Merry Christmas
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year x
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 background and our smiling faces clearly defined in the soft light. Here’s the reality: In hindsight the ...
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 these as something I learned this year is that I need to stop trying to make things 100% perfect and ...
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 tree My favourite Christmas oils. All at once! My woodland tree is decked out ...
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 for a few years and couldn’t recall what I wanted to do with it. I came across this cushion in my ...
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 today. Batticus is made from Melly and Me’s ‘Sew Batty’ pattern. The end of October also marks ...
Jingle Bells
Today’s task; pre-washing piles of Christmas fabric. blogtoberfest 25/31
In the garden
I intentionally skipped yesterday’s post. I was going to skip today’s too, but then I uploaded some photos off the camera from the garden this week and thought I’d share. I just this time of year when everything is flowering and the plants are a lovely lush green. blogtoberfest 23/31
Is purple the new cream?
Today was rather busy. It involved interesting discoveries like these purple potatoes… I purchased them thinking they would be cream once you peeled them, but nope, purple. A quick google confirmed that this was normal and they’d fade on cooking. While they faded a little, they were still very ...