About Naomi
Naomi began her journey with cross-stitch as a young child and has now been sewing for over 25 years.
In 2017, Naomi started to design for several leading UK patchwork and quilting magazines with a primary focus on hand-piecing. At the same time, Naomi also started an Instagram-based sewing group which uses hand-sewing as a weekly prompt and has a global audience and participant base.
Naomi feels passionately about the power of hand-sewing and self-care, as a creative tool in our toolbox, for making sense of the world around us, for being creative, and for connecting with others around us.
Click here to watch Naomi in The Makers Studio.
Signature Technique
Hand-piecing, colour, and quilt-as-you-go
Top Tips
- Use a purple tip needle when joining your quilt-as-you go pieces – your machine will be much happier!
- Play and have fun! Sewing is there to be enjoyed, not something to be pressured or feel constricted by. If you want to start a new project, listen to what your heart is saying (however corny that sounds!)
- Add all the colour. Remember your freedom with colour and patterns when you were a child and embrace that fun element of adding in the fabrics, designs and colours that you love.
Patterns
Posts
World Quilts
Jennie: Am still in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA at World Quilt show. Nice show with good range of classes, vendors and quilts to die for. As I was on the judging team, I had a chance for a real good look at the quilts. Lots of fabric painting and raw edged applique often covered in a fine net. Hand work is almost nonexistent although there were one or two whole cloth quilts beautifully done.
What a week
Jennie: I would never have thought that a week could go by and me not prattle on the blog! Tempus certainly fugits when you don't look. Had fab day yesterday as filmed Mandy Shaw doing some amazing Christmas stuff from dolls to other delights and then went to see Kim Thittichai who did hot stuff with Hot Spots - Wow - am I going to have twinkles and sparkly bits and not necessarily on my lizards either - you will have to hang on for that salient titbit (or is it tidbit?) until the film comes out!
How to Change the Rotary cutter blade
Want to know how to change the blade on your rotary cutter, then this video will show you how.www.justhands-on.tv/videos/1/