Finally feel like I'm settling in to winter. Plants, bottles, lemons and windowsills help. So does linen + thread.

I've always loved quilts and patchwork (my Mum is a quiltmaker and I own some really beautiful examples of her intricate work) but for some reason I've never been tempted to make a traditional quilt myself. I was thinking about this a while ago and realised that the aspects of textile craft that I truly…