I've just put the last few stitches in the binding of my Sailing By Sampler. It's been pouring down whilst I've stitched and I've been...

I briefly mentioned a few of the key fabrics I used in my Kitchen Garden quilt in my last post and a few of you have enquired about the...

I’m blaming Trish. You see, just before Christmas I shared a tutorial for a Dala Horse block on the Moda Bakeshop, as part of their...

Welcome to a new Petit Four tutorial: my finishing instructions for the Sailing By Sampler quilt. As before, the tutorial is for those of...

This morning I put the last few stitches in the binding of my Wintersweet quilt...just in the (saint) nick of time. You might remember...

Have you been opening the Moda Bakeshop Advent Calendar this year? My fellow Chefs and I have been rustling up some Christmas treats for...

If you didn't catch Part One of the tutorial - which has the pattern for piecing your top - you can find it here. This time I'll be...

Do you ever see fabric and think ‘I really must make something with that’? Silly question, you’re quilters, so of course you do. Well, a...

A very warm ‘welcome aboard’ if you’re joining me from the Moda Bakeshop , I hope you’re enjoying this month’s Building Blocks series and...

Cobweb The Garden Spider builds her delicate web - often over twelve inches in diameter - every single day and although we may be...

Wise Owl Is there anything quite as eerily atmospheric as the call of an owl? But the t’wit t’woo of the Tawny is, in fact, a duet...

The Raven The subject of Edgar Allen Poe’s Gothic poem and revered, often feared, in folklore, the Raven is one of our most intelligent,...

Moonlit Bat No Gothic garden would be complete without a resident Bat, circling through the darkening trees at dusk before retreating to...

Merveille du Jour When I started drafting a bat block for the Spellbound Sampler - we’ll be meeting him next week - I realised what...

Toadstools Beloved of childrens’ book authors, the Toadstool has long been imagined as the home of various pixies, fairies and elves. The...

Moon & Star Our enchanted garden is lit by a waning crescent moon. Far away from the constant glow of streetlights, moonlight makes the...

Pumpkin A familiar symbol of autumn abundance, the Pumpkin is an essential part of Thanksgiving feasts in Canada and the United States....

Gothic Gatehouse When designing the blocks for the Spellbound sampler I pictured an abandoned garden at dusk in late Autumn. As nature...

EDIT: Although the sew-along has finished, you can still use the weekly posts as a guide and sew with a group of friends. You can find...

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...