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    Christmas Cushion Tutorial

    November 4, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    A Christmas Cushion Tutorial: How to Make a Cushion That Looks Like a Present Making new cushions is an easy and inexpensive way to mark changing seasons at home, and Christmas is no exception! It’s very easy to makeΒ a simple envelope cushion cover from Christmassy fabric, or even…

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  • 12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges Day 2

    November 2, 2016June 6, 2018 Blog

    12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges Day 2 Turning an Old Pair of Jeans into a Christmas Gift Welcome to the 2nd day of 12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges! Over the course ofΒ 12 days, 5 of us are sharing Christmas themed challenges and tutorials using materials that…

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  • 12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges Day 1

    October 31, 2016June 6, 2018 Blog
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    12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges Day 1 Upcycling Old Clothes Into Something Christmassy Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges Day 1! Over the next 12 days, 5 of us will be sharing challenges to encourage using what you have this Christmas. The challenges will…

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    Sewing Tips for Making Bags

    October 27, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives

    Sewing Tips For Making Bags I am currently on a bit of a bag making thing. Bags are among my favourite things to sew. They can be finished fairly quickly, they don’t need a lot of fabric and the possibilities are endless. I’ve never been one for shoes,…

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    Tips For Sewing With Jersey

    October 21, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives

    Tips For Sewing With Jersey Jersey is fabulous for sewing with for various reasons. It’s often thicker, which makes it warmer to wear in colder months. It’s very comfortable to wear. This dress that I made a while ago is still wearing well and I wear it all…

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    How To Sew a Half Circle Skirt Without a Pattern

    October 18, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    How To Sew a Half Circle Skirt Without a Pattern I love circle skirts. They are very easy and quick to make and you don’t need a pattern. They suit pretty much every body shape and they are lovely and swirly to wear. The only downside is that…

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Did you ever do butterfly paintings as a child? T Did you ever do butterfly paintings as a child?

The theme in April's Wild Blossom Companion is reflections. Sometimes our hands want to do something creative but we don't know what, and the Wild Blossom Companion has ideas of things to do within a theme.

I started off combining butterfly paintings with landscapes, and as I often find with anything literal I felt a bit anxious about whether what I was doing was any good. But that's kind of not the point! It's supposed to be playful exploration, not something that makes stress and anxiety worse! Plus the acrylic paint stuck on one of them and the paper tore.

So I gave that up and just blobbed paint onto the paper instead.

I think they look more like bunches of flowers then butterflies πŸ’what do you think?

And yes, I somehow managed to forget that phone needed to be the other way round! 🀦🀷πŸ€ͺ

#creativelife #painting #printing #spring #flowers
Colour schemes for April πŸŒΈπŸŒ±πŸ’– April is a pink mont Colour schemes for April πŸŒΈπŸŒ±πŸ’–

April is a pink month, with  cherry and apple  blossom. There are also lots of new leaves, and spring sunlight makes them appear even greener 🌱

#wildblossomlife #colourschemes #colourpalettes #springcolours #blossom
I was inspired by a recent email post thingy from I was inspired by a recent email post thingy from Alison from @brocantehome, in which she says that if there is ever any doubt, to look at our hands, see what is in them and tend to that. 

There is a lot in the world that is bad. Sometimes there are things closer that are not that great either. We're encouraged to be inspired by people who do huge things, fly to the moon and whatnot, but there is a lot to be said for holding onto the knowledge that our grandmothers and great grandmothers lived through difficult times, in the middle of them, and still looked after their families, cooked meals and washed up, grew tomatoes, made doctors' appointments, wrote in their diaries, drew, painted, knitted. Admired the flowers in their neighbour's garden. Marvelled at the blossom, or the autumn leaves. Hoped it would rain, or stop raining. At the same time as worrying about loved ones far away. Not because one mattered more than the other, but because they both did.

In my hands today, home education for my dyslexic boy, cats, meals, laundry and washing up. Peculiar things to make out of pieces of old shoe for my textiles degree. And blossom, lots of it 🌸🌸🌸

What is in your hands?

#wildblossomlife #spring #blossom #tendwhatmatters #gentlerhythms
Out looking for signs of spring 🌱🌸🌞 They are ever Out looking for signs of spring 🌱🌸🌞

They are everywhere now. The hedgerows are coming green. There is lots of blossom. New buds are appearing on the trees and starting to open. The sun was warm today and the birds were singing πŸ’–πŸ¦β€β¬›

#creativelife #wildblossomlife #norfolk #spring #noticing
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