02
Feb 2025
Groundhog Day Quilt Mission
Whenever the film Groundhog Day is on telly, I think to myself “ohh, I wonder what that quilt pattern is?!” On New Year’s Eve it was on and I had that thought again. But this…
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24
Jan 2025
Skeins of Happy Colour
The other day I treated myself to some fancy-ish embroidery thread. I think the base thread is DMC but it has been dyed by a different company, Weeks Dye Works. I didn’t mean to buy…
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17
Jan 2025
A Stitchy Course for 2025
These are the colourful, squishy edges of the pages of the Wheel of The Year textile book I worked on all through last year. I am very happy with the end result. :-) There were…
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17
Jan 2025
07
Jan 2025
Hexagon Future
On New Year’s Eve I made 13 hexagons, taking me to a total of 2,500 hexagons using Denyse Schmidt fabrics. I may need more than that for the quilt I’m making but 2,500 is a…
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On New Year’s Eve I made 13 hexagons, taking me to a total of 2,500 hexagons using Denyse Schmidt fabrics. I may need more than that for the quilt I’m making but 2,500 is a…
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05
Jan 2025
Hello 2025
Happy new year! I have realised something… I feel like I haven’t got any embroidery ideas. Which feels very odd. I usually have loads of ideas for patterns or personal projects. I guess it’s because…
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24
Dec 2024
Merry Winter Festive Season!
I made this little advent candle holder earlier this month. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to make something like this… I made a little video while painting it. I also briefly…
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24
Dec 2024
21
Dec 2024
Happy Winter Solstice
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the Winter Solstice! Now the days will start getting longer and I am very much looking forward to that! My pages for this season are almost done,…
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12
Dec 2024
Watermelon Brooch
A wee brooch I made myself during a recent flight to Denmark. I couldn’t find the tatreez inspired brooch I made last year so I needed something else… It was nice to have a small…
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