Rachaeldaisy
The first question that comes to mind when meeting Rachaeldaisy is how she came to have such a playful name. “Daisy was my beloved pet dog and she was the light of my life. Somewhere along the line Rachaeldaisy became a nickname,” she explains. “It also ties in with my florist days. I used Rachaeldaisy as my online name when I joined Flickr and then again when I started my blog, ‘Blue Mountain Daisy’. A few years later, when I decided to enter my quilts in shows, it made sense to continue using Rachaeldaisy as that’s how people knew me. I now use it for anything related to my quilting. I like to think it’s a fun, happy and slightly quirky name, which suits the style of my quilts.”
Rachael discovered patchwork and quilting in her mid- 30s. “I arrived in a new city and decided I needed a hobby,” she says. “I looked
