A good friend of mine had a birthday recently, and now that she has received her gift I can show you it here! My friend is a spiritual person who journals, so I made her a colourful A5 journal cover, using mostly Anna Maria Horner and Art Gallery scraps! I had seen this pretty cover […]
Hi everyone, I hope you are keeping safe and well and keeping the creativity flowing! Yesterday I hosted my first socially distanced afternoon tea party in my garden, to celebrate my cousin's birthday! I'm happy to report that the sun shone all afternoon and a wonderful time was had by all! It […]
Today I lost a very dear friend to cancer! As a single mum to 3 gorgeous girls, her strength, courage and love for life has been (& will continue to be) my inspiration. Over the past 13 years we have laughed and cried together, prayed and worked together, and sewed together (Heather was […]
Hi everyone, can you believe we are through April already!! It's been an eventful month for me, especially this past week (more on that another day). But as always, there has been lots of sewing! I have two great friends that I regularly breakfast with. They have birthdays 2 months apart, and you […]
Happy Friday! Doesn't the working week just fly by! One of my favourite gifts to make friends are cushions. Don't you think cushion fronts are just like mini quilts (another fun make!)? Creativity knows no bounds with mini quilts and cushions. This is my schoolhouse cushion. I developed this pattern a few […]
A lovely 'owl loving' friend of mine had her birthday this weekend! 'Olive Owl' first made an appearance in my Woodland Friends quilt last year. (And I'm currently teaching this quilt in my classes - it's been so lovely watching a beautiful 'Parliament of Owls' appear!) I adapted the pattern to create […]
