The Quilt Quine

The week before Christmas went by in a blur. I quilted non-stop so that the African quilt would be ready for special delivery Christma...

I know there are 52 weeks in a year and I could plan early for Christmas but it never happens. Maybe one year it would be fun to do all of...

I had originally planned to cut off the awkward edges of the African tumbler blocks but that would have been taking a shortcut and I conced...

My whole schedule went by the wayside this week as I was under the weather for a couple of days. Being ill is such a waste of time so I aft...

It has been hard to tear myself away from my latest fiction addiction and concentrate on writing my book about a quilted Yurt while I have ...

I made a trip down to Glasgow in the Landy to do a talk about my quilts and travels for "The Glasgow Gathering of Quilters". The...

I paid the ransom in customs and received the Accuquilt GO cutter that I had ordered ages ago from the USA. I was really impressed at how n...

Things were not going according to plan on Thursday; maybe it was due to the tail end of Hallowe'en influences! First, three days'...

By now I should know better than to plan out my week. I received two phone calls from schools on Monday asking me to do some supply teachi...

Landrover dashboards were obviously designed to hold salt, vinegar and pots of mushy peas. We had an uneventful train trip back from Norfol...

Norma made an excuse to take friends, Ina and Kay to Chicago IKEA so they very kindly took me to the airport afterwards. A cheeky person i...

Friday was a busy teaching day at the Museum, spending time demonstrating and doing hands-on sessions with the APQS Lenni. There was a mini...

Sunday was yet another beautiful day when Norma and I set out on our drive to Wisconsin. We drove past traditional wooden farmsteads, red b...

On Monday I did a little exploring around Des Moines on my own as I would be waiting until the afternoon for the Yurt to arrive from Wisco...

After I battled my way through half of a giant waffle that I made myself at the hotel breakfast buffet, Norma collected me and we went off...

I have always had success with dyeing up until now but I was not pleased with the results when I decided to run a colour through my hair fo...

I joined North East Open Studios way back in the spring and really did not know what to expect. I lined myself up with some projects to ke...

Thanks to Kay for sending me a photo of the Yurt at Perth...! Mo and I had a whole two days of "raking" together when we took the ...

My main task for the week was to produce the handouts and patterns for my forthcoming USA trip. I had to run up a string of bunting to chec...

My sewing machine ploughed admirably through yards and yards of industrial Velcro and eventually all of the new USA Yurt quilted roof secti...