Snippets 'n' Scraps

Continuing the stories behind some of my favourite quilts before I pack them up for the move. In the lead up to our trip to Italy in 2007 ...

Here he is, the final stitchery in The Italian Job - a wild boar! These fellows are hunted in Tuscany and feature on the menu in many a tra...

The Italian Job is about done! I've snapped, sketched and stitched my holiday memories into a colourful, scrappy quilt, and at last the ...

This little birdie was carved into a column in the cloisters of Monreale Cathedral in Sicily.

This magnificent fellow, a ceramic wall-fountain, caught my eye in San Gimignano. With foliage and fruit covering his head I think he is pro...

After a 10 month spell 'resting' in a box while I worked on other quilts, The Italian Job is once again seeing the light of day. Wi...

"The Italian Job" just wouldn't have been complete without a sunflower...

You might recall the memory quilt I planned to make while we were travelling around Italy - The Italian Job . [To see my previous references...

Perhaps so much “tootling” as “tearing” around Tuscany where 'Fangio' (you may know him as 'Boak') is concerned! He’s been a...