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Illusion Blocks

One of the last lessons I gave before stopping in person teaching was about illusion blocks and patterns. This included patterns such as Storm at Sea, Bargello, Tumbling Blocks and Log Cabin. All can give wonderful illusions of depth, movement and curves even though they are all straight line blocks. I experimented with producing anContinue reading “Illusion Blocks”

Newlands Table Runner

The Newlands Valley lies between the villages of Braithwaite and Buttermere. The narrow pass is one of my favourite road trips especially in the between season, summer to autumn when the hills are turning from the purple bilberries to the orange of the autumn bracken. I remember many happy walks up the hillsides picking bilberriesContinue reading “Newlands Table Runner”

Ullswater Quilt

I have been busy continuing to update my patterns, lots of computer work and not enough studio time, but I hope to spend some time in the studio next week. ( We are forecast a week of rain so I will have no excuse). I have updated the Ullswater Quilt pattern in colour and itContinue reading “Ullswater Quilt”

Sally’s Quilt

Last week I received one of my favourite types of email. Sally got in touch with pictures of quilts she has made with my patterns or from my workshops. She took part in the Ambleside quilt online workshop a few years ago and had since been continuing to quilt through her local U3A quilting group.Continue reading “Sally’s Quilt”

The Grange Quilt

I have now stopped in person teaching due to losing my hearing. This has given me time to look back at unpublished designs and update them, ready to be shared on my Etsy shop and here. I am excited to announce that my Grange quilt pattern is now available. It is one of my versatileContinue reading “The Grange Quilt”

Easter is Coming

And the Chickens are getting ready for an Easter Egg hunt. I have made these fun chickens for Alice and Robyn as a quirky alternative to an Easter Basket. Now I need to work out how many eggs I need to hide. Easter this year though may be a little difficult as we are inContinue reading “Easter is Coming”

Looking forward to Spring

Christmas is a distant memory, but unfortunately cough and sniffles linger on. So it is time to look forward to Spring. Shoots and buds are appearing in the garden and I am looking forward to see what has survived the winter or not been eaten by mice. They seem to have a liking for alliumContinue reading “Looking forward to Spring”

Nearly There

Yesterday was the last session for the Folded Fantasy quilt at Tudor Rose Patchwork. It has been 6 months of hard work from my students and the results of their efforts can be seen in the beautiful quilts tops they have made. I love seeing how different the pattern looks in different colour ways. AllContinue reading “Nearly There”

Mini Quilts

Teaching patchwork and quilting over many years has left me with lots of samples and demonstration pieces. Some are more complete than others and some are step by step “Blue Peter” type part finished samples. There comes a time when all of these part finished samples need to be made into something. A couple ofContinue reading “Mini Quilts”

How Time Flies

I can’t believe it has been so long between posts and I have to apologise to anyone waiting to hear more of my story. You will know that the last few years have been full of downs and ups and it has taken me quite a while to get my mojo back. I have beenContinue reading “How Time Flies”