A gallery of my quilt photos. Some are my original designs. some not.

View fullsize What a wonderful weekend. Thanks to everyone for being patient with our tiredness levels, by the end of the weekend I don’t think I had a brain cell still functioning. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments. It was so nice to chat to peo
View fullsize Fabulous day at the festival, this is a photo from the early morning before the gates opened. It was so nice to see people we met last year come back to chat and enjoy our products. I love that all the textile enthusiasts love the sewing notions and
View fullsize This is our new Viking weaving tablet. The script is Elder Furthark and the letters read clockwise from top left, A for Anzus (prosperity and vitality), B for birch (growth), G (the X) for a gift, and D, Dagaz for hope and happiness. I thought abou
View fullsize Today’s a good day for packing pincushion kits. Pure wool felt, Australian sheep’s wool for filling, a tassel and a cord. Because. These pincushions are made and filled with wool (not polyester), they retard rust and are easy to slip your
View fullsize I’m busy packing embroidery kits for aumonières. There is a lot that goes into each kit, wool to embroidery on the linen, hand dyed cotton for the cord, wool for the tassels, a needle book, linen thread, instructions all in a Lino printe
View fullsize These are the crochet hooks I’m sooo excited about. I could not resist them. They are beautifully smooth to hold and hand carved. I’ve got various colours and styles but only two sizes 3.5 and 2.5. The history of crochet - being a textile
View fullsize I’ve been having fun making some #pincushions with little medieval figures on them. They are #englishpaperpieced and filled with cleaned sheep’s wool to stop the pins and needles rusting. They are so much fun to make and it’s nice t
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View fullsize Lucets are a great way yo make a really strong cord. The yarn is wound around the fork and the bottom loop pulled over the top one. It’s a bit like French knitting except the path of the yarn makes a tighter denser cord. I like to use wool or a
View fullsize I’ve been busy making little demo looms for tablet weaving. Tablet weaving doesn’t require a loom, but they are handy and portable and will give more people a chance to have a go at tablet weaving so if you are going to the Abbey Medieva