Updating the ‘Thankful’ pattern

My popular quilt pattern ‘Thankful’ has been updated this week. It’s a pattern to make a long, pieced textile item that can serve as a table runner – or, with a hanging sleeve added at the back, you can use it as a wall-hanging. (There’s a tutorial on how to make a hanging sleeve -ContinueContinue reading “Updating the ‘Thankful’ pattern”

Textiles in Maker church, Cornwall

Last week, I was staying on the Rame Peninsula in Cornwall, to celebrate a family occasion. During the week, I went to visit the church of St Mary and St Julian at Maker and found a treasury of interesting textile items within. At the moment, the church has scaffolding around its tower. This is theContinueContinue reading “Textiles in Maker church, Cornwall”