Archive for November, 2013

Dear diary

November 20th, 2013 | Books, Dear diary | 2 Comments

Today I painted the title of what will be my fourth book on my new sketchbook (always the same black square made by Seawhite of Brighton). If you follow me on Pinterest you will have a feeling for the book already. The same feeling as me maybe, who knows? Because all I know at the […]

bag

November 18th, 2013 | Sewing | 6 Comments

I found this wonderful tapestry of horses the other day whilst out thrift shopping and just had to rescue it. When I got home I made it into a bag (much to my family’s bemusement) and have been using it non-stop ever since. This makes me happy. I am easy pleased.

penguin

November 13th, 2013 | Family, Sewing | 6 Comments

Did you know our Henry is penguin mad? No? Well, he is really is! So when I saw the penguin family on Basic Grey’s booth at Quilt Market I couldn’t buy a pattern quickly enough. I wanted a very simple, vintage look for my penguin- sorry! Henry’s penguin- so I dyed some wool blanket and […]

gift

November 6th, 2013 | Other | 2 Comments

   Whilst at Quilt Market I had the pleasure to meet many people in real life who I have been working with from afar. One such person was the lovely Linzee McCray. Having had to read rather a lot of my archives to write her welcoming piece about me on The Moda blog Linzee knew […]

Quilt market

November 4th, 2013 | Moda fabric, Other | 12 Comments

    I had my very first international business trip the other week when I went to Houston for Fall Quilt Market! It was the most amazing, inspiring and exhausting few days. I stood on the Moda stand with my ‘Hearty Good Wishes‘ fabric. I talked in Schoolhouse. By the way, I am never ever watching […]