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Visit Your Local Quilt Shop

Tomorrow is Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day. As part of the day bloggers have been encouraged to join in a blog tour and write about their favourite independently owned local store. Did you know ...

Sewing and Craft

2013 – where to begin?

I had planned to do a wrap up post of 2012 complete with photo mosaics of everything I made.. but I’ve lost a bit of enthusiasm for it. Instead I’m going to share my crafty highlights for 2012. ...

Life and Outings

Merry Christmas

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year x

Life and Outings

Family photo

Elijah is scared of Santa this year so I had the brilliant idea that we would have a family photo in front of the tree. I pictured us well groomed, and seated, the tree blurred into the ...

Sewing and Craft

Winter Wonderland Cushions

Finished! A pair of dresden plate cushions using prints from Aneela Hoey’s ‘Cherry Christmas’ range. These are my first dresden plate blocks and they are fun to do. I wasn’t overly precise with ...

Our Home

Decorating

There’s been a little bit of sewing going on here (more about that later in the week), but mostly I’ve been decorating! Playing with aperture and shutter speeds to get the stars The little ...

Sewing and Craft

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

More like sweating on a hot Summer’s day, but we can dream. I put aside making things for other people and the shop for a few hours this week and made myself some cushions. I’d had this fabric ...

Sewing and Craft

The end of October, Halloween, and Batticus

It’s Halloween! I don’t really celebrate, but I’m not adverse to trick or treaters and think the day is a bit of fun. I did manage to whip Elijah up a Halloween Bat called Batticus in time for ...

Sewing and Craft

Jingle Bells

Today’s task; pre-washing piles of Christmas fabric. blogtoberfest 25/31