The temperatures are down a little and I have finally settled down to a little hand-quilting. And it’s heaven, just heaven… I had (fairly firmly) resolved not to embark on more hand quilting projects, because well, although I love ihand-quilting, I’m pretty slow and well…..life is just too short… I’m certainly not going to embark […]

Today I headed off early in the cool of the morning on the train to visit St. Gallen, a Swiss cathedral town not far from the Bodensee (Lake Constance) and the Austrian and German borders. My destination there was the textile museum. St. Gallen is a textile town and the surrounding area has been famous […]

I have a mantra that gets used a lot at our house. Possessions don’t make you happy….possessions don’t make you happy….possessions don’t make you happy. And then there is cardinal rule number one …..make quilts using the stash I already possess. Mmmm… They kind of went out of the window yesterday….. After a turbulent teenager-ful […]

Another lazy Sunday. Time to take stock and potter through a few long-outstanding things. The house is peaceful. One daughter is happily baking a birthday cake for the class genius with a friend (a thank you for all the help he offers them all year round). It’s hideous – iced in green and turquoise. They […]

This is my first quilt, my very first. Whether I can really call it a quilt is debatable – it isn’t quilted, just stitched together at the edges. It’s ugly, the fabrics are mismatched and faded. In places the stitches have unravelled leaving holes. It isn’t a quilt that I would use with pride on […]