This is my hundredth blog post and, by total chance, it's my first post of 2020. I'll try not to be too wistful, but this New Year does...

I hand-delivered a new project to the Today's Quilter office in Bristol a couple of weeks ago and while I was there I met my lovely...

My last post explained the ‘why’ and this post will give you an insight into the ‘how’ to self-publish. Or at least how I’ve done it. I...

A few years ago I sat down and started sketching blocks for an autumn-themed quilt. My eldest son was about to head off to university...

If you’re a quilter, then the Festival of Quilts - four glorious, fabric-filled days - really does seem like the greatest show on earth....

I'm busy planning for this year's Festival of Quilts so in my Spring Newsletter I asked my lovely subscribers for their thoughts on quilt...

Back in December I was writing about the serendipity of snow and about things that happen just when you need them to. Well, a few...

There has been lots of thoughtful discussion on Instagram recently about making what YOU really love, combining projects and fabrics in...

I promised you a detailed post on preparing for and exhibiting at the Festival of Quilts and here it is. I'll apologise in advance if...

I've been home for two days but my head is still spinning from everything I saw and experienced at my first Festival of Quilts as an...

It's just over two (short) months until the Festival of Quilts. I've been sewing like a mad thing and managed to leave piles of fabric in...

I wrote this post last September and I hope you'll bear with me reposting it, because it has a happy ending. And we all need a few happy...

Are you going? Although I've attended the Festival as a visitor, this year will be my first as an exhibitor and I'm really looking...

My Granny had a box of buttons that I used to absolutely LOVE playing with. For hours. This was back in the olden days, of course, pre...

Sometimes things just don't go to plan do they? So, of course, that must also apply when you're designing a quilt. Most of my designs...

Almost a year has gone by since I opening a teeny, tiny little PayHip shop and sold the first copy of my Jolly Brollies pattern. Well,...