Looking back at when I last posted, it's certainly been quite a while. Rather than go too deeply into what I'v been up to this past 6 months (nothing exciting - just work), I thought I'd do a bit of a photo dump to catch up.
Graywork Double Wedding Ring Quilt (January 2026)
Sadly, my rate of sewing has diminished remarkably this past few years. In saying this, my phone is still filled with snapshots of ideas for what I'd like to make one day, or pictures of my students works through the classes I've been teaching.
Okay let's go back to what I found in my phone going back to around June 2025
Diamond Exchange Quilt - pattern by Jen Kingwell
I tried the method of making the backing fabric "fit". Have you seen the videos online? When the fabric has plenty of length, but is not quite wide enough, you cut it on the diagonal, slide it down until you have the required width and the sew along that long diagonal seam. Cool, right?
A simple store sample using some pretty Tilda fabric
A custom cushion for Ella - I still make them, on request
And here's one for Grace with a request for a soft pink palette
Designed a Row Sample quilt for my class - a great way to practice many different techniques.
Had a mini workshop to create cute thread bins. This was a lot of fun.
I was inspired by Rose City Quilt on Instagram to make my own version of the Winding Way quilt. I bought the dye set from AccuQuilt and had an enjoyable time putting these blocks together, watching that secondary circle pattern appear and grow.
My Winding Ways quilt is sitting in a drawer, waiting to be quilted. I'd like to hand quilt this one, but it may need to wait a few more months for when the weather cools down a little.
Here is another quilt I designed on EQ8, but still needs finishing. I need to decide on borders and whether I piece them or use some fabulous print fabrics to grow it.
This Whirligig Quilt has been a hand piecing project over the past year or so. It's a template which I bought at a quilt show, by Jen Kingwell. It's been a nice, slow sewing project when I feel the need to stitching something in the evenings.
I'm working on a hand pieced scrappy border for the Whirligig Quilt - stay tuned.
At Christmas, I held a workshop to create these cute candle mats. Again, lots of fun plus I made extra kits for people to make their own at home.
Lafayette Orange Peel Quilt - a store sample using the Marti Michell Double Wedding Ring template set.
Here's the Lafayette Orange Peel Quilt getting some extra love on the Gammill
The picture is a little dark, but here it is, hanging in the classroom.
It's on display for the Double Wedding Ring Quilt classes
I use the Marti Michell Double Wedding Ring template set which we used to sell at the store where I work - sadly we no longer stock this exact template set.
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My latest finish is a Double Wedding Ring quilt using Tula Pink's latest fabric range called Graywork. Even though the animal prints are the "hero prints", I honestly think that the disco stripe fabric absolutely makes this quilt sparkle.
The quilt can be finished with a scallop edge, but I prefer to applique it to a background border and then square it off. I feel this is a more contemporary look and I love how the colours work on the charcoal/black spot border fabric.
This post has taken much longer than I'd expected and if nothing else, it's made me think that I really should just post more regularly. Life has taken to becoming very busy and I need to make time for the things I enjoy. I had a wisdom tooth extracted this week and so with a few days at home, it's forced me to slow down... which is not a bad thing at all.
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