Hello again dear readers.........sharing lots of blue and white quilt pictures today..... ..........it's bluebell time here in the uk and it always makes me focus on this beautiful colour ...... .............this is my blue and white checkerboard quilt, a version of my red and white checkerboard quilt pattern which is in my etsy shop link in bio........ ............the first bunch of bluebells picked from our garden this spring, and put in a vintage mustard pot from the brocante.......... ..........the crumpled close up of the checkerboard quilt.....love seeing the soft texture of quilts ..read more

Hello dear readers..........here's one of my favourite vintage charm quilts in rosy pinks and creams......with some beautiful scented stocks i was given at the weekend.......... .........i love these soft subtle pinks so much........and of course the scent is delicious...... ..........i had them near me in the sewing room while i was working....... ..........and then i decided to take some pictures of this quilt with my lovely flowers and gathered together some sewing things like spools and wooden boxes and buttons...... ..........and added the beeswax candle....... ............quilts an ..read more

Hello again dear readers and happy april.....back from my little easter break now and we had a lovely time...... .........with plenty of flowers, bunnies and easter treats with the family......... .........flowery quilts were keeping us cosy, like the vintage log cabin here......and a new floral jellyroll was acquired to make another  pretty quilt.........this fabric is ellie by brenda riddle for moda....... ...........this flowery version of the vintage log cabin quilt (pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar) was made with lots of scraps and is one of my favourites.......it feels ve ..read more

Hello again dear readers.......it's a bright sunny day here in my little corner of the uk and we're getting out the easter decorations......here are some sugar bunnies and some patchwork birds...... ..........these little birds are easy to sew and pretty too in their pastel floral fabrics....... .........the little quilts are log cabin doll quilts which also make nice little table toppers...... .........easter and spring time mean growing and sowing so we have to have some fabric carrots and cross stitched seed packets ........the tiny daffodils i've featured in lots of these pictures are ..read more

Hello again dear readers and welcome to my blog........today we have a new quilt to share with you .........it's a new flower wreath quilt with delicate colours and lots of quilting to create texture......(the pattern is in my etsy shop link in sidebar)........ ..........the wreaths are made from simple appliqué and can be stitched by hand or by machine if you prefer..... .........each wreath block is surrounded by striped sashing and pink cornerstones......the fabrics are sweet liberty by moda, tilda stripes, and kona cotton solid in white.......the quilting was done in two ways....first i ..read more

Happy 1st march and happy st david's day too...........here are some bright and fresh little daffodils to celebrate, picked from our garden........ ..........and as we near spring more every day here is a little spring bunny...clover is her name.... ......with a little postage stamp doll quilt to snuggle under...... ....clover is made from my sugar bunny pattern which is in my etsy shop link in sidebar, and you can find the postage stamp doll quilt, fabric carrots and radish seed packet patterns there too....... ............lots of red and blue spotted fabrics with some low volumes for co ..read more

Hello again dear readers......we have just returned from a lovely spring walk, enjoying fresh air and daffodils and even early blossom..... and now i want to show you what i've been sewing with these exciting new fabrics..... ........the tilda jubilee fabrics are designed to celebrate 25 years of tilda.....amazing.....and i've certainly sewn with a lot of the fabric collections over the years.....the cushion shown here is my circus cushion which i originally made years ago in the original paler circus fabrics.......i loved making the new version in the brighter colours..... ........and now ..read more

Hello again dear readers........here is a new version of my favourite four patch quilt...... .........this one is made with red and white mainly moda fabrics and kona cotton solid in white......... ..........lots of red and white patchwork hanging up here this week as hubby and i celebrated valentine's day......we had an outing to an art exhibition to mark the day :) ........the original favourite four patch quilt i made was hand quilted, so i decided to do the same with this one too........ ..........the pattern for the favourite four patch quilt on point (and also a pattern for an easy ..read more

Hello dear readers........as we are heading into valentine's week here are some seasonal makes to share....this is my valentine cushion, made last year using my favourite colour combination of red, white and blue..... ..........the cushion is shown here with my original heartstrings quilt which was also made in red white and blue (though i've made many different colour combinations of this quilt since then)........ ..........there are so many hearts around for valentines but as you probably know i like them all year round too :)...... ...........next is my little love note cross stitched p ..read more

Happy February everyone!........after what seemed like a very looooong january we are happy to be in valentine's month now.......and beginning with some hearts of course....... ..........the three patchwork hearts shown here are all made from one of my favourite fabrics....fruit label by atsuko matsuyama in the blue colour way..........gorgeous berries and cherries, text and pattern in beautiful colours........ ........not much extra decoration needed for these.......maybe a little blue bow and a piece of blue and white striped baker's twine for hanging........... ............they make swe ..read more