Such a fun time at @americanmuseumandgardens with Kate and all the lovely folks who attended my talk 😊. I talked about my new book with @searchpress 1930s Quilts. So much chat and sharing of our love of this era of quilt making that I didn’t take pictures until it was all over, hence the jumble sale looks! Huge thanks to everyone there, enjoy your books ! #patchwork #patchworkquilt #vintagequilts #carolynforster

So here’s the last you’ll see of this for a while. It’s been an ongoing project that I’ve been travel stitching with, and now, as if by magic 🤣 it’s over, finished! It’s now in the to be quilted pile!
It’s based on a quilt in @pincushion_rye Jenny’s collection that we both fell in love with. This is my version with all the recognisable elements but not as they are in the original. As many of you know, old quilts are my starting point, but it doesn’t mean my version is the same as the original 🤓.
#redworkembroidery #handstitching #slowstitching #carolynforster

So the quilts are stacked and ready to pack! If you are joining us @americanmuseumandgardens on Thursday for my talk about 1930s quilts I think you will be in for a treat 😆

As well all the quilts from the book, both old and new, (and I think I’ve snuck a few extras into), remember you will be able to browse the house , gardens and quilts on display in the house for the rest of the day! Bliss!
So excited to meet Kate and all of you attending. If you can’t make it, my book is available at all the usual places @searchpress @searchpress_na
#1930squilts #vintagequilts #vintagetextiles #carolynforster #americanmuseumandgardens

If you saw my stories the other day you will be familiar with the bonus booklet with this months edition of @todaysquilter . It’s on sale until 28th July, so run don’t walk to get your Alphabet Block Quilt booklet! This alphabet quilt inspired by the 1922 version published by Ladies Art Company and is so much fun to make. If you don’t want the whole quilt use the blocks for fun cushions and short messages!
Look out for classes next year based in this quilt too!
Link in comments to buying a copy.
#todaysquiltermagazine #carolynforster #alphabetquilt #vintagequiltinspired

PS. If you love my new book 1930s Quilts, you will love this!

Sharing an old quilt from my collection. Those of you who have had my Quilt As You Go talk will have seen it from a group of vintage WAYG quilts that I own. The piece is not complete, no backing so you can see all the construction which is part of what I love about it.
It’s all hand sew onto different weights of cream fabric, some of which are pieced and some you can see where machine stitching lines once were.
Each block has a red centre with some yellow embroidery in the centre which was stitched on each red square when it was put on the cream foundation. These fascinate me as seem very obscure, sometimes being letters and other times not, but obviously done by the maker as part of the quilt.
Browse at leisure and as usual with old quilts, there will be as many questions as answers going through your mind!
#logcabinquilt #vintagepatchwork #vintagequilt #qayg

If you have stitched with me on a @stitchtopiauk holiday then you will know we enjoy so many things! From the fascinating places we visit, the inspirational crafts that we l learn about from locals, to the scenery and sharing all this with like minded folks.
And we stitch our souvenirs 😃
I love sharing the journey we take and stitching our memories. And I love the bonus projects that I add in just incase! You can’t have enough stitching, and stitching something a little extra is always a bonus. So although you can see our proposed project on the holiday description, there will always be something as a little surprise too!
#stitchtopiauk #craftingholiday #stitchingandtravelling #carolynforster

It’s always the fabric you don’t buy and the quilts you don’t buy either that stick with you isn’t it?
Many years ago I was fortunate enough to buy a stunning old English hexagon quilt (I have shown it here previously). And at the same time there was this small piece on the same booth.
And I didn’t buy it.
But it has always stuck in my mind.
I took these shots, and one I have even has the price… I look at it now and think really, how did I not buy that 🤦🏽‍♀️.
But life goes on and I’m hoping however did buy it loves and it and it inspires them. In the meantime enjoy my reference snaps 🤓
#hexagonquilt #vintagepatchwork #vintagetextiles #englishpatchwork #mosaicquilt

Trawling through pictures of quilts from different classes that I’ve taught over the years. This is one of the largest quilts I’ve ever stitched and it’s from the Disappearing 9-patch class. It’s a real showcase for the stash of black prints, and probably about time I got it quilted 😆. #patchworkquilt #disappearingninepatch #scrapquilt #sewyourstash #carolynforster

I love learning new craft skills and although I have crocheted since a child I am not particularly confident. So when I saw @searchpress were adding to Twenty to Make with a crochet dishcloth book, I was over the moon. These are perfect size projects for me and they will be something I can use too! Win, win!
If you follow my stories you will see that I’ve made two projects already. I’m just using a cotton blend yarns from my stash, so it makes the projects extra virtuous 😉.
I’m jumping in with a start on project three today and actually using the same colour yarn as the project, want to guess which one it will be? Hint, hint, if you have the book you will know 😉
@knitcrochetcreate thanks for the dream book!
#crochetdishcloth #searchpress #searchpressnorthamerica

Sharing the endless inspiration that is Lisbon. I do love a tile! #patchworkinspiration #lisbon #lisbontiles

For those of you who read the article in @thequiltersguild magazine recently about the embroidered quilts from a certain part of India, it will come as no surprise that I had to have a go.
The article was by @armchairtextilejourney and the stitch used is like the basic stitch for Chicken scratch embroidery. I’ve started on a sample and we will see where it goes . I layered linen gingham with a backing of a printed Japanese double gauze and the inner layer is basic double gauze. These were the fabrics that I could most evoke the layered saris with. I’m using a no12 cotton perle with a no. 6 embroidery needle, so all stuff I had to hand.
Don’t you just love exploring new stitching 🪡🧵☺️
#ginghamembroidery #travelstitching #handstitching #carolynforster #quiltersguildofthebritishisles