Look at the quilt-themed window at Barbour on Regent Street…
Category Archives: Quilting
My gran’s awesome quilt.
She died when I was about 11, but she was an uber-crafter. And since I move into my new house this week with the boyfriend, my mum wondered if I wanted it. Erm, yes please! Look how sweet it is.
The great thing about writing a column for Making magazine is …
… that lovely people are now contacting me telling me all about their shops/websites etc. Yesterday I had an email from Izzy, who owns a quilting shop near Hampton Court Palace.
Filed under Craft shops, Quilting
This weekend I missed the Festival of Quilts at the NEC.
So the wonderful Julian, one of the Twisted Thread team (who organise it), sent me a little picture of something from the show that I might like: a photo of the memorial to Australian women convicts (18,000 bonnets have been collected apparently). Next year I mustn’t miss it. It’s such a brilliant event.
Filed under Craft events, Craft on the interweb, Fabric, Quilting
Men who quilt are awesome.
You should take a look at Russell Grosteffon. He makes quilts. So does Adam Chenevert. And Bob Eldred.
Filed under 8. PEOPLE WHO MAKE, Craft on the interweb, Fabric, Patchwork, Quilting
It’s worth reading this.
The Times is a little late with this review of the V&A’s Quilts exhibition, but it’s well worth reading anyway.
Is it appropriate to pun about prisoners and sewing?
The ladies at Life and Style were coming up with some excellent headlines earlier, for this piece I wrote about them for the Guardian, here. They went for “Quilty as charged” in the end. Suitable? Who knows, but if you get a chance, do take a look. Fine Cell Work, the charity that rehabilitate prisoners through sewing, is brilliant. They’re auctioning a quilt tomorrow too, you might want to bid.
