The Loving Earth Project

As part of our Summer theme of 'Mend', today's post highlights a project that might keep you occupied if the remaining weeks of the Summer holiday don't turn out to be all that sunny. Rachel's post 'Mending for the Soul' discussed the positive benefits sewing can have for mental health and to calm anxiety. If, …

New Year, New Inspiration – the Zaha Hadid project

Al Janoub Stadium, Zaha Hadid Architects The fluid lines in Zaha Hadid's architectural designs seem to lend themselves so well to a quilting project! In this week's project, therefore, the star of the show will be curving lines. There are two different designs you can try your hand at: one inspired by the Al Janoub …

New Year, New Inspiration – the Hepworth project

Thank you for all your amazing feedback on last week's post about Barbara Hepworth - it's always great to hear from you. I promised a project this week’s inspired by her work – did you guess what it would be? Squares with Two Circles 1963 Yes - it's the holes!! I am so fascinated by …

6th Day of Christmas. Valériane Leblond

Valériane is a French/Quebecker illustrator who has been living in Wales for a long time. She paints delicate artworks, often on wood, of scenes inspired by the Welsh landscape and weather; and many of her paintings feature detailed renderings of traditional quilts. I first came across her work in the Welsh Quilts Museum, which sold …

4th day of Christmas – read, watch, make!

Today I'm sharing three things which have inspired me recently - something to read, something to watch and something to make. So whether you've got 10 minutes, an hour, or a whole day free, hopefully there's something here to inspire you too. Something to read If you have ten minutes this is a fun read …

Black History Month: Billie Zangewa

High Hopes, 2019. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul Today we celebrate the work of Billie Zangewa, a textile artist who was born in Malawi, raised in Botswana and resides in South Africa. Billie explores themes that are personal to her, including her identity as a Black woman, a …

Black History Month: West-African fabrics

It goes without saying that we quilters love fabrics! Fabric manufacturers are constantly developing new prints and colour combinations to entice us to buy yet a few more fat quarters, despite the stash of fabrics already at home. Today we're going to take a look at West-African fabrics, starting with wax prints. These are primarily …

Youngish Quilters Sew-along: How’s it going part 4

Hi - it's Sarah H here. I have very, very, nearly finished my quilt from the sew-along. I have about half the binding to sew down - and I might go back and do a bit more quilting - but I am so nearly there. I really enjoyed the sew-along - it encouraged me to …

Youngish Quilters Sewalong 2020 – Quilting

Hi everyone! Are we seriously at the quilting stage already? Time has flown by since we started this BOW back in April. It’s been so lovely seeing everyone’s blocks coming together to form the sampler quilt. They all look so different and I can’t wait to see the finished quilts over the next few weeks. …

Youngish Quilter 2020 Sew-along – Completing the Quilt Top

Our blocks are made and it’s time to put them together – so exciting!! In this quilt we are using sashing which is quite a traditional way of finishing a sampler quilt. Sashing refers to the strips in between the blocks. We are also using cornerstones – these are the small coloured squares in between …