That is the most inspired design I have ever seen in a first try?

Perfectly and absolutely spot on. A little bit of praise goes a long way but a little bit of criticism can be devastating. In another life I went by the mantra “you need to put money in the bank to take it out of “- in other words, before you criticise, you need to have first shown respect, and quite a lot of it!

What an inspiring and heartwarming blog!

This is really striking.

I am blown away by this, thank you so much!

That’s a lovely clear pattern, thank you.

Having recently needed laser surgery myself,I appreciate your feelings,but it is great to know you are doing well.

What a heartwarming story.

Loved it last year, loved it even more now! Hits the soul of every quilter right on target.

I understand your grieving and as you have found, sewing does help! You were productive on retreat!

What a super blog. We all lose it at times, don’t we.

Lovely to hear how it all started, Sarah. A dream come true!

Such a lovely prize. Congratulations Lilly!

That looks like fun, though I had to think for a moment about what I thought at first was Juliet’s K******y Fried C*****n fabric!

What a great idea! I shall try this.

Very thought provoking!

Wow! Awesome prize!

What a great idea!

What a super blog! It brought back my Mum, whose favourite this was, trying to explain to her little group …(one of whom cut out, one sewed, one who could not sew “advised”)…exactly how this problem arose. She never did get them to see the problem!