My most recent community textiles project is a gorgeous green patchwork quilt I made with the Space4 Wednesday Craft Group, most of whom had not done any patchwork or quilting before. We spent two weeks together making improvised patchwork blocks - using a traditional log cabin block as our jumping off point. The blocks people … Continue reading A Community Quilt Experiment
Month: July 2025
Mending at A Wing and A Bear
Where better to teach a Mend your Knitting class, than an excellent new local yarn shop? A Wing and A Bear is tucked away behind the Market Place in Durham, on Fowlers Yard and is well worth a visit, if you're interested in knitting, crochet, spinning or natural dyeing. I was delighted when the owners … Continue reading Mending at A Wing and A Bear