ARTICLES ABOUT: WIFE-MADE

Long long ago, when past-Xanthe had no immediate family to care for and far too much time on her hands, she decided to make a quilt.   And that's pretty much the sum total of all the thought processes that went into making the decision!  I saw a pattern in a magazine...

This week I was featured on the Shannon Fraser Design blog for the 'What's In Your Sewing Bag' series!  So, grab a cuppa and head over to the blog now to read about what I have (or more to the point, don't have) in my sewing kit. Thanks for including me, Shannon.  It...

It's the Espalier Pattern release day and I'm excited to share my newest design with you! Now, I really admire manicured gardens.  In fact, I really admire manicured lots of things, although as I write this I am realising that I am a particularly un-manicured kind of...

You probably don't know this, but I spent many years working in the jewellery industry handling precious jewels and metals.  At first it was an after-school job, and then a gap year job, then a job to help me survive during university and then a job when I couldn't...

One of the great privileges of designing sewing and quilting patterns is the opportunity to work with amazing products created by other designers around the world.  One of those designers is Ellie Whittaker (and she happens to be a fellow Gold Coastie!) who works with...

I feel very privileged to announce that I have joined the Creative Abundance design team! This is a very exciting step forward in the life of Wife-made and for me as a pattern designer.  It has long been a hope of mine that I would be able to grow Wife-made into...