In March 2013 I re-started my quilting journey. There was a fabric shop in Wimbledon Park Road called Stitch Up, which had a teaching area downstairs. I enrolled on a patchwork class with Alison Garrett and took my first tentative steps back down a road I had left 20 years earlier. Alison re-kindled my love of fabric and stitching and soon I had dug out my trusty Bernina 1001 and was busy putting this simple quilt together.

I learnt so much making this first quilt, about fabric, pattern, how to make a quilt sandwich and how to bind a quilt. Needless to say, it was far from perfect, but it is still in use today, almost 6 years later!

Soon after that, I visited an exhibition by the Wimbledon International Quilters. I was more than blown away by the work on show and met Maggie Barber who kindly allowed me to join a fortnightly class of hers. I learnt so much from her and loved every minute of it.