You can read a blog post here about this piece.
It's growing slowly but as you can see I have piles of patchwork pieces ready to add to it.
My favourite process here is making the actual 'grandmothers flower garden' pieces.
It's meditative. It's relaxing and I do have a love of the repetitive.
I'm focusing on a couple of things at the moment.
A fabric mount is in progress for a sample relating to my drawstring bag (which is also in progress).
There are patchwork motifs being created for that drawstring bag along with some grandmothers flower garden patchwork to use on this piece.
I have also this morning pinned the backing on a wrapping cloth which should be finished and ready to show you very soon.
My hands are never idle!
The table.....now.
The wrapping cloth on the left will be backed with the yellow fabric.
I have been measuring marking and pinning.
More patchwork pieces are being cut from gingham offcuts too so that I can progress my drawstring bag.
If you are in my class...hello! You may notice something annoyingly wrong with the fabric on the right.
Safe to say it's giving me a headache with my plans.
I'm not crying....yet.
I will make a video to speak about this on Monday.
Small embroidered samples, gathering information for a new drawstring bag.
Initially I intended to create my new bag using gingham but after sampling have decided I much prefer a white base cloth with gingham highlights.
I now have a lot of the patchwork flowers to create as I need nine of those in total and I also need to source some white silk ribbon.
The fabric with cartoon like small children was bought in Sweden several years ago.
Thankfully I have managed to find some more with a UK based supplier as I am running low.
Now I just need ...
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Last image, patchwork pinned and ready for the next section to be embellished.
This piece is developing nicely!
It was damp stretched last night ready for the final section to be embellished before I line it and put it together.
There's a 'freshness' to gingham that I love.
Below is a short video from when you last saw this which explains what I'm doing here.
Here’s a fun and easy Pumpkin Garden Beginner Quilt pattern to download and make quickly. It is perfect for using all your scraps!
Newbie Gardener – click here to purchase
Newbie Gardener is my newest pattern! I made the quilt using The Patch Beneath collection by Island Batiks. It measures 51″ x 51″, and the blocks finish at 10″. I loved working with the batiks in this collection. However, you can use your favorite collection or, better yet, all the scraps in your stash.
The quilt size works as a throw, a table topper, or a wall hanging. I rotated ...
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Yes, more patchwork, more Grandmothers flower garden.
If you look at the first image there is quite a large piece of patchworked hexagons, it looks a little bit like Australia to me!
It's at the top of that image.
A little while ago...OK.....quite along time ago I had a plan for a single bed size patchwork coverlet.
That's as far as I got.
What can I say, distractions, daunted.....
But, last night, looking at my recently pieced Grandmothers flower garden patchwork it occurred to me that I could add them to the Australia piece.
Nothing would ...
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Download these Halloween and Cats free patterns now, get the fabrics, and make two beautiful quilts for your home!
Meow Neighborhood Quilt – click here to download the pattern
By now, you must have all your summer quilts done, so here are two projects for Halloween. I designed them for the whimsical collection Cat House by Mayo Moreno for Henry Glass Fabrics. Toadstools galore!
The first one is Meow Neighborhood. It measures 52″ x 60″ and features a super-cute panel surrounded by my favorite prints from the collection. Bugs, brooms, candy corn, funny pumpkins, and leaves – all depicted with gorgeous colors ...
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A little patchwork today, Grandmothers flower garden, hexagons.
I love making these, I lose myself, repetitive, meditative stitching.
There are no plans for these as yet but that's OK, they're here, they will be used at some point.
I'm in no rush.
Thanks so much for all the love on the 'pillows' earlier this week. It's really appreciated.
There are just these two left in the shop now.
(if your country isn't listed for shipping please contact me and I will try and work something out)
Oversized, stuffed Suffolk puffs.
Finishing touches for these two panels which will soon become a pillow.
The approximate size of this is twelve by ten inches.
There have been a few pillows created over the past couple of weeks which will be for sale very soon.
I'll let you know when they are in the shop.
Titivate, spruce, smarten, and spiff all mean "to make a person or thing neater or more attractive."
Divide & Dash Quilt Along CorrectionWeek 7 – Optional Flying Geese BorderAfter weeks of stitching, pressing, and assembling our Divide & Dash quilt, we've arrived at the final step! This week we're adding the optional Flying Geese border, a feature that frames the quilt beautifully while adding movement and visual interest. With just sixteen Flying Geese units and four cornerstone
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Here are two free Halloween quilt patterns you can download now. They are beginner-friendly, use panel blocks, and come together super fast!
Apothecary Quilt – Click here to download the pattern
The Apothecary Quilt is the first pattern I designed for Rose Halsey’s Witchy Wicked collection by Blank Quilting. It measures 59″ x 73½,” and the blocks finish at 8″ x 12″ and 12″. It makes a fun throw!
The second row of this quilt is a strip showing the shelves in my… err… the witch’s lair, and the third row uses blocks from a panel. Thus, you will ...
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Do you remember this post?
I was marking and cutting out patchwork pieces for a new project.
This is where I am now with that embroidery/patchwork.
Two floral patchwork pieces have been attached to one side of a silk dupion panel and now it's decision time for ribbon/trim to lie alongside that.
More embellishment will be added to the right hand side of the panel once the ribbon has been secured with hand stitch.
Download this free beginner quilt pattern now and make this project in one day. Big blocks, easy technique, beautiful quilt!
Aromatherapy Quilt – click here to download the pattern
Are you ready for a fast project? I designed the Aromatherapy Quilt for Dear Stella’s Fall in Love collection. It measures 65″ x 65″ and can be used as a wall hanging for a bold decor statement or as a throw. Either way, it comes together quickly, so keep this pattern handy for those times when the occasion demands a handmade gift but time is short.
Dark and light prints added ...
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In addition to hand embroidery I'm also partial to a little bit of patchwork.
If you follow this link and scroll down there are some 30ish posts where I have used patchwork in several different ways.
Because I use this process regularly it's always handy to have a stash and the means to add to that stash.
These are things I pick up when I'm in need of a half hour of not thinking, just keeping my hands busy and my brain empty.
There are fabric pieces I've cut ready to add to templates, individual covered ...
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