Aren’t these poppies magnificent? Every year I look forward to seeing them flower in this particular spot. In previous years, I have picked seed pods and this year the lilac ones are just about to…
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I decided I needed some more face masks. Well, I needed some more masks with flowers! :-) I am not even close to being ready to not wear masks in indoor settings (and some outdoor…
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“I paint flowers so they will not die” ~ Frida Kahlo Or in my case, I stitch flowers. :-) Lately I have been on a raw edge appliqué…binge, I guess! Finish one flower and then…
View Post“I paint flowers so they will not die” ~ Frida Kahlo Or in my case, I stitch flowers. :-) Lately I have been on a raw edge appliqué…binge, I guess! Finish one flower and then…
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When I walked Blake yesterday morning, I took a bunch of pictures of flowers. Only later did I realise that the camera on my mobile was on the Portrait setting. The result was some interesting…
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This is the third pattern in the Birds & Blooms Stitchalong. The fourth (and last) went live on Tuesday this week. I’m a little sad that it’s over but now I can look forward to…
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If you are interested in darning, don’t worry if you don’t have a darning mushroom or darning egg. Anything that has a solid flat, or slightly rounded, surface can be used. As long as it…
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There’s a bunch of food recipes this week. Funny how that happened! I don’t go looking for particular things to add in the links list. I just stumble across things that intrigue or inspire me…
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This is just a quick note about subscribing to receive my blog posts via email. This was previously done through a Google site called Feedburner but they have made some changes to that which means…
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