I have three sisters - none of them are quilters as such (although Amy once made this baby quilt) but all of them are supportive and enthusiastic about my work and often send me links to events or articles that catch their eye. That is how I found out about Bolt of Cloth who stock beautiful home decorating fabrics including some local design talents from Australia and New Zealand such as Bird Textiles, Ingrid Anderson, Bianca van Meeuwen and Lara Cameron.

And if you are itching to design and print some fabric of your own, I can recommend the Prints Charming Screenprinting Workshops. Here’s the quilt top I made at a Prints Charming workshop last year. I’d love to return and work with some more abstract motifs: