The Beaded Garden

17/01/2021

A cheerful, scrappy ‘postage stamp’ quilt, sent off to its new home in Manchester this week. I love this very traditional design, reimagined in my favourite bright prints.

03/01/2021

In Germany, a little boy now has this transport-themed quilt for his new bedroom...

03/01/2021

...and the other sister had this rainbow flying geese variant. Such a lovely thing to do for your granddaughters.

03/01/2021

Two little sisters in Bristol had very special presents from their grandpa this Christmas: he couldn't see them because of the virus restrictions, so he bought them each an 'heirloom quilt'. One got this improvised strips quilt...

03/01/2021

One of my favourites from the summer. A cheerful rainbow of scraps, bought by a lovely customer in Canada for her sister's new baby.

03/01/2021

A little doll-size quilt (15" x20") or table topper made from the scraps of the bespoke pinwheels quilt. Sent to Italy.

11/11/2020

I’ve been having lots of fun making some cute little zippy pouches recently. They do take a lot of work, and I hate putting in the zips!! But I love the end results...

There are more of these in production... if you’re interested, DM me for more info.

[id: a small zipped pouch made from a cheerful modern floral fabric. The top section is embroidered with a row of colourful flowers made from bright buttons.]

04/11/2020

I just had a lovely message from the customer who bought this from me on Etsy: “Hi Jane, just to say a huge thank you for the beautiful quilt / wallhanging and zipped pouch that arrived today. They are so beautiful and have made me so happy” ...made my day!

03/11/2020

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas down St John’s Street...

If any of you lovely followers are also members of We Love Bury St Edmunds group - and why wouldn’t you be?!?!? Could you kindly vote for us in Best Christmas window poll? Thank you kindly... we are open tomorrow 10am until... well whenever!!!!!! 🎄💖🌈

10/09/2020

Sweet and simple baby quilt. This one was personalised and sent directly to the new baby and mum.

31/08/2020

Just occasionally I make something that will be very hard to part with. That's how I feel about this little quilt.

It was a joy to make from start to finish. If you follow my page you'll know that I'm already obsessed with rainbows. I was naturally drawn to make several rainbow pieces of different sizes during the height of lockdown: they are so positive and life-affirming. And I hope they will all eventually go to brighten up different lives around the world.

But I think this one is my absolute favourite. It epitomises everything I love about making quilts from scraps. I had to make a conscious decision about where to place every single one of these 440+ tiny squares. I was happy to unpick a few that didn't work. I was happy to leave a few that aren't completely 'perfect' in terms of how the colours flow. That's what gives the quilt its personality.

For now, I hope that it brightens your day too... ###xx