How have I managed to leave my biggest project so far off this site for so long? It took five months from first conversation to finished item and over 150 people shared their stories and made their mark on it. We took an old bed sheet, a lot of thread and some keen volunteers and … Continue reading A Magical Map
Tag: rescued fabric
A Community Quilt Experiment
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
The dress that is me
This is probably the most joy-filled thing I’ve made so far. The end result, the making process and how the whole thing came to be, all three have been coloured by joy. It all started in Llandudno, where I spent 3 weeks on a spirituality and prayer workshop1, last August. Each day, we were given … Continue reading The dress that is me
Scraps of Kindness Quilt
Some things are so small they seem worthless - like the tiny scraps of fabric that end up on my sewing room floor. They are the trimmings from edges being tidied up, the leftovers from cutting a patch to the right size for a hole. They fell on the floor because they weren't big enough … Continue reading Scraps of Kindness Quilt
Ragbag Mending 