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The beautiful, cosy and stylish Comfort Shawl was designed by Sarah Hazell. Sarah is a very talented (and lovely too) designer with a vast amount of experience. So when she suggested working with my yarn I was bowled over and followed up her offer pretty quickly! After swatching with Batch Number 2’s Shetland, Shetland~Cheviot Blend […]
As you probably know by now I really love designing and sewing quilts. I’m very lucky that Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine often publish them too – my latest submission was the All Around Arrows Quilt. I had such fun making this one………but still haven’t decided which child it should be given to! It is […]
The striking Eathie Shawl was designed by my friend Emily Williams. Designed especially for the limited supplies of yarn from Horse, Frankenstein and Monkey Face the pattern only needs 60g of each beautiful natural shade (Double Cream, Rugged Grey and Hazy Charcoal) – but because of the lace design it makes a generously sized shawl […]
Somewhat late here’s my Liberty Love Quilt from Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine Issue 37. Seeing a copy of the magazine for the first time was even more exciting than usual as my quilt was on the front cover! Now that was a shock (of a very good kind)!
I’m really pleased to be able to share my Playful Pinwheels Quilt which features in Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine Issue 36 – out today! I’d had a quilt along the lines of the eventual design in mind for quite some time but it took a bit of jiggling around to get the final layout. […]
I’m delighted to be able to share the Travel Sewing Mat which I designed for Love Patchwork and Quilting Issue 35. Once again that feels like such a long time ago (I sent it off in February). But I do remember the amount of puzzling that went into getting the details just as I wanted […]
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying a lovely holiday Monday (I guess this only applies to UK people- sorry to those of you who’re having a ‘normal’ Monday!). We’re still experiencing incredibly cold and changeable weather. This morning we set off for a family walk in cold but sunny weather to be met half-way round with […]
Here’s my latest top, the Plantain T-shirt by Deer and Doe. I thought you might like a break from holiday photos (and I really couldn’t wait to share the top as I’m very pleased with it)! I have been on a bit of a hunt for a knit top in a shape that really […]
I’m belatedly popping in here to share with you my Flower Power Quilt which featured in Love Patchwork and Quilting Issue 22. It is by far the biggest quilt I have ever made* and I have to confess scared me rigid in case I couldn’t quilt it successfully. But, despite my worries, it did work, […]
I was so delighted to have another design featured in Love Patchwork and Quilting. The Full Of Beans play set is a quick make and the storage bucket could be used for lots of things (now that it is back with me the bucket is being used for knitting projects – and the number […]
