And Sew I … am Helen,
the human behind “AND SEW I…”
Hi!!! I’ve sewn on and off since school, taught myself quilting in 2012 and set up a blog/ Instagram account in 2018. I wanted a record of my sewing achievements and an excuse to sew after the birth of my second daughter.
I sew and share my work for my mental health. The “AND SEW I …” names comes from the idea that I would use it to start the captions to my photos. During therapy I became aware I used “BUT” in my internal monologue to beat myself up. I learnt to use “AND” as it doesn’t override the ‘bit’ which came before. I also love a punny dad joke so had to use ‘sew’ instead of ‘so’!
I enjoy designing FPP which is pictorial and looks three-dimensional as well as bold graphical patterns. more I love the complex and challenging problems, always pushing myself. Recently I have dived into improving my Free motion Quilting as a way to elevate my FPP work.
I am honoured to have won “Visitor’s Choice” at Festival of Quilts, Birmingham 2023.
REACHING – The Mermaid Quilt
“A mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.” wrote Hans Christian Andersen
A mythological creature of beauty and temptation. Pushing my design and quilting skills to try and reach a dream.
Unique-orn Quilt
Unique
adjective – being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else
A pattern which can be made as a horse or a unicorn. Inspired by horses being my first love, especially the French Percheron, and to indulge my daughter’s passion for unicorns. I wanted the pattern to be easily customizable to suit each potential recipient without losing its realism.
Fractured Skull Quilt
A much requested supersize version of the 2nd FPP block I designed, with a fractured background in an 8 shade gradient. A foray into designing large scale FPP patterns.
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