A Quilt Exhibition in Deal 2023

Last month I went to the Dragonfly Quilters’ Exhibition in St George’s Hall, High Street, Kent. This was a show full of colourful and beautifully executed work. Here are some of my favourite pieces. This quilt ‘Surrounded by Stars’ by Liz Newington was hand-pieced from fabrics donated by family and friends and machine-quilted. So eye-catching!ContinueContinue reading “A Quilt Exhibition in Deal 2023”

Swans fabric design

One of the things I have most enjoyed about being self-employed has been the opportunity to design fabrics. I trained as a surface pattern designer between 1995 and 2000, by means of a degree studied part-time. Although I then taught Textiles in school, this mostly involved encouraging the students’ creativity, rather than exercising my own.ContinueContinue reading “Swans fabric design”