Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to spend International Quilting Day with fellow quilters, but this year, it’s a quiet one. I was up very early, as I am most days, and I decided I needed a new pincushion.

I’ve written a few articles about quilting, but my favourite so far is one I just wrote about Jenny Doan, co-founder and public face of Missouri Star Quilting Company (MSQC).

Deciding how to quilt a piece that has a lot of negative space can be challenging, especially if it’s a quilt pattern you’ve never come across before.