My third fabric line for Moda, ‘More Hearty Good Wishes‘ is due in at a quilt shop near you any day now. This is a continuation of my first line ‘Hearty Good Wishes’ (which is all but sold out now) and has four new coastal inspired designs in my favourite indigo and cream colour palette. […]

I do love a New Year and the opportunity it brings to make a fresh start. I don’t make resolutions but I do set myself a word to live by for the year ahead. And this year I plan to ‘optimize’- my energy, my surroundings, my business and all the myriad opportunities I am given. My […]

This is the ‘beauties of nature’ from my book ‘A Field Guide’ which inspired my fabric collection. You can buy it here or here or ask your local quilt shop for it.   Thank you to every single one of you who left a comment on my previous post. I read and enjoyed every single one! […]

Good morning and welcome to my stop on the Moda blog tour! The theme is LOVE and we’re to share some things we love with you! I also have a layer cake of my latest fabric line ‘A Field Guide’ for you to win and a video of a technique I use that isn’t widely known. So, without further ado […]

It’s still the school holidays here so I’m just popping in to let you know that I’m guest blogger over on ‘Stitch, Craft and Create’ today talking about my studio, my inspiration and my new book ‘Home Quilt Home’.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of un-veiling a quilt made by a group of year 7 children at The Marlowe Academy in Kent. The children have been learning about ‘restorative justice’ and used my ‘Freya and Fred’ book as inspiration (how amazing is that!) to each make a hand stitched applique picture of themselves to create this […]

A big ‘thank you’ for all your lovely, kind comments and I’m pleased to announce that the random number generator chose comment number 3- so many congratulations Plum Cox! I have lots to tell you about Spring Quilt Market and my second fabric collection with Moda, but I have happily fallen down the rabbit hole […]

Exciting news! ‘Home Quilt Home’ my first book with publisher ‘David and Charles’ will be published at the end of May and I’m going to give you a little preview and offer you the chance to win your own copy! So, here goes… lots of photos! ‘Home Quilt Home’ is divided into three chapters- Town, Country and Coast and I […]

So, here I am to announce the happy winner of my ‘Hearty Good Wishes’ fat quarter bundle. There were 654 comments (wow! Thank you!) and the random number generator I used chose comment number 426- so many congratulations Sue Bennett! Please email me your address and I will rush to the post office with your […]

  Hello and welcome to letter H on the Moda designer blog hop! I’ve been given the letter H for my ‘Hearty Good Wishes’ fabric line and book which are due in your local quilt shop very soon.   My ‘Hearty Good Wishes’ fabric collection and book are inspired by the English coast in the winter time and by […]