A gallery of my quilt photos. Some are my original designs. some not.

View fullsize Organised chaos is where I’m at. I’m measuring wool for the embroidery kits (with a generous hand) so each kit contains the wool, a crewel needle and the printed linen ready to embroider (and the instructions of course). I’d better
View fullsize This is a bit how I feel today. Nine days to the #abbeymedievalfestival and I feel like I’m riding a snail, not a charger. I have printed all the embroidery instructions, and Adobe decided it didn’t like my font so it deleted all the y&r
View fullsize The #abbeymedievalfestival is getting closer. Nine (…. Aargh only nine) days til pack up. I’ve started the long process of assembling embroidery kits for my new designs. So far I’m on my second day of bag making but it is exciting
View fullsize Each of these pure woollen squares has been individually hand dyed in natural dyes. Many, like madder and indigo were well used in medieval times and give the pinks, reds and blues. Medieval dyers used both what they could grow and what they could im
View fullsize Come and see us at the Abbey Medieval Festival this July. We have some exciting new projects to share including a 18 new embroidery patterns, hand dyed 100% merino wool for embroidery and knitting, a QAG (quiltasyougo) quilt project, as well as sciss
View fullsize What a wonderful weekend. Thanks to everyone for being patient with our tiredness levels, by the end of the weekend I don’t think I had a brain cell still functioning. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments. It was so nice to chat to peo
View fullsize Fabulous day at the festival, this is a photo from the early morning before the gates opened. It was so nice to see people we met last year come back to chat and enjoy our products. I love that all the textile enthusiasts love the sewing notions and
View fullsize This is our new Viking weaving tablet. The script is Elder Furthark and the letters read clockwise from top left, A for Anzus (prosperity and vitality), B for birch (growth), G (the X) for a gift, and D, Dagaz for hope and happiness. I thought abou
View fullsize Today’s a good day for packing pincushion kits. Pure wool felt, Australian sheep’s wool for filling, a tassel and a cord. Because. These pincushions are made and filled with wool (not polyester), they retard rust and are easy to slip your
View fullsize I’m busy packing embroidery kits for aumonières. There is a lot that goes into each kit, wool to embroidery on the linen, hand dyed cotton for the cord, wool for the tassels, a needle book, linen thread, instructions all in a Lino printe