long. But I didn’t figure that ...

Servilletas de lino bordadas a mano colección Berries para primavera

¿Merendamos?

Hay pequeñas cosas del día a día, que lo embellecen, y que nos hacen disfrutar de cada momento. Yo tengo mis tips, que me ayudan a vivir el momento y que me hacen sentir muy bien. La idea es hacerte un estilo de vida, que te haga ser feliz cada día.

Entre ellos, rodearme de maravillosas texturas, colores o tejidos, que son un placer para los sentidos. Me gusta rodearme de cosas con estilo, y por supuesto, disfrutarlas.

Así que, esta vez me estoy haciendo unas servilletas de lino ...

Ask and you shall receive… I really love hearing what you want to see more of. It helps me so much when planing. Sometimes I feel like I am throwing stuff on the wall to see what sticks. Last month I showed off the quilt I made using the incredible Hedge Rose fabrics by Kelly Panacci. To create it I used my free pattern, The Double Pinwheel Quilt. You can download that file by clicking here. However, since I have the hardest time using patterns and making the same quilt over and over again I changed it up quite a ...

Abecedario bordado a mano

Por fin os enseño todas las letras del abecedario acabadas y bordadas a mano. Un precioso dechado o muestrario de puntos de bordado. He de deciros, que me ha encantado realizarlo porque me ha resultado divertido y entretenido.

Daros las gracias a las que lo habéis hecho conmigo, a las que habéis confiado en mi cuando al principio, antes de empezar, me comentabais que a lo mejor no erais capaces, y os dije que sí. Espero que lo hayáis disfrutado, porque sé que lo habéis conseguido, y con muy buen nivel de bordado.

Os dejo un ...

Patriotic and Paper Pieced Paper piecing isn’t all that bad! It seems to be everywhere, and although I’ve foundation paper pieced in the past, I didn’t love it. That disposition has...

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I have been so delighted while creating this Linen Table Runner. It excites me because I have never made anything like it. This is my first time piecing with linen, second time using only solid fabrics, and I have never used a color palette like this before. These soft pastel linen fabrics have a subtle yet distinct difference to them. I am so happy with how this Spring Linen Table Runner turned out.

The fabrics are all Riley Blake Designs. They are a 55% Linen / 45% Cotton blend and that makes them perfect to make a light quilt or a ...

Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild is gearing up for the 2019 quilt show with a challenge! This blog post showcases how my 41″ x 41″ quilt came together. It was an absolute evolution of...

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Nuevas letras bordadas T, H, K y L

Tres letras más, y prometo que esta semana que entra, acabamos las letras, que hay que preparar nuevos proyectos.

La letra L lleva un nuevo punto de cadeneta bicolor a lo largo, nunca me canso de aprender nuevos puntos. Y una flor que cuelga en punto tallo y puntos lazos más largos para las hojas. Y más cortos para las flores.

Este tipo de flores realizadas con combinaciones de puntos sencillos de bordar me parecen ideales, y creo que las opciones con infinitas, o casi, no os parece?

Os dejo el video ...

These measure 4.5" square and 5" in height.  Where do you toss your trimmed threads while sewing? What do you use as a thread catcher? I saw this adorable quilt-as-you-go one on a blog some time ago and kept the reference handy as an idea for the future. Well, as "they" say: the future is now. Indeed it is. I worked with fabric and colorful scraps that I had on hand and it went together

These measure 4.5" square and 5" in height.  Where do you toss your trimmed threads while sewing? What do you use as a thread catcher? I saw this adorable quilt-as-you-go one on a blog some time ago and kept the reference handy as an idea for the future. Well, as "they" say: the future is now. Indeed it is. I worked with fabric and colorful scraps that I had on hand and it went together