Following on from my 3 Holly Leafs blog.

On the twelve’s days of Christmas the sewer gave to me 2 Xmas Puddings.

You will need:

• Felt

• Needle and matching thread for hand sewing (opti…

Following on from my 2 Xmas Puddings.

On the twelve’s days of Christmas the sewer gave to me an Angel for my tree.

You will need:

• Felt

• Needle and matching thread for hand sewing (opti…

For those that have read some of my previous Christmas blogs may suspect that I am a Bah Humbug. But this year I wanted to do something a little different, as we have recently become a blended family and we have the…

We have been asking our fabulous designers and tutors to join in with our brand new event over the 12 days of Christmas, but what about everyone else.  What does it mean for you?
Starting from Christmas Eve we will…

At a recent local quilt group meeting, we had a brief talk from Suzanne Boulter, the chair of the nearby Chichester Quilters group about their Afghan Friendship Quilts project. Her husband worked for British Aid in…

Now’s the time to be merry and bright!!
You have heard talk about the UKQU 12 Days of Christmas and we have contacted many of you direct already to join the new element of our already popular site to be able to u…

This is my last week of my lockdown diary. I thought that once the lockdown was over it would be the end of it. I had no idea that just over a year later we would still be in this pandemic. For those that have lost…

My lockdown diary is nearly at its end, just one more week to go. Reading this a year later I should have realized health wise I was not being careful.

Day 93: Trellis Layout, white perle thread.

Diary…

It is a chilly early October day – well, it feels chilly to me as I’m sat here on my chaise longue in my sewing room, surrounded by fabric. That sounds very exotic and posh doesn’t it? I’m going to let you carry o…

It is amazing how hindsight can give us perspective. As I read further into my diary entries I can see the weariness creep in.

Day 86: None down today.

Diary Entry: I did some much needed weeding today…

Had I known at the time of writing these diaries that we would have to endure further lockdowns, I might have kept the stitching up, I did consider it at one point. As it is, I would have struggled because my health…

Re-reading my diary posts and knowing what I know now, I can see how my energy levels are getting worse. I had no way of knowing how in a few months time I would be basically sleeping twenty four seven and be in much…

As promised, or threatened, the October book in the UKQU book club is another quilting mystery book. It is called The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse and is the first book in the Cats in Trouble Mystery series of…

Continuing the diary catch up from last year, re reading it reminds me how things can change in the blink of an eye.

Day 65: Running stitch with variegated thread sewn in the round to resemble back…

Continuing with the posts of the final sections of my lockdown diary.

Day 58: Thorn Stitch, hand dyed cotton thread.

Diary Entry: A day of blah, low, tired, not sure really, just could not seem to find the…

A year has passed and I am continuing to play catch up with posting these blogs.

Day 50: Encroaching stem stitch. Four strand thread, two blue and two black.

Diary Entry: Not much to write about other than…

It has been over a year since I started this diary, due to ill health I never had chance to finish posting it up. I would still like to share it, so here we go.

Day 43: Today was a no stitch day.

Diary…

Warning: this post discusses mental health, suicide and depression. Mental health should not be a taboo. It’s okay to not be okay.

Husband and I talked while I was there, and he realised that he ne…