The Quilt Quine

Brrr! When snow is forecast before Christmas in Scotland we don't usually pay much attention since it is usually only a short-lived dus...

It was not until halfway through Monday morning that I finally realised that I was a week ahead of myself again and did not have a visitor c...

I deliberately left the Landy encrusted with mud when I took it to the 4x4 garage to be valued for a possible sale. Despite it looking well ...

After another week of crossing things off a list that never actually gets torn up, I think I am finally getting back on track. The Purposele...

It has been an odd sort of week... I felt compelled to sort out my studio shelves, fabric baskets, drawers, files, boxes, scraps of wadding,...

We had a smooth train trip back North despite the mad dash to catch our connection at Edinburgh and the SNOW had all melted by the time we r...

People probably don't usually start decorating when they should be packing for a week away with 3 children. I bought a tin of light refl...

  The Pink Project was completed last Sunday night, quality control checked for threads and wrapped up on Monday morning. There is always a...

Sorry but there is no blog tonight as I have promised to say nothing at all about the large pink project until Friday. I even removed last w...

  I have been beavering away on a Beautiful Baltimore all week, trying to get it done before starting the Smart Car project. Since all of t...

Patchwork used to mean using up scraps but these days Quilters generally buy fabulous fabrics especially for their projects. I had a custome...

I started the week by attempting to take my own photo one-handed wearing my tartan tam-o'shanter hat. After around 25 shots I selected a...

The Studio received a thorough sorting out after I unloaded all of the gear from FOQ and even the paperwork was filed neatly. I spent a lot...

  I packed up the twin Lennis, all their attachments and half of my studio and optimistically went to fetch my hired van. Despite being onl...

  I finished quilting the dyed fabrics quilt with some big wonky swirls that I really didn't like at first. I had decided that it had t...

Getting Geared Up I felt like a hamster in a ball this week as my "to do" list kept expanding and it seemed as though nothing was...

  After returning from cloudy France, North East Scotland was even damper and far more grey. We put the Yurt frame up but could not find a ...

  1.30am and 10 miles down the road on the way to the airport is not a great time to realise that one of your children has developed travel...

  On the days that I could get Yurt helpers it was wet and windy so it still hasn't been to the Castle for its photo-shoot. There MUST ...