Sweet summer birds

Stitch this daisy cushion with a pretty appliqué design

You will need ■ Background fabric – 1¾yds ■ Fruit and vegetable fabrics* – a variety of colours and prints and sizes ■ Lining fabric – ⅔yd ■ Batting – 24in x 36in ■ Medium sew-in interfacing – ⅔yd ■ T

You will need ■ Main bag fabric (also used for the bag handles and the pocket) – ⅞yd ■ Owl body – 6in square ■ Owl head – 4in x 8in rectangle ■ Owl beak – 3in x 4in rectangle ■ Owl tail – 4in x 6in re

“This is a stash-buster of a quilt, especially good for using up Jelly Roll strips for those little basket tops, indeed baskets of scraps. I mostly used fabrics with lots of colours, although they are

“As often happens in the design of my quilts, the fabrics are the starting point for the direction I want to go. In this case, the colours of the fabrics are so rich that they reminded me of English g

The inspiration for this simply stunning pattern is straight out of a real garden. Following a visit to the Green & Gorgeous Flowers garden in Oxfordshire, we wanted to celebrate this beautiful place