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The Midsummer Sampler Finishing Tutorial
Welcome to my latest Petit Four tutorial: finishing instructions for the Midsummer Sampler quilt. As before, the tutorial is for those of...
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Jun 7, 2020
Wild Strawberries
One of the delights of putting together the Midsummer Sampler block of the month programme was dreaming up all the little extras to...
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Jun 1, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 8
It's the first day of June and we have reached the last stop on our summery stroll: the Rose Garden. My favourite place to be at this...
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May 30, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 7
After some light refreshment from our last block, its time to continue to the penultimate destination on our Midsummer stroll... the...
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May 27, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 6
My inspiration for this block also fuelled it's creation: tea! the Teapot block Although tea has been drunk in China for two thousand...
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May 24, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 5
Last time we took a quick break in the Shepherd's Hut and now it's time to head back into the garden and pick some strawberries. I wonder...
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May 21, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 4
Last time we took our leave of Orchard Cottage to travel along the country lanes to meet our hard-working friend, the Shepherd. the...
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May 19, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 3
This was the December instalment of our block of the month and we briefly imagined our summer setting in the bleak midwinter... the...
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May 16, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 2
This is the second in my posts introducing the Midsummer Sampler blocks and today we are are walking off our cake by exploring the...
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May 13, 2020
The Midsummer Sampler: block 1
How are you? I hope you and your loved ones are feeling safe and well. I introduced this project to you almost exactly a year ago and it...
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Mar 16, 2020
From my sketchbook: Paradise Found
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. One of my favourite aspects of quilting is the way that...
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Jan 22, 2020
From my sketchbook: Lenten Rose...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. There are truly lovely moments when I'm designing a new...
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Nov 25, 2019
Inspired by Lucy...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. I have another Today's Quilter project to share with you and...
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Nov 17, 2019
Sewing seeds...
The clocks have just gone back, the last of autumn’s leaves have fallen and spring seems a long way off. But you needn’t just dream of...
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Oct 29, 2019
Are you sitting comfortably?
No? Then you definitely need my new project for Today's Quilter: the Pomegranate Cushion. It's another weekend-friendly project to make...
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Oct 2, 2019
From my sketchbook: Winterlilies
Issue 54 of Today's Quilter is on your newsstands tomorrow and it is full to bursting with amazing Christmas projects, so I feel very...
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Aug 6, 2019
From My Sketchbook: Roosting Birds
If you have the latest copy of Today's Quilter - issue 52, with Jo Avery's beautiful appliqued quilt on the cover - then you may have...
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Jul 20, 2019
From my sketchbook: Hazel
I first had the idea for this quilt when I was making my Make Sail quilt, way back when...Laying out the homeward bound blocks it...
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May 3, 2019
Midsummer Sampler Block of the Month...
Join me and my lovely friend Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company to make the The Midsummer Sampler Block of the Month programme...
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Apr 25, 2019
Spring has sprung...
...the bird is on the wing. Or busy nesting by now, I should think! If you're doing a little nesting yourself, or making a quilt for...
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