October 2, 2018
Congratulations Candace o'Keefe, you've won the set of iron-on embroidery patterns pictured above! If you haven't won, there's still time to take advantage of the special Splendid Sampler discount in my shop. If you use code SPLENDID on checkout you'll receive 25% off...
September 27, 2018
Hello Splendid Sampler Sewers!
I'm very excited that today is 'my day' during the Splendid Sampler Sew Along! I hope you all will enjoy making my Cat nap block. As my speciality is embroidery design it shouldn't come as a surprise that the Cat nap block features a healt...
September 18, 2018
Make a perfect running stitch every time!
August 6, 2018
With every iron-on pattern I send, I add a round card with punched holes with my name and logo printed on it to the order. If you have ever received one, you may have wondered why I sent you a card with holes in it... It's for organising your threads in a project! You...
June 14, 2018
Today the first block in the Splendid Sampler 2 Quilt Along is launched and it's Alex Veronelli's Quilt Market block. Alex works at Aurifil, an Italian company that makes high quality quilt, sewing and embroidery thread. I think the diagonals in this block are represen...
June 13, 2018
The second Splendid Sampler Quilt Along starts tomorrow and I've been hoarding fabrics that I will use to sew my sampler blocks. It's a black, grey, white and ochre (or mustard/gold, I'm not too fussy about the exact shade) palette which is extremely restrained compare...
June 12, 2018
Guess who celebrated her first birthday a few days ago? There were extra cuddles and a cat treat for our sweet Maisie and she was so adorable when she posed for her birthday photo session!
Progress on Maisie's portrait is a bit slow.... I'm far from finished but I did t...
May 4, 2018
Last week I started a new cat portrait of my 11 month old cat Maisie. It's probably the most challenging portrait I've made so far. Maisie's fur pattern is very varied: a bit tabby and a bit mackerel and a good portion tortoise with white. So I pulled out lots of diffe...
April 17, 2018
If you're a quilter you've probably heard of the Splendid Sampler quilt along hosted by Pat Sloan and Jane Davidson. It's a huge sew a long project based around the Splendid Sampler book which has 100 block designs. So I was thrilled when Pat and Jane asked me to join...
March 13, 2018
It has been quite a while since my last free embroidery pattern and although it's a small one I hope you will enjoy stitching this sweet design!
Originally I designed it for a workshop to teach new embroiderers basic embroidery stitches so it's a perfect pattern for new...
