A quilt block for the Liberty quilt

The Liberty company was established in 1875, so this year celebrates its 150th anniversary. To mark this special occasion, Liberty is inviting ‘artisans, makers, designers and visionaries’ to collaborate in creating a super-sized patchwork quilt, comprised of hundreds of individual pieces. I consider that I fit into several of those categories so I applied toContinueContinue reading “A quilt block for the Liberty quilt”

Tools for Textiles – pins and pincushions

today’s post is about key tools for any kind of textiles craft: pins and pincushions. I’m sharing my collection with you today and you will discover that I have a particular fondness for pincushions. Let’s start with this charming pincushion, made for me by my quilting friend Gillian: This is a large, stable pincushion thatContinueContinue reading “Tools for Textiles – pins and pincushions”