What ever the time of year, and what ever the occasion, table runners add a touch of colour to a room. The pattern of the month for June is the Newlands Table runner. It features three sections which are divided by accent borders and sashing. An accent border ( also called a flange ) dividesContinue reading “June Pattern of the month”
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Never stop being creative.
Whenever we go on a short trip we seem to find examples of quilting. At the beginning of March we spent a few days touring Dumfries and Galloway. We spent a day in the lovely artist town of Kirkcudbright where we met Joshua Miles, a wonderful printmaker, who took time to share his process withContinue reading “Never stop being creative.”
April Pattern of the Month
April Pattern or should I say Patterns of the month are the popular Twisting Bear and Tropical Bear blocks. I designed these two blocks for a block swap challenge during covid. I gave seven of my patchwork friends a challenge during the lockdown period. We each had to design a new block by merging theContinue reading “April Pattern of the Month”
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”
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 This has given me time to look back at unpublished designs and update them, ready to be shared on my Etsy shop and here.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”
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”
The Derwent Quilt
Today I have been preparing for lessons this week. As we are revisiting colour theory I started looking through my sketchbooks. One of them has the original designs and ideas behind the Derwent Quilt. It started as a design exercise for patchwork templates for my City & Guilds students. I was so taken with itContinue reading “The Derwent Quilt”
Fabric Auditioning
Over the last couple of weeks I have spent a lot of time in the studio piecing the block swap quilt. The seam ripper was my constant companion as I kept changing my mind on border widths and fabric choices. This is not how I usually work and so was a new experience. Improvisational piecingContinue reading “Fabric Auditioning”
A look at last week
This last week has flown by. I was over at Tudor Rose Patchwork near Bedford for my usual patchwork class on Wednesday. I haven’t seen many of my students since March and it was lovely to be back, seeing everyone and catching up. It also gave me the opportunity to collect the fabric I orderedContinue reading “A look at last week”
Bev Mayo 