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I’ve made a set of cushions to demonstrate how effective tucks can be… I love the single colour, but there are still so many variations that…

I spent the day creating three different quilting samples. The first is a silk dupion drawstring bag with an Italian corded quilting decorative panel. I wanted to…

Appliqué is great for learning to control, the sewing machine, and to manage different fabrics, preventing them from distorting… My “Beginners’ ” workshops and some holidays…

I’ve been making lots of extra samples lately… Last week I did some Sashiko stitching. Sashiko originated in Japan and was – put very simply –…

Today the second group finished their reversible bags, then made matching make-up bags! Again, all achieved a great, professional finish….. More completed bags and make-up bags! was…

Here are the first two finished make-up bags…

The first batch of reversible bags, and some of the make-up bags were finished today, and as promised here are some pictures of the finished products.…

The other project on the Advanced Beginners’ course is a bread basket with drawstring section which will help keep bread warm during the meal. This can…

One of the projects in the Advanced Beginners’ workshops is an eye mask and storage/travel pouch… This introduces decorative quilting, as well as working with more…

I’ve finally finished the samples and put together the schedule for the advanced beginners’ workshops starting in February… First of all, pyjama bottoms and matching drawstring…