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At Dorset Patchworks you will find a range of beautifully quilted patchworks, wall hangings, play mats plus more. You will also find a fabulous range of pre-cut patchwork and quilting fabric so that you can create your own quilt.

We’ve now moved on from France and are in Spain heading towards Portugal on our road trip.  We’ve passed lots of houses ...
05/06/2026

We’ve now moved on from France and are in Spain heading towards Portugal on our road trip. We’ve passed lots of houses in a combination of these warm colours. I can see myself using this mix of colours in a quilt

One of my larger quilts.  This one is called ‘Pools’. The shapes were appliquéd by hand.  As it’s a big quilt, rather th...
04/06/2026

One of my larger quilts. This one is called ‘Pools’. The shapes were appliquéd by hand. As it’s a big quilt, rather than struggle to quilt it on my domestic machine, it was quilted by

This is a colour combination I often use.  The photos show four ‘artisan’ chopstick quilted placemats.  The placement of...
01/06/2026

This is a colour combination I often use. The photos show four ‘artisan’ chopstick quilted placemats. The placement of the chopsticks is different for each placemat.

In a moment of madness I made this small scrappy log cabin patchwork quilt, with the width of the scraps measuring 1/2”....
31/05/2026

In a moment of madness I made this small scrappy log cabin patchwork quilt, with the width of the scraps measuring 1/2”. Unsurprisingly it took me ages to make this quilt

Oysters are considered to be brain food.  I rather like the way these oysters were presented and immediately saw how thi...
29/05/2026

Oysters are considered to be brain food. I rather like the way these oysters were presented and immediately saw how this could be translated into a patchwork design. We came across an oyster shack called after spotting a reader’s recommendation in a Saturday’s edition of the . The oyster’s were delicious and the staff so friendly, including the owner, Fabrice. Definitely worth a visit.
Once we’d eaten the oysters we were told to toss the shells back into the sea. As it was low tide the discarded shells were visible. See the second photo. Again the mass of empty oyster shells has inspired me as I can visualise a small quilted wall hanging made up of white, greys in different shades. I rather like the busyness of the shells.

My work goes in phases:  sometimes I will produce work using a particular colour combination or I might be going through...
27/05/2026

My work goes in phases: sometimes I will produce work using a particular colour combination or I might be going through a Boro inspired period. For a while I drawn to hand appliqué and the shapes are often cut freehand which adds a wobbliness that appeals. For the ring I made some bias tape.

The circles and ring were hand appliquéd and the rest has been pieced by machine. I then quilted the wall hanging by machine on the diagonal.

I ended up calling this mini wall hanging ‘Subtle Distortion’ for reasons which are obvious.  I was practising insetting...
26/05/2026

I ended up calling this mini wall hanging ‘Subtle Distortion’ for reasons which are obvious. I was practising insetting skinny strips and was really pleased with the result - swipe the screen to the third photo. I’ve got into the habit (a very bad one) of quilting not with a walking foot but with my standard foot. Lesson learned and I should have used my walking foot to get a better grip on the fabric.

This wall hanging is called ‘Meandering’. The shapes were appliquéd by hand.  I then hand stitched the couching followed...
25/05/2026

This wall hanging is called ‘Meandering’. The shapes were appliquéd by hand. I then hand stitched the couching followed by hand quilting. All in all a very satisfying piece to make.

I don’t think I could have chosen a better backdrop to photograph this quilt.When first looking at the quilt you’ll see ...
23/05/2026

I don’t think I could have chosen a better backdrop to photograph this quilt.
When first looking at the quilt you’ll see triangles, but then you can see triangles within triangles.

This may look like a relatively simple design but I actually found it quite challenging.  I’ve called this quilted wall ...
22/05/2026

This may look like a relatively simple design but I actually found it quite challenging. I’ve called this quilted wall hanging ‘Experimenting With Triangles’.

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