I’ve been spending every spare minute over the last few days piecing Whirligigs. Unfortunately this always results in the same thing – the house and garden descend into chaos. For some reason no other member of my family even seems to notice this. Sound familiar, anyone? Today I had to take stock and decide that [...]

I’m still plodding along making Whirligig blocks – lots of Flying Geese and Hourglass blocks. I seem to be using such a lot of fabric – all from my stash – and it’s incredibly satisfying. I think I actually feel virtuous. That doesn’t happen very often However, I have noticed something very strange. Maybe this [...]

I’m still playing with the Whirligig blocks I mentioned yesterday. Such fun! I really love Carrie Nelson‘s no-waste method of making Flying Geese blocks. I don’t know who thought it up – whether it was Carrie herself, or someone else – but whoever it was, they deserve a medal. It’s so much easier than the [...]

As I told you yesterday I have been mulling over scrappy quilt ideas over the past few days – very much with Carrie Nelson’s new book Miss Rosie’s Spice of Life Quilts in mind, trying out this and that, humming and hawing…. Which is why I am now looking at this…. …with a somewhat puzzled [...]