I may have been quiet on social media for the last couple of weeks but I have been busy in the studio working on my next book. The world outside is still an upsetting mess but life in the studio has been a calm, colour filled oasis of gentle productivity. There is still a very long way to go but I have been playing with my Procion MX dyes. Exploring them individually, mixing them to create hundreds of new colours and dyeing fabric. Life feels good.

I was also delighted to receive my copy of the Contemporary Quilt newsletter. It is a special addition focused on the theme of colour and I’m proud to have written one of the articles entitled Colour and Breakdown Printing. The front cover is from the very talented Alicia Merrett. Maggie Jarman and Annie Henderson-Begg have done a splendid job under difficult circumstances and it is much appreciated …. receiving the newsletter through the post felt like a return to normal. Even if we all know that normal is going to be different.

Stay well, Leah