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...

A warm, summery welcome if you're joining me from the Moda Bakeshop website today. This summer the Bakeshop chefs have been sharing...

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 Midsummer Sampler quilt. As before, the tutorial is for those of...

1. CakeStand Quilts is FIVE years old. Back in June 2015 I opened my online shop with just one pattern, Jolly Brollies. Five years later...

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...

Do you listen to anything when you're sewing? Music, audio books, radio? I'm a devoted BBC Radio 4 listener and have it on in the...

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...

How are you? I hope you and your loved ones are feeling safe and well. I introduced this project to you almost exactly a year ago and it...

Good morning! A very warm welcome to CakeStand Quilts for day four of the #KeepCalmBritHop. If this is your first time visiting, I'm...

Well, we never thought we'd be here did we? The Covid 19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down in such a short time that we are all...

EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. One of my favourite aspects of quilting is the way that...

This week I sent out the February Midsummer Sampler block of the month parcels. We are now over halfway through our programme, so I...

EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. There are truly lovely moments when I'm designing a new...

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...