Recent Posts

  • Groundhog Day Quilt Mission

    Groundhog Day Quilt Mission
  • Skeins of Happy Colour

    Skeins of Happy Colour
  • A Stitchy Course for 2025

    A Stitchy Course for 2025
  • Hexagon Future

    Hexagon Future
Books In Colour Order

Books In Colour Order

We moved this bookcase recently. Most of the books are mine, Tony is very much a Kindle reading guy. So I’m in charge of ordering the books. And my system is more or less ordered…

View Post
How I Got Into Crafting #WhyIMake

How I Got Into Crafting #WhyIMake

The LoveCrafts.com Crafties 2019 Blogger Award voting ends tomorrow, so please check it out if you want to vote for your favourite blogs. Being nominated for this really took me by surprise and in the…

View Post
Crocodile Scarf WIP

Crocodile Scarf WIP

Last week I very optimistically (I now realise) called this WIP a shawl. But because the crocodile stitch practically gobbles up yarn, this is only going to be a scarf. That’s fine too. Because it…

View Post
Crocodile Scarf WIP
Slow Stitching Leaves

Slow Stitching Leaves

More leaves today. It is autumn after all! :-) When I walked Blake the other morning it was very windy and leaves were cascading from the trees. It was beautiful! So I wanted to do…

View Post
Slow Stitching Leaves
Happy Leaves

Happy Leaves

The past year, year and a half maybe, I have been making a concerted effort to get better at drawing. I’ve always been a ‘drawer’ but I’ve never been terribly good at keeping up a…

View Post
Life with Dog

Life with Dog

This is not where I was expecting to spend the day: on the floor of our bedroom, next to Blake’s bed. The poor boy has been unwell since yesterday, whenever he eats anything it comes…

View Post
Snowflake Patterns

Snowflake Patterns

A few years ago, I made a set of snowflake embroidery patterns every year. They are not all the same ‘style’. Some are sort of geometric and others are more organic, like mandalas. I love…

View Post

Snowflake Patterns

A few years ago, I made a set of snowflake embroidery patterns every year. They are not all the same ‘style’. Some are sort of geometric and others are more organic, like mandalas. I love…

View Post
Woven Heart Patchwork

Woven Heart Patchwork

I have been meaning to make new Christmas cushion covers for a while. And I bought the polar bear and penguin fabrics specifically for that purpose at Festival of Quilts. In 2015!! About time I…

View Post

Woven Heart Patchwork

I have been meaning to make new Christmas cushion covers for a while. And I bought the polar bear and penguin fabrics specifically for that purpose at Festival of Quilts. In 2015!! About time I…

View Post
Privacy Policy