100 years on and only 34% of MP's are women. Is this good enough progress? Women still only make up one third of the House of Commons. It...

On the 1st of March 1912 about 150 women simultaneously smashed the windows of shops in London's West End. This was the first day of the...

You may think I have a bee in my bonnet about the Suffragettes and you are correct. I am a feminist but I am also a Speech and Language...

I wasn't sure of this purple/red colour as it seems a bit too red for a suffragette quilt. I love this William Morris green fabric, it is...

"At the end of the day you're another day older And that's all you can say for the life of the poor." In homage of all of the poor women...

The suffragette's blew up letterboxes as part of their campaign to gain the right to vote. When researching into their letterbox blow ups...

What a brilliant name for a block. I love the idea that there were so many wives who were contrary to their husbands views by going out...

Oh it has been over a month since I last posted! That is shocking and I am sorry. I have been really busy with trying to create a school...

Again a simple block, just make sure you sew together the small triangles first and then sew together the bigger triangles to make squares.

Look at the fussy cutting. I chose this block because the Suffragettes were strong in their union and strong, finding their voices together.

Ooh I love a fussy cut square! I feel I need to explain my fabric choices, I wanted to create a quilt inspired by the suffragettes using...

I'm not sure on this colour combination, it seems too similar to each other so misses the definition of the pattern. Anyway, it is simple...

I had to include this block due to it looking like a spool. The suffragettes were sewers at heart and sewed their banners to demonstrate...

I find it fascinating that a simple block, made up of triangles, can be manipulated in numerous ways to make different patterns. I am...

I did more fussy cutting, this is probably why I started to run out of fabric half way through making this quilt! I love fussy cutting!

Bessie Watson was encouraged by her parents to play the bagpipes in order to strengthen her chest against disease. She and her mother...

When I was creating these blocks I wanted them to measure 20x20cm. Therefore each of these squares should be 5x5cm. I used a 0.5cm seam...

One thing I have learnt from this quilt is the joy of fussy cutting. When I am particularly happy with a quilt block, I move it to the...

Did you know that fashionable London shops such as Selfridges and Liberty sold ribbons in the three colours of the suffragettes to be...