CakeStand Quilts celebrated its tenth birthday on June the 1st. Technically it's probably its eleventh, as it took me the best part of a...

On the 1st of June I'll be celebrating the tenth anniversary of CakeStand Quilts and, appropriately enough, I'll be with my British...

I'm dipping into my favourite colouring set - Tilda Fabric's Creating Memories collection - for one last time. As I mentioned in previous...

Over the past ten years these posts have been my favourites to write. Some quilts have a more complicated back-story than others and this...

Every year my friend Andrea - from the Willow Cottage Quilt Co - joins me to create lovingly curated parcels for our warm and supportive...

With Easter just a week away we're halfway through our stay at Spring Cottage , so it's high time I shared what our lovely guests have...

I love a pre-cut. Now if, one sentence in, I've already lost you and you're wondering what a pre-cut is, let me enlighten you: introduced...

Last November I reworked my tutorial for a Holly Wreath cushion to add a seasonal touch to your home and, as Spring is just around the...

I've been playing with my favourite colouring set again - Tilda Fabric's Creating Memories collection - and as I mentioned in previous...

Swim elegantly into spring with my new Today's Quilter project, Swansong . Much like the hen block from last spring's Count Your Chickens...

Believe it or not - and I'm having trouble, to be honest - CakeStand Quilts will be ten this summer. It's been so interesting to dip into...

Happy New Quilting Year! I hope your Christmas celebrations were everything you hoped for and that you managed to successfully hide from...

December is here and it's time, at last, to reacquaint myself with friends old and new: my Christmas quilts! I have * ahem * one or two,...

It snowed last week! It was a total thrill to open my curtains and find the garden magically transformed. And as my commute involves...

AN EDIT TO MY EDIT: I got my mice in a muddle, so I've corrected the links below! EDIT: You can find PDF Country Mouse patterns here and...

Do you remember the thrill of opening a new set of colouring pencils when you were little? All those pristine, freshly sharpened pencils...

I like to think of this as a 'PS' post to my Northern Lights introductions and it was sort of prompted by my collecting together my bird...

This is my final post introducing you to my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the Northern Lights blocks, which have just arrived in the...

Over the last couple days I've be introducing my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the Northern Lights blocks, which are sailing into...

This is my second post - you can find the first here - introducing my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the Northern Lights blocks,...

Are you ready for an adventure? Because today I'll be setting out to introduce my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the Northern Lights...

Sewing can be a rather messy business, no matter how tidy I try to be, so I sometimes imagine having a tiny troupe of helpers in my...

My lovely friend Andrea from the  Willow Cottage Quilt Company  and I cordially invite you to join us as we don our Easter bonnets and...

Let's explore the Christmas Market on a frosty winter night: as stars twinkle overhead, we can wander through the colourful stalls,...