Next week is the final week in our Make Time British Sew-along. Forgive me for posting a few days early - we're off to the Lake District for a few days - but before I share our tips for assembling the quilt, let me remind you of our autumn sewing schedule: - 18th August  - Make Time  block with Jo Westfoot  - explore foundation paper piecing. 25th August  - Tulips, Clouds, Let's Chat, Get Snippy and Book Club blocks with Lou Orth  - explore curved piecing, snowball corners

Welcome to week seven of the Make Time British Sew-along. Before I show you a fun variation of the A Good Yarn block, let me remind you...

Welcome to week six of the Make Time British Sew-along. Before I introduce you to my blocks, let me remind you of our autumn sewing...

EDIT: The Dawn Chorus blocks - along with the Chorus Line bonus project - are now available as a printed pattern booklet here. Welcome to...

Welcome to week one of the British Sew-a-row. Before I introduce you to my row, Raining Cats & Dogs , let me remind you of our summer sewing schedule: 16th May - Raining Cats and Dogs with...me - Machine Piecing and Dresden Blocks 30th May - Conversation Starter with Lou Orth - Foundation Paper Piecing 13th June - Royal Row with Yasmeen K Branton - Needle turn hand applique 27th June - Afternoon Tea with Jo Westfoot - Foundation Paper Piecing 11th July - London, Ba

...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...

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...

The next tutorial I want to share with you uses just one Petit Four block and is based on the cushions I made for my Festival of Quilts...

Edit: All of the posts & tutorials from 2018's Spellbound Sew-along can be found here. Welcome to my first Petit Four tutorial: finishing...

I had an email from one of my lovely customers, Jessica, this morning. She's been making my To Skye quilt and was having a few problems...

A warm welcome if you've joined me from the marvellous Moda Bakeshop . Here, as promised, are my favourite tips for those of you...

I was catching up with Edyta Sitar's fabulous YouTube channel, Quilting Window, the other day. Firstly, a little about Edyta: she's a...