Have you seen my Mojo? It seems to have gone on holiday – together with my “round tuit” and “good intentions”. However, I think they’ve just sent me a postcard telling me they’ll be home soon. I haven’t blogged for quite some time – I didn’t feel as though I was contributing anything worth reading.…
Author: MARJORIE COOK
Happy New Year to you. My Christmas decorations are all down and after finishing the end of year paperwork its now time to make plans for 2019. I have quite a few projects that I didn’t get finished before the holidays – at least the Christmas ones will be early for next year! My special…
I’m part of a group for Handiquilter owners, called the Longarm Learning Curve and each year we have the opportunity of taking part in the Radiance Challenge. This isn’t a competition, but the chance to try something out of our comfort zone. This year’s challenge was in two parts – one to use a piece…
Among the many fabulous quilts on display at Malvern Spring Quilt Show in May, was a display by some of the Radiance Quilters from our Longarm Learning Curve group. The brief was to produce a wholecloth cot quilt to a specified size, designed by each maker, using Robert Kaufman’s Radiance fabric. This is a 60%…
Hello and thanks for stopping by. It’s hard to believe that May has been and gone and we are almost half way through the year. I went to Malvern Spring Quilt Show in May and as usual it was a wonderful mix of vendors and fabulous quilts. It’s also a great place to catch up…
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Hello and thanks for stopping by again to read the news and views from my quilting world. This fabulous “Linus” cake was made for me for my birthday and it was shown to everyone at the last Sew4Linus workshop – we have such talented members! I am writing this just before Easter and today it’s…
Hello and thanks for stopping by again to read the news and views from my quilting world. I’m still trying to keep up with my aim to spend an hour each evening on one of my own projects #personalprojectchallenge2018 and hopefully by the end of March, this will increase to one full day each week.…
Hello and thanks for stopping by again and taking the time to read the news and views from my quilting world. How do you organise your quilting projects? In an effort make inroads into my own, along side my longarm quilting and involvement in Project Linus ( as well as reducing the volume of post…
Hello and welcome! I’m Marjorie Cook and I am thrilled to be part of this new on line resource for quilting. I live on the border of North Yorkshire and County Durham, from where I have run my quilting and longarm quilting business (Amore Quilts & Cottage Crafts) for the last 8 years. However, I…