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...

My last post explained the ‘why’ and this post will give you an insight into the ‘how’ to self-publish. Or at least how I’ve done it. I...

EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. I have another Today's Quilter project to share with you and...

A few years ago I sat down and started sketching blocks for an autumn-themed quilt. My eldest son was about to head off to university...

The clocks have just gone back, the last of autumn’s leaves have fallen and spring seems a long way off. But you needn’t just dream of...

No? Then you definitely need my new project for Today's Quilter: the Pomegranate Cushion. It's another weekend-friendly project to make...

Issue 54 of Today's Quilter is on your newsstands tomorrow and it is full to bursting with amazing Christmas projects, so I feel very...

Too soon to mention the 'C' word, that is...Christmas. Those of you of a more organised ilk will have the whole thing underway by now and...

I’ve unpacked, caught up with my emails and restocked the website, so it’s time to look back at the whirlwind that was this year’s...

If you have the latest copy of Today's Quilter - issue 52, with Jo Avery's beautiful appliqued quilt on the cover - then you may have...

If you’re a quilter, then the Festival of Quilts - four glorious, fabric-filled days - really does seem like the greatest show on earth....

This is the second year that the Moda Bakeshop have hosted their wonderful Quilter's Summer Camp and this year we're at the beach. Since June the Bakeshop Chefs have been sharing their beautiful blocks along with their favourite seaside memories. Today is my turn and where else would I whisk you off to but Cornwall? Photos from our trip to St. Ives earlier this month... My block is based on that perennial British favourite: the Beach Hut. The place where we wriggle into

I first had the idea for this quilt when I was making my Make Sail quilt, way back when...Laying out the homeward bound blocks it...

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...

Join me and my lovely friend Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company to make the The Midsummer Sampler Block of the Month programme...

The garden is wreathed with blossom at the moment. It's such a lovely time of year - I have a May birthday, so I might be a bit biased -...