Over the next eight weeks I'll be introducing my new Petit-Four sampler patterns - the Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release...

Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company and I are giddy with excitement to announce our new Block of the Month programme, so -...

EDIT: You can now buy this pattern, renamed Kelmscott , as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here . I've written before about my love...

I have such a fun quilt - or pair of quilts actually - in this month's Love Patchwork & Quilting. They both use the same pattern but look...

Let me set the scene: once upon a time, deep in the timeless forests of Dalarna, a cabinet maker and his family lived in a little red...

I think we can all agree that the world was a strange place last spring when I was making this wintery quilt. I've discussed before that...

EDIT: You can now buy this pattern - renamed Angelica - as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. Sometimes when I'm making one quilt the...

EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. You may remember me contributing a block to the Moda...

Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company and I are absolutely thrilled to announce our new Block of the Month programme, so without...

At last year's Festival of Quilts I was lucky enough to spend some time in quiet (and, frankly, awestruck) contemplation of a selection...

EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. I first visited Amsterdam as an architectural student and...

Welcome to my latest Petit Four tutorial: finishing instructions for the M idsummer Sampler quilt. As before , the tutorial is for...

One of the delights of putting together the Midsummer Sampler block of the month programme was dreaming up all the little extras to...

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...

After some light refreshment from our last block, its time to continue to the penultimate destination on our Midsummer stroll... the...

My inspiration for this block also fuelled it's creation: tea! the Teapot block Although tea has been drunk in China for two thousand...

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...

Last time we took our leave of Orchard Cottage to travel along the country lanes to meet our hard-working friend, the Shepherd. the...

This was the December instalment of our block of the month and we briefly imagined our summer setting in the bleak midwinter... the...

This is the second in my posts introducing the Midsummer Sampler blocks and today we are are walking off our cake by exploring the...