Throughout my life I've enjoyed sewing, embroidery, applique, painting, making the world's first (and only?) giant inflatable Boggle set – but for my first three decades I shunned patchwork. I thought ...

I love sewing and I am busy making a hand sewn patchwork quilt using hundreds of different Liberty designs. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the ...

When knitting became the Thing To Do a couple of years ago, part of its appeal was its portability: you could do it on the bus or in a pub with your mates, then put it in your handbag at the end of ...

TODAY we begin a new series of articles by guest contributor Sally Stevens, a patchwork and quilting writer and teacher with years of experience in the skill. Here, she explains the background to her ...

Kaye-Maree Hinton's husband Garry was in end-of-life care with a rare type of brain cancer, when a nurse laid a bright, handmade quilt over his hospital bed. Ms Hinton, 62, says the simple act of ...