jane brocket

new place

I'm blogging here these days. Still quilting and baking and reading and making, but often putting the photos on Instagram, and writing about different subjects on the blog.

festival of quilts

I shall be signing books on the Lady Sew and Sew stand (E9) at the Festival of Quilts from 11am to midday on Sunday 10 August. Do come and say hello.

a week of living colourfully: violet

I don't have any photos of violets - so rare these days - but last year at Wisley I did see this bed of thousands of pansies (close relations of the viola/violet) set out in broad stripes of colour which include shades of violet and pu...

live and learn

Red Cross quilt in Quilt Me! Exams are tricky for those who aren't taking them - as well as for those who are. The older the exam-taker, the greater the stakes, the more the stress, the harder it is to offer any advice other than 'do...

strippy quilt

A copy editor once corrected 'strippy' to 'stripey' in one of my books (not a quilt book), and I had to change it back again. I realise she probably wasn't a quilter, but it amused me that it looked to her like a typo rather than a qua...