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A friend recently introduced me to a wonderful technique for paper piecing that takes so much of the faff out of hand-sewing hexagons. Since then I have been working on some instructions in order to share this wonderful obsession! I also finished my first ever hexagon quilt, which I am very proud of, and don't really want to let it go just yet! You can find all this in my How To Guides.

I have also added my own instructions for a Beginner's Quilt. In my job I find that so many people are wanting to learn to quilt, and need somewhere to start. This is a manageable size, fairly inexpensive, and hopefully easy to finish. And as those quilters out there know, once you have your first quilt under your belt, quilting truly does become an wonderful addiction!

Well, its been a while,  my new job has been keeping me very busy, to say the least, and the rest of the time has been spent trying my hardest to catch up with all those projects I’ve started after being inspired by customers and new fabrics constantly coming into the shop!

Needless to say, I haven’t had much time to finish many projects,  so I thought I would post some pics of previously finished projects just to give you an idea of how I satisfy my obsession with fabric

These two quilts were Christmas presents for my wonderful nephews, Daniel and Nicholas. Car and tractor mad at the time, though they’re War Hammer mad now, not too sure about that! I found these great novelty fabrics at a quilt show, and designed the piecing around them.

This third quilt (below left) I made for my husband’s Aunt for her new grandson. The bear was actually  adapted  from a paper punch I’ve used for cardmaking, then appliquéd the pieces on using bondweb and machined with a blanket stitch.

I’m now working on more baby quilts, including this one (above right) I made for a customer. I'm in the middle of a couple of baby quilts, one of which I  decided to hand quilt! Ha! It may be a while before I show that one off! Meanwhile, I do take commissions, so please get in touch.