The Quilt Quine

I have spent the week wrapping, buying food, struggling to make Scandi fabric stars, cooking, and making giant white, fluffy pom-poms and sw...

I know folk are only trying to be festive when they ask, “Are you all set for Christmas?” but it drives me mad! I would like t...

Freya has been valiantly studying Russian as one of her minor courses at Uni. It has been an intense language course, taught in fast Ru...

For months I had planned to quilt the Civil War tumbler quilt with close wavy lines but at the last minute I wavered and chose a p...

Monday morning was bitterly cold and I wished I had fingerless gloves because my hands were so cold I could not feel them. After a hot,...

Now that it is on Freya’s bed in Uni Halls, I can post photos of her “away” Christmas quilt. It is a Betty Quilt pattern that I downl...

I gave Shield Maiden my full attention for 2 whole days and completed the basic quilting. I have decided that I will face its edges a...

My 1951 100th anniversary Singer Featherweight arrived back from its holiday at Bamber Sewing Machine Centre, Manchester www.bamberse...

I finally made a start on quilting Shield Maiden! As it is saggy, crumpled mess of linen when not stretched out tight, I decided that i...

I had a house full of visitors this week and I entertained them with hot soup at a waterfall, visits to my local junkshops and a trip...

I have absolutely no photos to prove that I have actually had a pretty busy week. Lots of things were ticked off on my list and I finis...