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    Pumpkin Pincushion Tutorial

    October 11, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    A Pumpkin Pincushion Tutorial Earlier in the year I made a pincushion. I had been guilty of putting pins in my mouth, even though I knew it was dangerous and therefore probably not a good idea. While watching The Great British Sewing Bee, I noticed that firstly none…

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    Piped Box Cushion Tutorial

    October 11, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    A Piped Box Cushion Tutorial You know when your husband tries to help by buying something you need, but ends up getting the wrong thing? In the bathroom weΒ have a pretty box/ bench thing for hiding mess. It lives between the bath and the sink and sometimes I…

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    12 Things to Sew in the Autumn

    October 7, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    Things to Sew in the Autumn With the days being cooler and the nights drawing in, it’s the perfect time to do some sewing! So if you’re needing some inspiration, here’s a list of 12 things to sew in the autumn. Throws and Blankets TheseΒ might seem more like…

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    Easy Backpack Tutorial

    October 4, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    An Easy Backpack Tutorial When my boys were tiny, I always hadΒ a bag of stuff for them. Little cups with milk or water in, an extra blanket, nappies, wipes, a bib, a change of clothes, spare socks, it was easy to fill a large bag! As they got…

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    12 Tips For Making Bunting

    September 23, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    12 Tips For MakingΒ Bunting It probably comes as no surprise that I love bunting! At home I have it everywhere.Β I even have mini bunting for the Christmas tree! I had itΒ across the front of my house too until some bright spark decided to swing on the hanging basket…

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    An Oven Gloves Tutorial

    September 16, 2016June 24, 2025 Blog, Sewing Archives
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    An Oven Gloves Tutorial The full oven gloves tutorial is on the Minerva Crafts Bloggers’ Network. This post contains affiliate links. When we moved into our current house, one the things we wanted to do was redo the kitchen. Now, almost 14 years later,this might actually happen! I…

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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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