Hello lovely quilters and welcome to the start of a new week! I have a couple of quick announcements then I will disappear back into lockdown (winky face). First up, the Paper Dolls Sew-Along digital pattern will remain free for at least the first half of 2021. Everyone is doing it tough and I thought […]

Hello lovelies, how have you all been? 2021 has been a wild ride so far hasn’t it! We’re back in an unexpected hard lockdown as of tonight. Everyone seemed to go a little crazy today; the supermarkets are empty of toilet paper again, there were accidents everywhere, and I’ve already been shouted at by the […]

Welcome 2021! It’s been a very difficult and challenging time for us all this year so let’s raise a glass in toast to 2021. May we enter the new year with hope and kindness in our hearts. I’ve promised myself that I will take the new year one day at a time and always turn […]

Hello lovelies! I couldn’t resist checking in. After months and months (and months) of trying to find a suitable website theme to support our new online store, we’ve found it! How cute is this!? You should be able to find all of our links, pages, and support documentation easily now too. Obviously the store isn’t […]

Happy Holidays, from our home to yours, with love and best wishes to everyone for a safe and happy festive season. Thank you for your support and kindness throughout 2020.We’ll be back in 2021 with new projects and our fairy tale sew-along!Love to all, toni & the Red Boots crew.

Hi y’all, how are you this week? I hope our US friends had a lovely Thanksgiving. The biggest of hugs to those of you who are quarantined or isolated due to the Coronavirus. We’ve been talking to friends in the US about the differences in our cultures; we tend to eat pumpkin as a savoury […]

Hi everyone, how are you all on this sunny Friday afternoon? Heck, I can’t think of a thing to write. The sun is shining, that’s a start. There’s a family of grey butcher birds outside my window, a mamma and a papa feeding their two babies. They have the prettiest song, and they sing their […]

Hi y’all, the bonus Christmas templates for the Paper Doll Sew-Along are ready to go. A big thank you to the lovely people at Thermoweb, the makers of my favourite fusible webbing HeatnBond Lite. These are the last blocks for 2020. I hope you’ve enjoyed sewing along with us. I’d love to see your finished […]

Hello lovelies, a happy Friday to y’all. I hope you’re all hanging in there, what a week it’s been with the US election and all. The anxiety everyone is feeling seems to be spilling over into everyday life and I’ve spent my week trying to soothe frayed tempers over extended shipping times. More about this […]

Hello lovely people, how have you been this week? Our week was derailed because we had to get tested, and therefore quarantined for Corona-virus. We’re all good, it was just a precaution for a speaking engagement. The probe wasn’t too bad. Actually it wasn’t bad at all – an uncomfortable prickle at the back of […]